cheap folding grill

cheap folding grill for fires,barbeque kettles, cooking

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21/05/2011 at 15:14

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3f9t85y

originally bought as a stand for my lapto, but works as a bbq grill

For two quid, it's not bad at all, though you do have to cut 'n' chip tha plastic covering off first.

200mm wide x 470mm long x 180 mm high.  perhaps slightly short, unless you have a  small fire / ember bed.

21/05/2011 at 15:36
>you do have to cut 'n' chip tha plastic covering off first
Obviously being an elitist bourgeoisie moneybags might it not be better to spend an extra £5 and buy the right tool for the job in the first place?

http://bit.ly/jIhqA8
Edited: 21/05/2011 at 15:36
21/05/2011 at 15:54
I love this kind of stuff and I'm interested in having a look, but can't get to the image. Do you have a live link? Cheers.
21/05/2011 at 16:52
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8860/0226665l.jpg


http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/chrome-kitchen-accessories/wilko-folding-rack/invt/0226665/

It's not the most exciting image I've ever posted on the internet

I would imaging it's quite a lot lighter and more portable than the bbq grill linked to above, l though it probably wouldn't last that long. Repurposing things is fun anyway, as long as you make sure you get ALL the plastic off

I guess the pre made alternative would be a grilliput or maybe reusing a disposable bbq.

Edited: 21/05/2011 at 16:54
21/05/2011 at 19:28

Nice work, Wolfticket! i couldn't get an image...

and as for you, Mesieur le Bed-ooiun, hav you no sympathy for the plastic-chippers? they, too, have extrusions to look after....

22/05/2011 at 01:46

Lob that bugger in a fire, give it a few whacks and the coating is gone.

That's how i'd do it anyway, cack handed sod that i am.


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22/05/2011 at 10:47

to clarify, it's a wire shelf with legs that fold out, rather than a grillpan

have got a foldable bbq  and messing about trying to make a grilliput-like thing from a telescopic broom handle and bicycle spokes...and maybe a square one from a wheely suitcase handle...and maybe another from copper tubing.

Would love to have the skillls & tools to make one of tensioned steel wire, like a retractable washing line

22/05/2011 at 14:21
The coating might be gone but what other nasties remain? hardly a food grade implement is it!
22/05/2011 at 14:26
I'd be in the "set fire to it" camp, too. Chipping sounds excruciatingly tiresome.
22/05/2011 at 17:06
The grill tops on disposable bbq's should be big enough and soft enough to cut/form into something suitable I reckon. I'm trying to think of something so that I can poach, I mean GRILL, trout on. 8] Doesn't have to be that technical either (which normally adds weight imo). Maybe fold the edges over for strength and use a cheap tent peg in each corner that could be bent into hooks to suspend it. Just thinking aloud here. Might actually have a go to see if it works at all.
Edited: 22/05/2011 at 17:10
22/05/2011 at 22:58

have also scavenged some disposable bbq grillls is fun making stuff!

for a trout, i'd be inclined to  rig up a tripod/hanger like ray mears....they can fall apart  

trying to think of a way to support the grill without it slipping down the pegs...suppose you could angle them  at an ,er, angle.

tesco do a fish basket grill with a handle: reckon you could support that with a post and hook/tent peg arrangement.

 had an exellent firebowl from an abandoned frying pan last year...found a saw, too, just lobbed in the bushes!

and for all you pyro's.... chipping might be boring, but burning is poisonous, ya wreckers!

23/05/2011 at 18:27

I think I'd go with a cake cooling rack.  It's what I used to make a split-level BBQ many years ago.  Probably just as light.

Now, if you want lightweight, then the Ti spoke & drilled Ti tube system if probably best.  And it all packs away into a small diameter tube.

24/05/2011 at 12:28
It just occurred to me - does a bbq actually need a stand? A small shallow pit could be dug (an old knife would do the job) and just lay the grill on top? Dead easy to push the dirt back, or lay a turf, then just tread it down. Just a thought.
29/05/2011 at 17:59
good way to do it Mr Nonstick As long as it's not in peat, or cutting through too many tree roots etc. Any probs with airflow?
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