My Dad's Brick BBQ Project ... He is 73!

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:13 am

Hey guys,
I'm helping my dad out with his brick bbq project and he has alot of big ideas Shocked

... I think this one will be fun to watch Very Happy

, I am not sure how it is going to turn out.... the plan changes every day! It sure is fun to see my Dad having so much fun building this thing.

More pic's soon!

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:40 am

Rob R,
At this point I do not know what it's going to be.... it's his rocket... I'm just tech support Shocked

, so you know we are in big trouble. Laughing

I will pitch the offset idea and we will see, the man has lots of bricks. I don't know anything about offset cookers or brick... Yes we are having fun NOW!

See ya...

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:18 pm

Very Nice! I always enjoyed working with Dad! Glad to see he is still active!

There are a lot of bricks left. I will stay tuned in to see what he has in mind.

Thank You for sharing.

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:13 pm

More pic's from today. Cool

Air holes.

Side

More Brick!

He is thinking about a fire box? Idea

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:07 pm

I showed my dad this website and he was very impressed (me too) with all of the builders, the site and this new fangled thing called the internet. He went home... and the next day Dad decided he needed a fire box, so he could try his hand at smoking meat. He called me after he had ripped out one side of the bbq! Shocked

so I guess we are doing some kind of offset thing. Did I tell you guys we are BBQ Rookies? Laughing

So we need some help. The inside of the bbq measures 21”x 49” and is 17” deep. He is planning on using a cut in half drum pieced together for a lid and making a rotisserie. When he builds the fire box, we need to know how big should the hole be? He has some 4”x4” square steel and some 3”x3”. He wants to run it from the firebox to the center of the bbq… What do you guys think we should do? We kind of thought the smoke coming from the middle would be better than one side, please correct me if I’m wrong. We also could use a few ideas for the firebox and an easy way to build a door… Yep! We are building a rocket now! Thanks again for any help you guys give us.

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Yes Pops, it's me, your favorite daughter...I am glad pics are being posted because I am anxious to see how this is going to turn out!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:56 pm

I bought Pops a new 40" rotisserie for $25.00 at lowes, its not long enough to span the whole bbq, but I think we can make it work. If it the rain don't stop, Dad is going to explode. Shocked

He really wants to get back to work on this thing.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_101484-53723-FL-6002H-2S_4294857763+4294850895_4294937087?productId=3095877&pl=1&currentURL=/pl_Master%2BForge_4294857763 4294850895_4294937087_

See YA!

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:51 pm

Great project .. Cool

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:36 pm

Well boys we are off and running (again Shocked

). I went over to Dad's and he made a few things. We are going to give the reverse flow idea a try?
look at what he did.

The hole for the firebox.

The Lid.

Lid & grill frame mockup.

Dad and "The Rocket". Shocked

Dad is going to cut the pipe and start on the firebox soon. We have got to find a way to make the lid fit tight and fix a few things. He has 2 old brass handles, he found one and is looking for the other... if he finds the other one Laughing

and shines them up they should look cool.

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:09 pm

That looks like one proud Pops .. And he should be .. Looking forward to seeing some meat on there .. Cool

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:24 am

Well Boys & Girls work has continued, Pop cut the pipe for the reverse flow....

I guess I'm going to be the one to clean it up Crying or Very sad

... I started welding the firebox door. Wink

Welded the Hinges on. Cool

I also finnished welding the briquet (or charcoal) tray.

I've got to cleanup and reweld the lid frame, Dad's little welder is not doing the job... so I took a few things home to help him out a bit. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:46 am

Moving right along. Do you have a projected completion date yet? First cook?

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:19 pm

Jim,
No projected completion date yet, we are working small design issues and ordering stuff like stove rope, plus the bbq has to dry, the mud is still green.
Should I raise the reverse flow pipe on the opposite side of the fire box? I was thinking one or two inches?, it's about 55 inches long.

We are both giving this all of our spare time, we want to be testing the cooker in early May Wink

The problem is I do not have as much time as my Dad. The fire box is next on the list Cool

more pic's this weekend.

Thanks! for all your help Jim,

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:37 pm

Probably wouldn't hurt to raise the pipe a couple of inches.

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:56 pm

Dads firebox door is almost done. Shocked

I just need to figure out how to make a good handle... I know, I could make a bad handle... never made a handle for a firebox... Laughing

anyway we had to grind off 90% of the welds on the grill frame (due to a weak HF welder Mad

),reweld it and paint it. The pic is dark, it was late in the day.

See YA!