Brazier for lovers of barbecue and get-togethers in a friendly company is almost a fixture. Without it, fans of fun-filled outdoor activities are like without hands. It seems that you can live, but something is still not that ... This article is addressed to just such people. It will talk about the mangalah different types, as well as how to make a roaster with his own hands.

Content

• 1 Which brazier to choose?
• 2 Features of metal barbecues
  • 2.1 Stationary cast iron grills
• 3 Portable metal barbecues
  • 3.1 Thin-walled metal grills
  • 3.2 Thick wall grills from metal
• 4 How to make a grill with your own hands?
  • 4.1 Barbecue from the barrel
  • 4.2 Folding metal grills
  • 4.3 Folding grill
• 5 How to extend the life of a homemade barbecue?

Which brazier to choose?

In order to answer this seemingly simple question, you need to at least know where and how often you are going to use it. For lovers of outdoor recreation one will do, for summer residents - another, and for the owner of a cafe - the third. Of course, the choice will depend on the size of your wallet.

The first thing you need to know when choosing a grill - from which, in fact, choose. There are a lot of modifications of these devices for cooking meat. Consider their main advantages and disadvantages.

Depending on your mobility, there are two types of braziers:

• portable;
• stationary.

The former are usually made from sheet metal. The latter can be metal, stone, brick, as well as electric and gas. Each of these braziers is good in certain circumstances. For example, models in which heat sources are not coal, but gas or electricity are options, rather homemade. Their owners can eat barbecue at any time of the year, and without leaving their homes. However, you know, about any flavor of burning coals is out of the question: just roasted meat.

If this option is unacceptable to you either for financial or taste, or for any other reasons, then you should look for your grill among other models.

Those who wish to regularly enjoy the taste of meat baked on coals in their country house or in a country house should think about installing a stationary barbecue brick. It, as well as any brick construction, is put on the base. The main advantage of this design is its durability. In appearance, a brick grill usually resembles a stove, but its design may be more original. It all depends on the imagination and budget of the owners.

Features metal grills

Stationary cast iron grills

Despite the durability of bricks, most gourmets prefer metal models. For example, in stationary cast iron brazier many advantages.

• Firstly, it has rather thick walls and corrosion resistant, which means it will last at least ten years.
• Secondly, cast iron warms up quickly and evenly and possesses a big thermolysis. As a result, the meat is cooked quickly and it turns out extremely tasty.
• Thirdly, such a brazier can be a real decoration your site, if it is decorated with forged ornaments.
• If you put the grill in the gazebo or under the canopy, delicious barbecue can be fried in any weather.

Does this brazier have flaws? One, perhaps, is. Price its high enough, but then make such a purchase is not for the season. Over the years, the money spent on the acquisition of a cast iron barbecue will pay off many times over.

Portable metal grills

Unlike stationary, portable grills can be assembled, disassembled and transported in the trunk of a car. These braziers are standing cheaper, but also serve not for long. They are usually made of sheet steel or aluminum. If you are planning to purchase a portable grill, then you will have to choose between its mobility and durability. The thinner the walls of the structure, so it is, of course, easier and cheaper.

Portable metal grills делят на:

• thin-walled;
• thick-walled.

Thin-walled metal grills

Thin-walled structures are made of thin (up to three millimeters thick) sheets of steel or aluminum. They are lightweight, mobile, cheap.

Such models, in turn, are:

• folding;
• collapsible.

Design folding metal grills reminds the device of an ironing table: legs in them keep within under the box bottom. It is necessary to use such brazier very carefully, as it is unstable.

Demountable metal grill otherwise called brazier-diplomat. He got his name for his resemblance to a men's rectangular briefcase. The legs and walls of this barbecue device are folded into the drawer after use. He also serves as the basis for fastening all the details.

У всех thin-walled металлических мангалов есть один существенный flaw: they are not intended for kindling. On an open flame, a thin layer of metal will quickly burn out. Already hot coals fall asleep in them. Yes, and for long-term use of such braziers are not provided. It is more reasonable to get them for picnics on the nature.

Thick wall grills from metal

Thick-walled (from 3 to 6 mm) metal barbecues more durablebut also weigh more. Rather, it is a holiday option, which after use is easy to disassemble and carry to storage in the room. Such models can be improved, have adjustable blowing, grilles and sliding table. Even better, if such a device is equipped with a roof, then your plans to eat tasty meat "with smoke" will not break even rain.

To become the owner of one of the models of braziers is easy. They can be bought or ordered. Performed according to your project, decorated with forged ornaments, they can become not just a device for preparing delicious meat, but also a real landmark your site.

If the standard brazier of mass production does not suit you, and the design does not allow to order the design budget, you can make a metal brazier do it yourself. How to do this will be discussed further.

How to make a grill with your own hands?

Classic grill, as mentioned above, is rectangular metal box on legs. If you want to make a device for making barbecue on their own, you can give it any shape.

Barbecue from the barrel

If desired, you can make a brazier from an empty metal barrel. The main thing is that it is not out of paint or fuel and lubricants, and the thickness of its walls allows you to use the product repeatedly. Of course, one barrel can not do. You will need more and Bulgarian, welding machine, drill and metal corners.

Manufacturing technology barbecue from the barrel is as follows:

1. We put the barrel horizontally and cut the grinder along the previously marked line upper half. The ends are left in their places. The cut off part is also not discarded. It will later become a lid of the brazier.
2. Из metal corner делаем legswhich are welded to the ends.
3. We also make support for skewers from two metal corners, which are welded along the barrel from the inside. Guides for skewers will serve cuts on the cornersmade at a distance of 4−6 centimeters from each other.
4. Cover supply loops and handles.

Brazier is ready for use!

Of course, the modified barrel belongs to the category неразборных мангалов. If you need a collapsible design, you can make it. Such a brazier will consist of four walls with holes, a rectangular bottom and four legs. Before you begin, make a drawing (preferably on a sheet in a cage) and stock up on a sheet of steel with the same tools as in the previous case.

Folding metal grills

На чертеже note the height of the legs (it is selected individually for your height), the size of the walls and bottom, as well as the distance between the holes in the walls and slots (chamfers) for skewers. Perforation is best done at a height of 5 to 10 centimeters from the bottom, at a distance of 7−10 cm from each other.

We work in the following order:

1. We make a drawing of a brazier, transfer it to a steel sheet.
2. Sheets steel choose 1.5 mm (the thicker the sheet, the longer the service life), grinder on the markup we cut them.
3. We make holes in the walls with a drill.
4. With a hacksaw or grinder do guides for skewers on the upper edges of the walls.
5. Weld the bottom of the brazier to the walls.
6. Legs made of metal corner. We sharpen their lower part to make the legs easier to enter the soil.
7. Corners welded to the box.

This model will also be unsympathy, but it can be modified by making collapsible legs. It is more convenient to make them not from a corner but from four rods. Each of them should be threaded, and the nuts should be welded to the bottom of the box. Get a design with unscrewing legs.

Collapsible legs can be made from the corner, drilling holes for bolts in it.

Mangal можно сделать и полностью разборным. Для тех, у кого нет сварочного аппарата, такой вариант даже более предпочтителен.

Work order:

We perform the first four points in the same way as in the previous case, however, we cut the steel sheet not clearly by marking, but departing from it 3-4 cm Allowance will be necessary for the joints of parts. Next, we make incision of the intended walls, make bends so that the corners can be joined, then lay the bottom. In order for the parts not to fall apart during the use of the brazier, we drill holes for bolts in the side bends. Legs do the same pattern as in the previous design.

Folding grill

If desired, you can make yourself and folding grill. He looks like a steel not folding in its design. Its difference is that the walls of such a brazier are connected to each other movably with the help of furniture dodger. So that they do not fold arbitrarily at the most inopportune moment, hooks are welded to the upper edges of the walls.

How to extend the life of a homemade barbecue?

To make a homemade grill last longer protect against corrosion. Of course, suitable storage conditions are important for this, but not enough. To the metal grill served you longer, you can paint it with heat-resistant automotive paint, which is covered with silencers.

Another variant - bluing. This is the process of coating metal with a dark film that is resistant to high temperatures. Carry it out, maintaining the metal structure for 60 - 90 minutes in a hot solution of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda). To prepare such a solution, 50 grams of caustic soda is stirred in a liter of water and the mixture is heated to one hundred and forty degrees Celsius. If more solution is needed, the number of components is increased by the required number of times.

Summarize. For departure on the nature (hike) is optimal any of thin-walled металлических мангалов. Однако при наличии у вас автомобиля thick-walled вариант все же предпочтительнее, так как прослужит он дольше.

In the country better to have a brazier thick-walled. Если вы планируете использовать его регулярно, отдавайте предпочтение чугунному варианту. Если же на шашлык вы собираетесь не чаще пары раз в сезон, подойдет и стальной thick-walled. Все остальные модели, скорее, предназначены для загородных домов, а также хозяев различных кафе.