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	How to Build a Temporary Brick Barbecue

It is possible to build an economical outdoor fire pit grill by yourself on which you can barbecue foods on a real wood fire! You simply require some supplies from a hardware store and some work.

Steps

1. Decide the place and size of your circular brick fire pit grill. The size should depend on the size of grill grate and/or screen or cover you have for your grill.

2. The size should depend on your grill grate. The diameter should be little lesser than the diameter of your grill grate.

3. Lay the circular piece of heat-proof sheet metal on the floor in the position of your brick barbecue (optional). Or else, drraw the size of your grill on the floor by using the grill grate.

4. Position bricks or cinderblocks in a round style such that they just touch.

5. Once the initial layer circle is over, lay the next layer, with the new bricks just above 2 bricks in the layer below (staggered).

6. Keep on adding layers till it reaches the required height, nearly 18 inches to 2 feet.

7. Lay stones at the base of your fire pit, and firewood next.

8. Light your fire and burn till there is a good depth of glowing red wood embers at the bottom.

9. Keep the grill grate above the brick fire pit and start cooking!

Tips

· Use big bricks or cinderblocks, they are more stable and less likely to collapse. The number required will be decided by the size of the bricks as well your fire pit.

· Use a robust, reliable surface. If your surface is not flammable and can withstand damage caused by soot and char marks like cement, concrete, gravel or firm packed dirt, there is no need to use a flame-resistant metal base. To protect your ground, use the metal base.

· If your bricks or cinderblocks have holes within them, line up and down the holes to eliminate any big holes through the wall of your fire pit.

· Purchase a screen wire cover for your fire pit, to prevent flying embers from fleeing through your fire and is quite safe.

· It is fine If there are small holes in the wall of your barbecue pit. In case your bricks do not align totally in your circle size, slightly reduce the size, so as to fit your bricks with the smallest space between the last 2 bricks.

· Don’t make your grill very tall. You won’t be able to view your fire, it will be less stable, and your grill grate will be quite away from the source of heat.

· For smaller bricks or preparing a very big fire pit, think about adding another ring of bricks or cinderblocks to the wall around the first for more stability.

Warnings

· Safety instruction! Don’t build a fire pit or light a fire near flammable items or on a flammable place. Always keep your grill at least 20 feet away from structures and there are no branches above it to catch fire. Check with your local zoning rules about outdoor fires before constructing a fire pit. Wear protective hand and eye wear when building any fire to prevent injury.

· Don’t use soaked-wet bricks or stones. They can explode if the water within it expands due to the heat.

Things Needed

· A heap of big bricks or cinderblocks
· A round grill grate
· Cicular piece of heat-proof sheet metal
· Some big stones

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