Would I be batshit crazy to build my own BBQ out of bricks with no cement

[thistimeofyear]

So I have a small garden/courtyard and some friends are coming for a BBQ in a week or so. I was going to buy a BBQ as I don't have one but a friend suggested I make one out of bricks! My neighbour down the road is throwing out some bricks and he said I can have them so would I be crazy to make my own bbq out of bricks - and no cement?!

Yes.

Yes, batshit.

Yeah my brother in law has one of these. Looks great and works really well. You need a bit of metal to go underneath a rack to burn the coals on but I'm sure you can buy that online.

It's not batshit!

Yes. Don’t be daft.

So you’d essentially be balancing a big fire on top of a pile of bricks with nothing holiding them up? What have you got against cement?

I had one like this for years. It needed squaring up occasionally but it was fine. It needs to be somewhere no one is going to bump into it though. I did not have children at this time though!

Do you mean a small ground level one with a few tiers on it for the grill? Or a permanent large one at waist height which could tumble if not secure?

a big fire

If you have a big fir, you're doing a BBQ wrong. Are you thinking of a fire pit/chimney thingy?

You don't need cement. Go for it, not daft at all.

Mine never came anywhere close to falling down at all.

Go for it. Plenty of ideas for how to do it on Pinterest and YouTube. You'll ned to get a rack for it though.

We had one. Just make it 3 or 4 bricks high. Couple of feet wide and a foot and a half from front to back. You need a metal plate or maybe a rack. There are loads of them at our tip but we are in Australia. We've got a flash one now but the brick one was fine for a few years.

I've just remembered that our wasn't even bricks! It was a metal plate balanced on some rocks (in a u-shape).

thanks all fab ideas - I'll have a look on pinterest and another look on you tube - the ones I saw earlier all involved cement!
I've nothing against cement at all I just haven't a clue how make cement and lay bricks and also I may not want it to be permanent
I do have a dd but she is a teenager - other kids coming are slightly younger but with 3 very attentive parents between us I am sure we'd be ok - I was a girl guide so I know all about being sensible! ;)x

Not batshit at all.

Even easier to just make a platform out of said bricks and put a disposable BBQ on it.

You can buy easy mix cement powder and a cheap bucket to mix it in from b and q easily. You just mix the powder with water and use it.

ballyhockeysticks - fab idea also
pisspawpatrol - maybe I will..tx

Maybe do a fire put design like this one bestfirepitideas.com/how-to-build-a-brick-fire-pit/how-to-build-a-brick-fire-pit-grill/
You can buy the grill the cook the food on to sit on top, and then when you are done with cooking, you have a nice fire put to sit around and toast marshmallows on :)

Remember to stagger the bricks so each layer has a brick centred above the join of two bricks below. When I got to the bit where there would be a half brick at the ends, I just turned a whole brick sideways.

I think if you don't leave space underneath it EXPLODES 😱😄. Seriously though. Have heard this.

Omg it would be just my luck for it to explode ! I will look into this very carefully - all