| It's exciting to cook outdoors now and then. | | | | mark in the concrete and ready the brick fire |
| Also, not only is it a pleasant change of | | | | pit wall plan. |
| pace to standard kitchen food preparation, | | | | |
| there is something about cooking outdoors | | | | 4. Prepare the cement mortar. The usual |
| whjich makes the food taste even better. | | | | proportion is 3:1, or 3 parts of sand to 1 |
| | | | part of cement. A stronger ratio is 2:1. The |
| Sure there is the easy way to do this with a | | | | idea is to have a consistency easy to work |
| simple store bought BBQ or hibachi, but to | | | | with-like soft ice cream. Take care not to |
| truly get a unique experience, a great taste | | | | have it too watery. Mortar for our brick fire |
| and make the best culinary experience | | | | pit should be mixed well to attain a balance |
| possible you should really consider trying to | | | | of components. |
| build a brick fire pit. This really is the | | | | |
| best option for outdoor cooking. | | | | 5. Build the brick fire pit wall. To lay the |
| | | | bricks, put enough mortar on our key mark |
| And it's easy to build our own brick fire | | | | including the underside and ends of the |
| pit. So set an apt day to do some simple | | | | bricks. The bricks should steadily rest on |
| masonry work with the family and follow these | | | | the mortar. Adjust until they are standing |
| seven easy steps. | | | | upright and sturdily on the mortar. Do this |
| | | | level by level with the aid of a string for |
| 1. First, we choose a site in our backyard | | | | alignment. |
| for our brick fire pit. It should be a safe | | | | |
| distance from the walls of the house, from | | | | 6. The string should be perfectly horizontal |
| the roof, from windows, and from trees. The | | | | and the top edge of the bricks parallel to |
| site should be easy to drain after rain. | | | | it. We may also use a Leveler for this |
| | | | purpose. A brick should be on top another in |
| 2. Dig the pad. It should be 2 to 4 inches | | | | an overlapping (not directly over) manner. |
| deep. As to its size, we decide according to | | | | Overlap should be half the brick size. This |
| our preferred dimension. Level the pad base | | | | strengthens our brick fire pit. |
| of our brick fire pit. | | | | |
| | | | 7. For metal grills, insert them within the |
| 3. We make the forms using 2 by 4 feet woods | | | | brick fire pit walls at a desired height. The |
| and screw them together. Screwing makes them | | | | top of the wall may be capped with special |
| easy to disassemble. Then we prepare | | | | bricks or stones. |
| quick-set cement according to specified mix | | | | |
| proportions as indicated on the bag and pour | | | | So there we have it. A day after the brick |
| into the pad foundation of our brick fire | | | | fire pit is constructed it's ready for use. |
| pit. Then set steel bars in a latus pattern | | | | We can start enjoying steaks from our outdoor |
| into the concrete before it sets, put a key | | | | grills with the family and friends. |