Unusual barbecues: original designs at their summer cottage

On the eve of warm days, the barbecue becomes literally a cult thing. Without it, it is impossible to imagine a relaxed holiday weekend or a picnic in nature. In order not to construct a temporary brazier "on the go" from improvised items, you should take care of a compact portable design made by yourself. And, of course, put maximum creativity and imagination into your work. So that no one else has such a barbecue on your site.

Peculiarities

Currently, manufacturers of metal barbecues offer a huge selection of designs of all kinds of designs - from the classic rectangular to the appearance of animals or vehicles. Such ideas are realized through artistic metal forging. An exclusive design is expensive, and sometimes does not meet all the expectations of the consumer, both in appearance and in quality and practicality. That is why more and more people are striving to make a brazier with their own hands from scrap materials available in the country.

If you want something completely unusual, you should order a personal, unusual design forged brazier from a blacksmith. He can even create it from your sketches. Of course, this pleasure is not cheap, but you will definitely be able to impress all your friends and guests. Forged braziers can be both stationary (due to their gravity) and portable (if it is a compact or collapsible option). By the way, forged brazier decorations are needed not only as spectacular decorative elements with curls and all kinds of geometric shapes. The blacksmith thinks over them as elements of strengthening the structure, which means that the forged brazier will be more stable on the site, and the strength of the structure will increase significantly.

Iron braziers have the following advantages:

affordable cost;
ease of maintenance and cleaning;
the possibility of transportation (if the barbecue is prefabricated);

ease of assembly and disassembly;
uniform roasting of meat and other food products due to the fact that iron retains heat;
ease of use;
the possibility of making a simple metal barbecue structure with your own hands.

Non-standard ideas

Most of us are used to the classic brazier being a black metal box with legs. To prevent such a dull structure from spoiling your site, it is better to make a grill in the form of an animal, chest, tank, cannon, carriage, car, motorcycle or even a submarine. It is worth noting that such a product can be ordered not only from an experienced craftsman, but also created with your own hands. All you need is to stock up on the necessary materials, time and patience.

The most original idea for outdoor recreation would be to make a decorative brazier made of metal in the shape of animals. There are designs of the brazier "deer", "lion", "bear", "lamb", "pony", "pig", "peacock", as well as "dragon" and other fabulous creatures. Nothing limits your imagination. The main thing is to find a skilled welder or art forging craftsman who is able to give the metal its original shape. Often a metal tank is used as the body of the animal, inside which you can light a fire, fix a skewer and install a barbecue grill.

Many manufacturers offer ready-made collapsible designs of a brazier-beast with a removable brazier, made of cold-rolled steel and a special heat-resistant coating.The cost of such an attractive design ranges from 14,000 to 25,000 rubles. You can also go to the manufacturer's website and borrow one of the ideas to save your family budget. In addition, complex metal and steel structures can often be replaced with an ordinary barrel or pipe, supplementing them with decorative elements.

Of the popular designs of creative barbecues, the following can be noted. For a "steam locomotive" you will need a wide pipe for the base and a small one for the chimney. Such a bulky stationary brazier can only move around the site (of course, if you fix it on the basis of the wheel). But such a locomotive will become a real center and decoration of your summer cottage, collecting praise, and sometimes envious glances from neighbors.

An original, but a little scary idea - skeletons or pirates, as if holding the brazier structure. Such a grill is suitable for a restaurant or an exclusive design of a cafe. Surely such a design will attract many clients who will pay attention to such a detail in the interior and want to take a photo with it.

A brazier from the back of an old car will not only help to get rid of scrap metal, but also surprise guests with its ingenuity. A brazier of this design is placed under the hood, which also serves as a brazier lid. Such a grill is already with wheels, so it can even be transported as a trailer.

For those who are especially creative, as well as for those who are not afraid of bold experiments, we can suggest using a metal trolley from a supermarket as a barbecue. In fact, you get a mobile fire. Its improved lower level will be used for wood and fire, and on the upper grate you can arrange a kind of barbecue.

Advice

Before making a barbecue, each person must decide which type will look harmonious on a particular site. From a metal barrel with a volume of 60 liters, you can build a small portable structure in the form of an animal. The barrel will act as his "body" and at the same time be a brazier. And if the size of the summer cottage and financial capabilities allow, then you can order more complex steel structures or build a stationary barbecue installation made of bricks.

When installing a barbecue from scrap materials, you should pay attention to all sorts of nuances and details, without which you can not do. An old metal barrel or empty gas cylinder should be thoroughly cleaned before installation. In this case, it is recommended to use only barrels from under the safe contents. So, it is better to avoid a barrel where fuels and lubricants or chemicals were cut. To create a mobile barbecue structure, it is necessary to provide for the presence of wheels in the drawing or sketch. And the brazier cover should be equipped with special "fittings" - in particular, door hinges and a handle with which the brazier will open.

It is worth adhering to a few practical tips that will help make the grill even more comfortable and practical to use.

On the legs of the barbecue, you can make a stand for firewood or dishes - trimming a thin pipe will help with this.
To prevent rain and other atmospheric precipitation from spoiling the picnic, you should take care of installing a canopy over the barbecue in advance. In principle, you can make it from any material (except wood, of course, since it is highly flammable).
If you plan to create a durable iron structure, then you should use a welding machine or a bolt tie for mounting parts.

In order for the kebab maker to serve faithfully for more than one year, the rules of maintenance and fire safety should be observed. And if the structure contains wooden elements (for example, handles), then the distance from them to an open fire should be at least 20 cm. Such elements must be treated with a fire retardant.
And one more useful tip that will help you make your barbecue or kebab even tastier.The fact is that the type of wood used as fuel for the grill directly affects the taste of the meat. It is strongly discouraged to use coniferous trees as firewood; sheets of plywood or chipboard are also not suitable. But many fruit trees will add a piquant smoky aroma to dishes. Oak firewood is recommended for cooking fish and seafood, apple wood - for pork or lamb kebabs; from birch - for beef and chicken; cherry - for poultry dishes; and if you are a real gourmet - cook snails on wood from a vine.