| When you decide to get yourself a grill the very first | | | | and building your own is the freedom of design and |
| choice you have to make is to go out and buy one | | | | expression that designing something yourself, from |
| from the local garden or home improvement centre | | | | scratch offers. Maybe you want two levels of grill, |
| or to make your own. You may be the type of | | | | maybe three, maybe you would like to have a work |
| person that would never entertain the thought of | | | | top or prep area on one side of the grill or maybe on |
| building your own BBQ grill, but since your reading this | | | | both sides of the grill! Maybe your seven feet tall and |
| article I'm assuming that you're at least considering | | | | you don't want to strain your back bending down to |
| the possibility! So let me try and get you over the | | | | a standard height grill, the beauty of designing your |
| line and convince you why it's such a good idea! | | | | own is that you can decide on all of these |
| One of the most common reasons a lot of people | | | | parameters yourself! |
| will choose the DIY route is money, and it's a | | | | So once you've decided to take the plunge and |
| perfectly good reason, anything other than the most | | | | design and build your own BBQ grill, another world of |
| basic store bought BBQ can run into hundreds of | | | | possibilities opens up! Sure, you can build a standard |
| dollars, and when all is said and done, all we want it | | | | grill, but why not consider going the whole 'hog' |
| to do is cook our food, and a homemade grill will do | | | | (sorry!) and building a pig roaster, why not a meat |
| this as well as ANY store bought grill. Depending on | | | | smoker! All of these can be built from a standard |
| the materials you already have available all your grill | | | | scrap 55-gallon drum and some light angle iron! |
| may cost you is your time, otherwise you should be | | | | Maybe working with metal isn't for you, no problem, |
| able to beg, steel or borrow what you need without | | | | you can build your own brick BBQ grill. This is a great |
| spending more than a hundred bucks. | | | | addition to any garden, and when done well, can |
| For me though, the single biggest motivation for | | | | actually add a little extra value to the house!! |
| building your own BBQ is the satisfaction that you | | | | Whether you're using brick or steel, building a grill or a |
| get from building it, never is this sweeter than while | | | | smoker, the principle is the same, with a little bit of |
| your watching the steaks and burgers sizzling away | | | | enthusiasm and effort, coupled with a healthy dollop |
| the first time you fire it up. It's a great buzz, and | | | | of good information, you can build something with |
| something you'll never get from a store bought BBQ, | | | | your own hands that will pay you back with quiet |
| no matter how many features it has! | | | | satisfaction every time you use it! |
| Another good motivator for getting off the couch | | | | |