Homemade Charcoal Grills!

"Need a Barbecue in a Hurry?"

Homemade Charcoal Grills

Here are the best ways to make homemade charcoal grills. Make homemade grills out of everyday household objects!!



Ever wanted to have a barbecue but you didnt own a grill? (I know I have been there before!)

So...here are two simple designs for you, they are easy to make with materials lying around the house! (oh yes!)

• Take an empty medium sized paint tin, remove any advertising paper or stickers and clean inside with warm soapy water. (make it's clean!)

• Drill holes in the side, just a few all round to make a fire chamber. Do not make any holes in the bottom of the paint tin as this will be your cooking surface.

• Place a few charcoal briquettes on a fire safe cooking surface like bricks on concrete. Light your charcoal as you normally would for any grill, check lighting a charcoal grill. Then place your paint tin face down over the charcoal.

• Let the charcoal burn and heat the cooking surface of the paint tin. Grease the top with some cooking oil and you are ready to start cooking. (oh yes!)

• Alternatively you can use a coffee tin if you do not have any paint tins. It must be big enough to be able to grill on. Enjoy!!


Oven Barbecue

• Very simple design just requires the tray and grill grid from your oven, 4 cups and either duct tape or string.

• Place the tray from your oven on a safe grilling surface. A surface that isn't going to be a fire hazard. (you can use a wooden cutting board to protect the surface)

• Put the four cups face down by each corner of the tray.

• Cover the tray with tin foil to protect the tray from charring.

• Pour a few charcoal briquettes on the tray and start up a fire as you normally would on a barbecue.

• Once the coals have been burning for a few minutes, spread them out on the tray.

• The oven grid becomes your grill grid, turn it perpendicular to the oven tray.

• Align the four corners so they match up with the cups. Secure it down with tape or string. (get your grill on!!)

• This method works great and is easy to assemble.

• Use tape or string to secure the cups and grid. Be careful not to knock the grid off while you're grilling.


Remember...these are quick and easy designs, they are not a permanent solution. Check out build a charcoal grill, for a barbecue you can use over and over again!!


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