The concepts of barbecue and barbecue are often confused, since they are built for cooking with smoke and coals. But a barbecue is needed to prepare barbecue, and a barbecue grill is a method of cooking food over an open fire using a grate.
Ordinary grill can be turned into a barbecue by attaching a grill to it.
BBQ oven There are mobile and stationary, the sizes depend on the functions performed. The simplest furnace is built in dimensions 0.18*0.07*0.9 m, resembles a regular grill with a grate.
A slightly improved barbecue is built with space for a hob, its dimensions are 1.7*0.4*1.9 m. simplest furnace complex has dimensions 1.2*2.2*1.9 m.
Stoves are offered for construction with a cauldron, barbecue, stove, and other accessories for cooking on coals. All you have to do is choose the project that suits your needs. We will tell you in detail in this article about how to build a brick barbecue with your own hands. Drawings and photos of some projects are attached. Well, the dimensions of a brick barbecue, drawings and photographs of other stove models can be found on the adjacent pages of our website.
Why build an outdoor brick barbecue with your own hands?
Modern variety of outdoor slabs does not allow you to choose a single model - you want to take an element from each project. Building a barbecue oven in the garden out of brick with your own hands allows you to combine them into one ideal oven on your site.
Photo 1. A small, highly aesthetic garden barbecue oven made of brick with a barbecue and a work table. Building such a simple barbecue stove with your own hands from brick and stone is easy and quick, especially if there are special instructions for laying a barbecue with a barbecue.
TO advantages of a brick kiln own construction include the following advantages:
- possibility of creating own project;
- a stove built in this way will stationary— it will not be stolen, even if the owners of the site are absent for a long time;
- confidence in the materials and durability of the assembled stove;
- laying a barbecue is so simple that a person without stove maker experience can master it;
- giving the site classic style or country style;
- creating a reason to be proud of your friends.
What are the designs of a brick barbecue and kebab oven?
The main projects for building a barbecue for a brick cottage are divided into 3 types:
- without pipe- a simple oven, reminiscent of a barbecue, requiring minimum costs for construction;
- with pipe— an improved stove, in which when cooking food the smoke will not be scattered by the wind in different directions;
- with pipe and hob- for the possibility of preparing first courses, for example, soups, borscht, fish soup.
The best option is to create stoves with pipe without stove, because most often the company gathers to eat hot kebabs with equally hot drinks.
The pipe in the stove design will protect vacationers from the random dispersion of smoke and flying ash particles.
Building a brick barbecue: cost estimate
One of the first stages of the project implementation is the calculation of the material that will be needed to build the stove. Garden barbecues for the dacha have many diagrams showing how to make this or that structure, and some of them also have instructions. Here it is especially convenient to determine in advance the volume of required building materials.
Calculation of the amount of ordinary bricks for a building stoves with pipe(by rows): 38+10.5+10.5+10.5+10.5+33+33.5+13+13+13+13+35+35+9+9+9+9+9 +9+9+9+18+26+22+20+12+10+9+7+5+5 = 474.5 pcs.
- ordinary Red brick 1st grade - 474.5 pcs.;
Calculation of the amount of refractory bricks for laying firebox(starting from row 14): 7+7+7.5+7.5+7+7.5+7+3 = 53.5 pcs.
- fire brick to create a firebox - 53.5 pcs.;
- concrete mortar for pouring the foundation or its mixture of water, sand, crushed stone, cement in a ratio of 4:4:4:1;
- metal pipe 15-20 cm in diameter - 1 pc.;
- board for formwork formation - 1 pc.;
- coarse sand— 17 kg;
- reinforcement mesh — 2 m;
- sheet metal - 1 PC.;
- table top- 1 PC.;
- oven grate for collecting coals - 1 pc.;
- silicone and heat resistant sealant for sealing masonry cracks - 1 tube;
- facing material.
Before proceeding to the construction phase, check availability tools:
- shovel;
- building level;
- rope;
- roulette;
- hammer.
Such tools are so simple that it is difficult to find an alternative to use them.
Attention! When building a stove, you will need halves of bricks - these can be made using a grinding machine.
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We select and prepare a site for construction
The place where you can build a barbecue oven with your own hands is selected based on comfort and fire safety. On at a distance of 3-4 meters from the stove Trees, bushes and grass should not grow. If extensions, a bathhouse, or other buildings are built on the site, the stove must be built at a distance. The predominant direction of the wind should not be towards one’s own or neighbors’ buildings.
Photo 2. An impromptu place to relax with a barbecue in the garden thickets. Surely you have a corner on your property where a brick barbecue would fit perfectly. The photo does not allow us to estimate the size of the site, but even a small oven will look better than such a scorched piece of earth.
If we discuss the comfort of using future cooking in an outdoor oven, it is most convenient to place the structure next to relaxation area- patio, gazebo, terrace. If there are no such places on the site, you can choose any place for the barbecue, and place a table with chairs nearby. Keep in mind that you will need a lot of water and firewood for cooking and maintaining the stove. The size of the furnace working area is selected depending on financial capabilities and the size of the area.
- located on the leeward side of a residential building. Otherwise, smoke will enter the house, penetrating inside and leaving traces of soot outside;
- It is undesirable to have plants next to a brick barbecue - their vital functions will be disrupted due to high temperatures.
Once a location has been chosen, you should prepare platform for the furnace area. The soil is cleared of the fertile layer: grass, bushes, trees. It is allowed to remove trees from your site without the consent of local authorities, provided that there are no environmental restrictions.
Attention! Remember that roots left in the ground can sprout and damage flooring furnace zone.
Typically, during planning and clearing an area for future construction, conifers are planted and fruit trees. After this you can go to the stage of pouring the foundation according to the shape and size suggested by your chosen barbecue drawing diagram.
Construction of a brick barbecue
Oven on personal plot, no matter what type it belongs to, this structure is quite intricate and requires a certain amount of knowledge. Therefore, for everyone who decided to build a barbecue for their dacha with their own hands, step-by-step instruction, which is given on this page of the site, is simply necessary. If laying barbecue ovens by hand is a process unfamiliar to you, you are unlikely to be able to lay out even the first row without such instructions brickwork.
Before starting construction, it is advisable to carry out an approximate drawing for calculation required quantity materials and proper construction of the structure.
Stove makers with extensive experience do not use a drawing for masonry (they already know by heart how to lay a brick barbecue with their own hands).
If you are not a specialist, in addition to the usual drawing, you will also need order brick barbecue, masonry drawings or detailed barbecue masonry diagram.
Any barbecue oven is built from brick in layers - one row of bricks after another. The number of bricks in each row is not the same and they can be folded differently. To know exactly how to build a brick barbecue with your own hands and not confuse anything, you need drawings with order. Even a novice stove maker, having such drawings in hand, is sure that designs for arranging barbecue stoves will help avoid gross mistakes during construction.
How to make barbecue stoves for a brick cottage: foundation (step by step)
The heavy weight of a brick kiln requires a solid foundation. Equally suitable tape And monolithic foundation. We will use the recommendations of furnace specialists and give preference to the monolithic option.
Attention! It is best to pave the work area around the stove.
So, let's start building a barbecue with our own hands - step-by-step instructions for pouring the foundation:
- digs a pit the size of 1.5*2 m with a depth of up to 0.4 m.
- the bottom is leveled using shovel;
- a layer of sand is poured 10 cm thick, filled with a small volume of water, compacted;
- wooden formwork fastened with self-tapping screws is installed;
- reinforcement mesh is laid;
- the foundation is being poured concrete mortar;
- leave for a week until hardened.
Attention! When stirred, air accumulates in the solution, which reduces the strength of the structure. To eliminate air, you need to make holes in the uncured concrete.
Brick barbecue laying: base
The base on which the entire structure of the stove will be installed is the first stage from which the laying of a brick barbecue begins. The step-by-step instructions that we provide here should help avoid mistakes due to which the entire structure may ultimately be unsuitable for use.
Attention! At the stage of laying out a barbecue with your own hands, grade 1 red burnt bricks and cement mortar are used step by step.
After the foundation has hardened, it is carefully studied for presence of cracks. They need to be sealed and wait until they harden.
Next, it is marked furnace circuit. Experts recommend stretching the cord between pieces of reinforcement inserted into the corners. Bricks are laid along the cord, greased with cement mortar and layer 2 is laid, starting with half a brick.
You should check the evenness of the masonry using a level.
Attention! Tap the top and side of each brick with a hammer - this strengthens the adhesion of the building materials.
The charcoal grate is placed on the second row. Apply the mortar to the end of the brick to increase the reliability of the masonry.
Subsequent rows will begin with half brick. Next, 5 rows of bricks are laid according to the presented scheme. Starting from the 6th, it will be located oven tray- a small protrusion is made here. 3 rows are laid according to the pattern, and a new ledge for kiln table basics.
Advice! Select the height of the oven and table based on ease of use. You can be free with the number of initial rows - they do not in any way affect the strength and reliability of the structure.
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Laying a barbecue stove: firebox
Attention! At this stage, you will need 2 types of bricks - regular red and fireproof, a solution of clay and sand. The bricks will be laid out in 2 rows - the outer one made of red brick, the inner one made of fireclay. The bottom of the firebox should also be lined with refractory bricks.
Reason for firebox And table tops done in the form of a screed. The boards are laid out one brick thick, cut to the size of the span. The top is filled with concrete mortar and left for 5 days.
The height of this part of the stove depends on its shape: 9 bricks for a rectangular one, 7 for an arched one. Depth - up to 70 cm. The pipe is removed after several rows.
Photo 3. The process of building a brick barbecue is underway. The photo was taken at the stage when the laying of the barbecue stove was almost ready and the construction of the woodshed was completed. Another module is at the stage of laying the first row of bricks.
Attention! To remove the chimney, the area of the masonry is gradually reduced, each row is reduced by half a brick in length and ¼ in width. From the 7th row, pipe laying with a height of up to 13 rows will begin.
Chimney laying
Attention! Red brick and cement mortar are used at this stage.
The chimney in a brick barbecue located in a gazebo is bought at a hardware store or welded from sheet material . To seal the free space between the pipe and the furnace, use heat resistant sealant. The gazebo must have a fireproof opening for the chimney outlet.
Important! A cap is placed on the upper end of the pipe to create proper draft and protect the furnace from precipitation that could impair its functionality.
It’s easier to buy a tabletop in a store, attaching it to a created ledge silicone sealant . To do it yourself, you need to plaster with cement and trim the surface with tiles or stone after installing the slab.
Decorating a stove with a pipe
After removing the chimney, you can take care of the appearance of the barbecue. To do this, decorate the kebab and barbecue ovens with your own hands: lay out the flooring with non-slip material, for example, porcelain stoneware. In this case, special glue is used. Along the façade they pass grinder and clean with a brush to remove any remaining solution. You can use tiles or wild stone to improve the aesthetic appearance of the structure.
Additional attributes
To increase the comfort of relaxation next to an outdoor stove, it is advisable to take care of additional attributes.
To decorate the site and make it possible to have a cozy time in the evening, you should supply electricity and perform table lighting, hearth, space under the roof, boundaries of a recreation area or site.
Photo 4. Detailed diagram of a brick barbecue made by English-speaking specialists. In addition to the stove itself, the figure also contains a description of the work table with the required dimensions. If you are going to build a brick barbecue with your own hands, drawings of this kind will be necessary.
Work table to prepare food for cooking, rack for placing spices, utensils and accessories are placed next to work area.
You can completely place the stove with the pipe in glass gazebo and cook delicious kebabs all year round or install a canopy for basic protection from precipitation.
A table, benches or chairs are purchased or created as furniture for relaxation. Designers do not recommend buying cheap plastic furniture - it will spoil the atmosphere of outdoor cooking and may cause a fire. It is better to give preference to forged, wooden, wicker furniture in natural colors.
Fire safety
Remember to follow fire safety regulations. No one wants to interrupt their vacation to call the fire department and eliminate the consequences of a fire in nearby objects.
Rules for installing a stove to prevent fire:
- need for construction on a solid foundation;
- finishing metal sheets or other non-flammable floor material in front of the stove;
- placement at a decent distance from flammable substances, trees, bushes, buildings.
Photo 5. A set of imported fire extinguishers of various sizes. For fire safety purposes, any brick barbecue oven must be equipped with one of these items: the photo demonstrates how rich a choice a dacha owner has.
Operating rules:
- when the oven is idle, it is covered cover so that precipitation does not disrupt functionality;
- protect children from being close to the stove;
- do not leave the stove lit, especially with food, unattended.
Various brick barbecue ovens: projects, photos, drawings
When you can’t settle on just one brick barbecue project, photos, diagrams, drawings of barbecue masonry can help you decide on your choice. Study the selection of illustrations we have prepared to understand which of the projects you like best. Please contact Special attention on the complexity of the proposed design: will you be able to implement this or that project? with my own hands?
Photo 6. A fragment of instructions showing how to build a barbecue oven out of brick. A barbecue laying procedure like this makes the job much easier, especially for those who have never built brick barbecue with your own hands. Drawings, so try to choose in order.
Photo 7. Graphic diagram of a brick barbecue. It will be quite easy to build a brick barbecue for your dacha with your own hands using this project.
Photo 8. Computer model Brick barbecue: order and construction scheme. It will be easier to fold the barbecue with more detailed diagram, but even such a drawing speeds up the construction of the structure.
Photo 9. Computer-generated approximate diagram of a brick barbecue. Masonry drawings attached to such a plan will give accurate information about the size of the structure and the procedure for its construction.
Photo 10. Schematic sketch of a pedestal for a barbecue project. Drawings with dimensions are necessary, no matter what type of stove you choose - stone or brick, small or large, complex in design or not.
Photo 11. Computer-generated brick barbecue project. Downloading a project like this for free is very useful when you want to build a garden barbecue out of brick with your own hands.
Photo 12. A novice stove maker lays barbecue bricks in rows with his own hands. The photo was taken at the stage when the foundation is already ready and several rows of bricks have already been laid.
Photo 13. Small outdoor barbecue made of brick. The drawings of such a structure are extremely simple, however, if you decide to build a brick barbecue with your own hands, a procedure that describes in detail the laying of bricks is also desirable in this case.
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Photo 14. Brick stove with two pipes. On our website you can see the most unusual barbecue projects. A photo of this model, for example, shows that a stove for barbecue and shish kebab, built with your own hands, can resemble the outline of a stove from a Russian hut.
Photo 15. There are a wide variety of types of barbecues for a brick cottage. The photo shows an elongated model folded at a corner. It is noticeable from the side wall that the original brick barbecue laying scheme was used.
Photo 16. Near the plank fence there is a cottage barbecue made of bricks, built by the owner of the site with his own hands. This structure consists of three simple sections. It is clear that a rather unusual layout of the brick barbecue was used.
Photo 17. Brick building for cooking various dishes on outdoors. To build even such a relatively simple barbecue oven with your own hands, ordering the brickwork may be necessary.
Photo 18. Backyard country house with barbecue area and oven with large chimney. To build such a rather complex brick barbecue with your own hands, diagrams with detailed dimensions and the order of actions are simply necessary.
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The process of preparing shish kebab on a regular iron grill is well known to everyone. But in windy weather or during sudden rain, frying meat becomes problematic, if not impossible. It is much more convenient to make shish kebab or barbecue on a stationary brick grill located under a canopy. In this case, sudden vagaries of weather will not ruin your plans. IN this material will tell you how to make a street grill out of brick with your own hands.
Schemes of stationary brick grills
Differences between fireplaces located in the open air and traditional ones brick kilns are as follows:
- grill or barbecue is built with the purpose of creating comfortable conditions cooking various dishes in the open air;
- the design of an outdoor barbecue is much simpler, and the requirements for materials are not so high;
- Almost every homeowner can build a simple brick outdoor stove at home or in the country;
- The dimensions and arrangement of the barbecue are chosen arbitrarily depending on the wishes and capabilities of the home owners.
All these features, plus the construction of a foundation in the yard, somewhat simplify the work of laying barbecues; it is a little more difficult to build street garden stoves. The latter are small oven complexes where you can not only fry shish kebab, but also cook a variety of food. But first, we will look at the simplest version of a stationary barbecue, which does not even require a solution.
The structure shown in the photo can be erected in literally half an hour on any flat surface. To stack 4 supports, any brick will do, as long as it is level. The height of the supports is arbitrary, depending on your height, so that you can cook comfortably. Then a slab is placed on top, preferably from fire resistant material, for example concrete or mineralite. Next, a bottom made of red brick (can be hollow) is laid, and then the walls are erected using conventional technology with ligation.
This design is good because it does not require mortar, is quickly erected and transported from place to place. In addition, the height and dimensions of the barbecue are at your discretion, but within reasonable limits so that the structure is stable. Do not forget to install a metal brazier on the brick bottom, and make small cracks in the masonry for air access.
This kind of small barbecue can also be built on mortar by attaching a metal smoke collector in the form of an umbrella on top. Thanks to this, the smoke during cooking will not dissipate in different directions and get into your face. Below is a diagram of a brick grill covered with a concrete slab and an exhaust hood:
There is only one difficulty in constructing this structure - pouring a concrete slab. But if there is household small scraps of plywood or OSB, and wooden blocks, the issue is resolved fairly quickly. The racks are made from the bars, and the formwork panels are made from plywood. To prevent milk from leaking out of the concrete and the plywood from getting wet, the inside of the formwork must be covered before pouring. plastic film. There you need to place a mesh of reinforcement with a diameter of 10-12 mm. The figure shows a diagram of the formwork and the arrangement of the barbecue:
The smoke collector is made of galvanized roofing steel and is attached to the top of the barbecue. It is not recommended to light a fire directly on a concrete slab; it is better to use a metal brazier for this purpose.
Outdoor stove complexes
The next option is a barbecue oven with a chimney and additional cabinets for kitchen utensils. The mouth of the firebox and the openings for the cabinets are designed with arched vaults, the firewood niche has a conventional ceiling made of bricks laid on steel corners. Below are drawings for a brick barbecue and the order for its construction:
As can be seen from the orders, inner part The firebox is lined with fireclay bricks, which means it does not require a separate brazier. The height of the chimney is arbitrary, depending on the location of the stove and the height of the canopy above it.
The last option we want to present is a more complex outdoor stove for a summer cottage. This will require some experience and knowledge of the furnace business. The oven is intended not only for cooking kebabs, but also for cooking food, since it is equipped hob. In this case, the installation of an outdoor stove provides for smoke circulation and requires more materials and accessories:
- solid ceramic brick – 450 pcs.;
- red hollow brick – 180 pcs.;
- fireclay brick – 201 pcs.;
- cement grade 400 – 200 kg;
- fireclay clay – 40 kg;
- sand – 0.1 m3;
- corner 40 x 40 mm – 4 m;
- cast iron plate 710 x 410 mm;
- firebox door 410 x 410 mm – 1 pc.;
- valve – 1 pc.;
- cleaning door 140 x 140 mm – 1 pc.
Here also the internal parts of the oven exposed to open flames or high temperature, laid out with fireclay bricks. You need to begin preparation and construction by studying the drawing of a brick barbecue, which shows sections of the stove and its order:
Necessary materials for construction
In our case, the main thing building material is a brick. When constructing simple barbecues, the requirements for it are low. The chamber where it is planned to place the brazier should be made of red ceramic bricks, or even hollow ones. As for the lower supporting part, the choice of material here is entirely at your discretion and capabilities. The task of this part is to support the structure; it is not exposed to high temperatures, which means it can be made of any suitable material.
If a simple outdoor brick grill, made by yourself, has an unsightly appearance, then it can always be plastered or covered with inexpensive porcelain stoneware, but only after the masonry mortar has completely dried.
Another thing is brick outdoor ovens. Here you must follow all the rules of stove art and use high-quality material. For construction you will need solid red brick without cracks or damage, the same applies to fireclay stone. The solution should be used only sand-clay in proportions 1: 1, and for fire-resistant masonry - a solution made of fireclay clay. Such building mixtures are commercially available in dry form.
Advice. For laying simple barbecues, 20% M400 cement can be added to the sand-clay mortar for strength.
Any garden stove or barbecue is installed on solid foundation, so you need to stock up on sand, cement and crushed stone to build the foundation. Don’t forget about the tools needed for masonry work, and for arched vaults you will need special templates - circles. They can be cut from drywall.
Laying the foundation
Construction of the foundation is a rather complex matter and requires geological exploration of the soil composition. But the construction of a fireplace in the yard should be approached a little more simply and at lower costs. Universal recipe- This reinforced concrete slab. Its filling is performed in the following sequence:
- dig a hole 30 cm deep and 10-20 cm larger in size than the future stationary grill;
- compact the bottom and cover it with crushed stone to a depth of 15 cm;
- install formwork protruding 10 cm above ground level;
- cover the pit together with the formwork with plastic film;
- tie a mesh of reinforcement with a diameter of 12-14 mm with cells 150 x 150 mm. Place it at the bottom of the pit on top of the film, placing supports;
- prepare concrete in the proportions of 1 part cement / 3 parts sand / 7 parts medium or fine crushed stone and place it in the formwork;
- After setting, cover the slab with film and wait 28 days until completely hardened.
Before making a barbecue, the surface of the foundation must be covered with 2 layers of roofing material, ensuring waterproofing of the structure.
The simplest brick barbecues for a summer residence are built in compliance with the usual rules for laying stones with bandaging and alignment to level and plumb. Here it is important to prepare a good solution from sifted sand and clay so that there are no pebbles in it. The thickness of the masonry joint on clay mortar is maintained within 5 mm, on cement mortar – up to 10 mm.
Advice. The lower supporting parts of the barbecue can be laid on a cement-sand mortar with a small addition of clay for plasticity.
More stringent rules apply if you need to build a brick barbecue in the form of a yard stove complex:
- each brick is soaked for 2-3 minutes in a bucket of water;
- fireclay and ordinary masonry do not tie together;
- bricks are adjusted and trimmed as a result of fitting. To do this, the row must first be laid out without mortar;
- the horizontal and vertical of the structure is checked after laying each row of stones.
Advice. If you want to build a barbecue made of bricks with a decorative slot-like seam, during laying you must not reach the mortar up to front side stone
In order to better understand the sequence of actions, as an example, step-by-step instructions are provided for laying a brick barbecue grill with cabinets for kitchen utensils. The previous section shows its procedures (Option 3) that must be followed. So, the order of masonry is as follows:
- from the 1st row to the 8th, the walls of cabinets and a wood niche are erected;
- 9th row: using templates, the arches of red brick cabinets are laid out, steel corners are placed above the firewood;
- 10th row: the ceiling of the wood niche is formed from fireproof stones, cut to 18 cm and placed on edge;
- 11th and 12th rows: all niches are overlapped, while along the entire perimeter the bricks are released outward by a quarter;
- Along the 15th row, a firebox made of fireclay bricks is laid out. The circle is cut out and installed to form the arch;
- Along the 20th row, outer walls and a firebox are erected. An arched vault is laid out from fireclay stones, cut “to a wedge”;
- from the 20th to the 24th row, the bricks are cut so as to gradually move to the chimney cross-section;
- all the stones of the 24th row are projected out a quarter, then the construction of the chimney follows.
As a result, we get this nice structure:
Conclusion
If you choose barbecues for a dacha or a house of simple design, then their construction will not cost a lot of work. As for outdoor stoves, you will have to spend time and effort, but the result looks much better and more practical.
Portable lightweight barbecues are good outdoors, but near the house or at the dacha you want more convenience and aesthetics. Brick barbecues can provide all this. Due to the plasticity of the material, they can be small - occupying about one square space, or there can be decent corner complexes with a hearth, hob and even a sink and water/sewage supply. Even a completely inexperienced mason can build the simplest brick barbecues with his own hands. One such project will be described in detail below. It can be used as a training task before building something more serious.
Simple brick grill
Any brick structure requires a foundation. And even such a small barbecue, as presented below, is very undesirable to place directly on the ground. The foundation will have to be poured. It can be made strip or slab. The slab is more reliable: it will not move in winter and the masonry will not fall apart.
The dimensions of the foundation for a brick grill are 10-15 cm larger than its dimensions. First, the plant layer is removed; if necessary, the pit is deepened by 10-15 cm. Its bottom is leveled and compacted. A 10 cm layer of crushed stone is poured and compacted again. It is advisable to use a vibrating plate: you will not compact the soil enough with a manual tamper. Tape height - 20-30 cm, thickness slab foundation- 10 cm.
Depending on the type of foundation chosen, the appropriate formwork is constructed. For greater strength, reinforcement is made with a rod of 10-12 mm in diameter. For the tape, two threads are laid around the perimeter; for the slab, a “cage” is made: rods are laid lengthwise and crosswise in increments of 20 cm. Everything is filled with concrete of a grade no lower than M200.
If the temperature during construction stays around +20°C, after about a week you can continue work: the concrete has gained more than half its strength. Two rows of waterproofing are laid on it (roofing felt, roofing felt, modern roll waterproofing), miss bitumen mastic or other liquid waterproofing solution. After this, you can begin laying.
Dimensions and materials
You can build this small brick grill with your own hands even without any experience. It is a structure in the shape of the letter “P”. There are two parts: the brazier itself and the table next to it. The design is simple and easy to modify. You can add another section nearby, make it wider or narrower, deeper or shallower. You can make two protrusions for the grates - this is if you are preparing a large number of kebabs.
In the basic version, the dimensions are as follows:
- width 180 cm;
- depth 90 cm;
- barbecue height 100 cm.
For laying this garden grill you can take solid ceramic bricks, you can also use fireclay SHA-8. For the order given below, 202 bricks were used.
For the lower part - up to the 5th row - a cement-sand mortar 1:3 is used or with the addition of one part of lime. Further, where heating will already occur, a clay-sand solution is used. Its proportions are selected based on the qualities of the clay (oily, normal, skinny). In terms of thickness - it should not be too liquid, but not too thick. About the same as good thick sour cream.
Order and order of work
This country grill is made of bricks laid “on a bed”. Two protruding rows (bricks laid crosswise) serve as support for the brazier sheet and the grill grid. Here you can also place it on a spoon (place it on the narrow part), then the sheet will rise a little higher. In the lower part you can store firewood or use it for other household needs.
The rows are placed in a bandage - offset, for this you need halves of bricks. They can be cut with a grinder. The first six rows form the brazier and table on the right. Starting from the 7th row, the masonry goes only in the part where the grill itself will be located.
Seam thickness 5-8 mm. It should be the same.
In order not to disturb the geometry during construction, you can pull the cords and align all the rows along them. But you check each brick and each row with a level for horizontalness. You must constantly check the verticality of the walls and corners. To do this, use a plumb line (a cord with a weight at the end). You can check the verticality with a level, but it has an error, especially if it is not a professional, but an amateur instrument. So, with such a check, there is a good chance of getting a roasting pan with slanted, clogged walls.
The procedure for this brick barbecue is simple and does not require additional explanation. Questions may arise regarding drying. If the weather is dry, leave the grill to dry for three to four days. Then you can build the fire little by little. Heat in a gentle mode for a couple of days, using thin wood and little by little. Then you can fry the first batch of kebabs.
One of the options simple barbecue made of brick. It differs from the basic version in that there are two rows of protruding bricks. Another difference is that the table is smaller.
If rain is expected and there is no canopy over the grill, cover it with oilcloth. After about a week, you can begin slow drying: turn the fire low and not for long. Drying will also take 2-3 days. Then you can test a brick grill built with your own hands.
Video arrangement of a brick grill with a stove
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This structure is more monumental - the arch of the firebox is round and the slab is nearby. Without any experience at all, it will not be easy to cope.
Brick grill in the gazebo
If you are going to install a brick barbecue in a gazebo, the options proposed above will not work - the smoke will be all under the roof, which will not add joy to you. For gazebos you need a barbecue with exhaust pipe. This structure is more complex, but you can easily do this option yourself. The arrangement below for a brick grill for a gazebo is also not very difficult to put together with your own hands. It, like the first one, has an even arch, which is much easier to do if you have no experience.
Dimensions and materials
This brick grill/barbecue has medium dimensions:
- width 150 cm;
- depth 75 cm;
- the total height to the beginning of the chimney is 217.5 cm.
For masonry, you can use ceramic solid bricks. For the area where the fire will burn, you can (but not necessarily) use fireclay bricks. In the figure it is indicated in light yellow.
The laying of the “cold” belt - up to the 11th row inclusive - can be done on cement-sand mortar(1:3). Next you need to use clay-sand. The thickness of the seam is in any case 5-7 mm. To withstand it exactly.
Structurally, this grill consists of three “cold” compartments in which you can store firewood and use it for household items. The “hot” zone starts from the 12th row. Here they light a fire and install a barbecue grill or barbecue racks.
Order and explanations
The arrangement of this brick grill is a little more complicated, so explanations are needed. The first row is laid out flush with the gazebo floor. If your foundation is low, you can also raise it with bricks laid on cement mortar.
The next four rows are placed with a dressing. This will be the woodshed - an area where it is convenient to stack firewood. On the fifth row, three strips of metal 3 mm thick and 50 mm wide are laid on top. They will serve as support for the bricks of the next row. Lay the sixth and seventh rows according to the pattern.
In the 8th row, the formation of two chambers for household items begins. Look carefully at the location of the seams. This is important: none of them should coincide with the seam of the bottom row. This is the only way the brick wall will be strong enough. Where required by the scheme, the bricks are cut: halves and even quarters are used.
In the 11th row, the middle wall is no longer placed, but metal strips are placed on top again: the next row, covering the utility compartment, will rest on them. The 12th row is slightly larger in size than all those located below: everything goes smoothly along the back wall, and in front the bricks protrude about 3 cm.
The 13th row is also laid out solid. A brazier will be installed on it. It is slightly larger in size than the previous one.
The next rows form a “hot” zone - the fire will burn here. This zone is smaller in size than all the underlying rows. To make it more resistant to fire, it is lined with fireclay bricks placed on the narrow side. It is not the same size as ceramic and the height of the rows and seams will be different. Ignore this and lay it out independently of the ceramic one. Just follow the rotation as indicated in the diagrams.
In the 21st row a steel corner is laid. Can be used from black or of stainless steel 3-4 mm thick. The dimensions of the corner are 40*40 mm or 50*50 mm. The length is from the middle of the brick on the right to the middle of the one on the left. The front wall of the chimney will rest on this corner.
In the 22nd row there is also fireclay brick, and the front wall of the chimney also appears, resting on a corner. This row is larger in size than the previous ones: in front the bricks hang over the corner by 3 cm. The next row becomes even wider, and then there is a gradual decrease. Row after row, the smoke channel becomes narrower. By the 30th row a pipe is formed. It rises above the roof of the gazebo by at least 50 cm. When constructing it, alternate rows 30 and 31. This brick grill can be considered built with your own hands. Now you need to dry it without fire for 5-7 days, and then gradually heat it for several days, evaporating the water from the masonry.
Laying a brick grill: another project
Another version of a brick barbecue grill in a gazebo is presented in the video. There are no explanations, but everything is quite clear and there are no difficulties in this project. Perhaps it is worth saying that starting from 52 seconds, 4 sawn bricks are laid. Their front upper part is cut at an angle of 45°. In the video, the sawed parts have a lighter shade.
Also in the second minute (1:35) the arch is being formed. This is easier to do if you cut and secure a template from plasterboard, and lay bricks on it.
Brazier with brick cauldron
Another option for a barbecue, but more complex: under a cauldron with a stove. The video instructions are detailed, there are explanations in the video from the author.
Brick corner grill
Sometimes you need to fit a brick manga into a corner. There is a specially shaped firebox for this, although no one is stopping you from making one of the previously proposed options and attaching a utility surface at an angle. One of the corner barbecues made of brick is laid out one order below. This is already quite a serious job, with doors, valves and other attributes of the stove business.
It seems that building a brick grill with a stove with your own hands is too complicated and expensive, and only professionals can do it. But such work really do it yourself.
You just have to be patient and get everything necessary materials and take up the work with due diligence.
A good barbecue stove will not only be a good decoration for your dacha, but will also be an excellent reason to gather the whole family, relatives and friends under one roof.
In addition, food prepared outdoors always tastier and eliminates the need to stand in a stuffy kitchen during the hot summer.
Why build a brick oven with your own hands?
This stove is ideal not only for cooking kebabs, it is possible to cook in it, in principle, any dishes, for which only there is enough imagination.
Stew vegetables, fry pasties, make jam, and if you buy a cauldron, you can enjoy delicious pilaf. The brick grill looks much better more effective portable.
Especially if it is a barbecue with an oven, to which is attached a place for preparing and cutting food. And by building a shelter over the building, you will be able to use it comfortably in bad weather.
Advantages and disadvantages
The undoubted advantage is that brick barbecues practically eternal. Having built such a stove, you will use it for as long as you like. In addition, the possibility boast of a brick oven-barbecue in front of your guests will also not be superfluous. You can solve the problem of sudden rain by attaching a canopy.
The roof will ideally complement a brick grill (see photos of closed buildings at the end of the article). The disadvantages include the fact that the cost of such barbecues is a lot more than portable metal ones, and if built incorrectly, they may be completely useless.
Construction planning
Where will the brick stove and grill be located? We prepare the place with our own hands
Construction must be carried out in open well ventilated area and away from flammable objects. It is also recommended to equip this place with some kind of shelter to protect the stove from bad weather. Additional convenience will provide a small gazebo in which guests could gather.
ATTENTION! Check with your neighbors in advance to see if stove smoke will bother them. To do this, light a fire at the construction site and make sure that the smoke will not cause inconvenience to anyone.
Additional extensions
The grill can have: a cauldron, an oven, a smokehouse, a fireplace with a grill, a tandoor, a hob.
You can build a grill with a brick oven, complement the construction with a smokehouse or work area. The number of buildings is limited only by the free space on the site.
Design
Any barbecue starts with a project. If you do not have a technical education, then it is better to order the layout from professional builders, or use one of our projects (see photos and procedures below). But you can do the order yourself, following the basic rules:
- combustion chamber build high four rows of masonry;
- three rows of masonry on the grill;
- fireplace - six rows of masonry;
- casing - three rows of masonry high.
If you are not sure whether you can carry out the procedure yourself, it is better to turn to specialists for this matter. Improper design can significantly degrade the quality of the furnace.
Projects of brick barbecues with a stove: drawings, photos
Project for a grill-oven with a closed stove (possibly an oven)
Project for an open stove grill
Project of a stove-grill with an oven-stove
Necessary tools for work.
- Shovel.
- Bucket.
- Solution container.
- Bulgarian.
- Master OK.
- Rubber hammer.
Necessary materials
- Ceramic brick.
- Fireclay brick for fuel tank.
- Cement.
- Sand.
- Dry mixes for masonry.
- Clay.
- Wild stone.
- Ruberoid.
- Gravel.
- Metal corner.
- Hob.
- Grate bars.
- Wooden beams.
- Blower door.
- Door for the firebox.
We build a brick grill oven with our own hands
Site preparation
If the construction site is not concreted or, for example, not lined with stone, then you will have to prepare the site under the grill First of all, clear away any debris and put away upper layer soil. Required area at least three square meters .
REFERENCE! If the grill will not stand under a canopy, then it is advisable to build it not on clay, but on cement mortar, adding salt to it in the ratio: 1 kilogram of salt per bucket of solution.
Laying the foundation
The construction of a barbecue stove must begin with the installation of the foundation. The dimensions depend on the area of the building, and the depth on the density of the soil. The lower the density, the deeper the foundation is made. Better reinforcement steel pins or wire.
The width of the pit should be greater than the furnace itself by 10 centimeters. Dig depth is approximately 30 centimeters. If there is a lot of sand in the soil, then dig a pit of shallow depth, and before pouring the foundation, formwork must be installed.
If the soil is clayey, then concrete for the foundation can be poured immediately without preparation.
After installing the wooden formwork, fill the bottom with sand and gravel, compacting and watering the surface. After which, fill with the solution.
Foundation through 10-15 days will gain its strength, and then it will be possible to move on to masonry. But before that, it is better to provide the building with waterproofing. For waterproofing For example, a sheet of roofing material will do.
Here any other materials are used that will be able to retain the same heat inside the barbecue. Place a layer of brickwork on top and fill everything with cement. Now you can move on to building the barbecue oven.
REFERENCE! If you live in a rainy area, it is better to use a brick platform instead of a pit. This will help reduce the oven's exposure to excess moisture.
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Construction of a barbecue with an oven
After receiving the construction plan, or having completed it yourself, you need to move on to building a brick barbecue with a stove. Construction should be carried out with due care and precision. Since incorrect and poor-quality construction can ruin the entire structure, and will cost wasted time and money.
Help may be helpful when laying bricks wooden frame , which must be installed at the beginning to obtain uniform walls of the barbecue. It is advisable to use clay in the masonry mortar. Instead of clay you can use special dry mixtures. Use a metal corner to cover stove openings. If you decide to use for construction old brick, then don't forget about pre-cleaning from dried old cement.
The hearth should be laid out from fireclay brick, due to its fire resistance. Walls and cladding can be made of ordinary ceramic bricks. The mortar for the barbecue stove is made from cement, sand and clay. For a firebox made of fireclay bricks, a solution without adding cement is used in the following proportions: three parts sand to one part clay. Bricks before laying is advisable soak in water. This will provide a stronger grip.
Before starting construction, carefully calculate the location of the brickwork and make sure there is enough free space around it.
Layout of a barbecue with a stove
- Lay out the first two continuous rows bricks in the shape of a rectangle or in the shape provided for in the layout. Without forgetting align corners and remove excess mortar so as not to spoil appearance braziers. To ensure that the rows are even, use a plumb line.
- To the third level install the ash stove door.
- Fourth it is also laid out solid.
- In the fifth row Close the ash door of the stove with a lock and install the grate.
- In the sixth lay out the bricks without gaps.
- In the seventh You can already install the door for the firebox.
- At eight and ninth, bricks should be laid in a continuous layer.
- From level ten Usually construction has already begun stove chimney.
- At eleven block the firebox door opening.
- In the twelfth already do hob and hearth.
- From the fourteenth row proceed to the construction of the chimney channel and construct side walls braziers and back wall.
- From twenty-first to twenty-third is created semicircular fireplace cover. Here to give the brick correct form, his you'll have to cut it with a grinder.
- From twenty-fourth to thirty-first bricks must be laid out in a continuous layer.
- Somewhere on the twenty-sixth row to bring out the smoke channel.
- Already on the thirty-second level you can install a pipe. The cap over the chimney is usually made of the same materials from which the stove was built.
For greater comfort in using the barbecue, you should take into account some of the nuances of its construction. For example, When calculating the width of the fryer, you need to take into account the length of the skewers.
PECULIARITIES! Metal tends to expand when heated, so be sure to leave a small gap when installing a metal door. The height of the stove should correspond to your height for greater convenience when working with it.
Fire safety
Do not forget that the grill is extremely fire hazardous structures. Failure to comply with safety precautions when operating the fryer carelessly can lead to dire consequences.
Do not leave explosive objects nearby. Construction should not be carried out near wooden objects, trees. Install canopies or other shelters with care to prevent the possibility of fire.
Important! Under no circumstances should flammable materials be placed on or near a working stove.
Knowing and practicing essential safety principles will eliminate the possibility of unexpected results.
In our guide, we will tell you how to make an outdoor grill and barbecue oven out of brick yourself. Step-by-step instructions with photos of the construction process will help you understand the details of the independent masonry of this structure.
As a result, you should have a barbecue grill as shown in the photo below.
So, you have decided on the type of grill, its size and location. Now you need to build a foundation for it.
Usually such buildings are made on the street, in a gazebo or on a terrace. If the foundation of the gazebo or terrace can support the weight of a brick stove, which is about 3 tons, then you can start construction right away. If you are going to build a grill from scratch, then first of all fill it with suitable foundation: strip or tiled.
You will find instructions for building such foundations in our section ““.
The next step will be to install waterproofing under the brick grill. This is done to prevent the lower bricks from getting wet by capillary suction. It will be enough to lay a roll of roofing felt or waterproofing material. At the end of construction, cut off the excess with a knife.
DIY brick barbecue grill. Step-by-step instructions with photos.
Let's proceed directly to laying the barbecue.
We recommend that you first lay out the first row of bricks without mortar and evaluate how your future structure fits onto the foundation. Do not forget to leave 1 cm gaps between the bricks. Also check the diagonals, they must match.
After this, you can start laying the barbecue. The facing brick is placed on a cement-sand mortar (cement-sand ratio 1:3). To make the solution plastic, add lime or a special masonry plasticizer from the nearest hardware store. The seams are made with dimensions of 8-10 mm, for this they use a metal rod, reinforcement, etc. In places where bricks abut without ligation, the masonry is reinforced with perforated tape, wire, etc.
We make masonry with each subsequent row offset by half a brick. To cut bricks you will need a grinder with a stone disc.
We continue to lay out the barbecue grill.
Do not forget to check the verticality of the masonry in the corners at least every 3 rows. Also, check that the lengths of the diagonals of the grill match.
We continue laying.
After you have completed 8 rows of masonry, it is time to make lintels for the barbecue and table top. They should look like the ones shown in the photo below.
You can make such jumpers in several ways.
First, you can hold the bricks together with metal pins and mortar.
Secondly, you can use metal corners.
In our case, we used the second method. We stacked the corners together in an inverted T shape and sawed off half of the shelf. This is what happened.
Take a corner with a size of at least 45x45 mm. A smaller corner will sag. But don’t take it too big so that it doesn’t protrude beyond the edges of the brick.
Make the slot in the brick with a good margin so that the metal does not tear the masonry when heated.
This shelf is invisible to the eye, reliable and beautiful.
We begin to lay it out under (the bottom) of the grill. For the firebox we use refractory fireclay bricks. We do the masonry using a ready-made fireproof mixture from a building supermarket made of clay and sand. Can be used mortar. We make the seams as thin as possible, approximately 3-4 mm.
We use corners to support the bottom of the grill. Remember to leave at least 1 cm of space between the ends of the corners and the brick. This way you will protect the masonry from cracking when the corner expands.
On the first row of the bottom of the firebox we place the second row, covering all the seams of the first. This will prevent the seams from burning out and coals from getting onto the firewood in the firewood box from below. You can, of course, fill concrete slab instead of corners and the first row of the firebox. But in our case it was cheaper and faster to do it this way.
If you fill concrete floor, then one row of refractory bricks for the bottom of the firebox is enough.
We continue to lay out the walls of the grill.
The laying of facing bricks and fireboxes can be done either in parallel or alternately. You can first make the walls of the firebox, and then cover it with facing bricks.
Important! We leave a gap of 1 cm between the facing and refractory bricks. The firebox and the cladding should not touch.
We lay the next rows of the barbecue oven.
We are approaching the moment of constructing the combustion arch. We make a circle (an arc structure made of wood) and install it in the barbecue portal. Then we lay the arch, cutting the bricks to required sizes. We place a brick castle in the middle of the top point. The arch is ready.
Note! The arch made of face brick is covered from the inside with a lintel made of fireclay brick. It is placed on a metal corner slightly above the top of the arch so that it is not noticeable. It looks like this.
The arch is assembled, we continue to remove the walls of the barbecue grill.
Don't forget to check the verticality of the masonry.
We are approaching the moment of constructing the smoke collector.
We bring the top of the firebox and the lining to one level and begin to lay out the smoke collector. The masonry is made from solid brick of a grade not lower than M150. Place it on a cement-sand mortar. We place the first row flush with the inner wall of the firebox. We lay the remaining rows offset by about a third of the brick.
Do not move the bricks more than halfway, otherwise they will fall inside the firebox.
We lay the smoke collector until there is no hole left for the chimney measuring 27x27 cm, taking into account the seams. Your chimney size may differ from ours. In this case, make a smoke collector according to the size of your chimney.
Some stove makers cut off the inner edges of the bricks so that the smoke collector is smooth from the inside. We have the same differences in operation between smooth and ribbed inner surface the smoke collector was not noticed. Of course, this is only true if you have maintained the correct proportions between the dimensions of the portal - smoke collector - pipe (read about proportions below).
This is what the smoke collector looks like without trimmed bricks from the inside.
We continue laying the pipe. Its dimensions depend on the size of your barbecue grill.
After finishing the chimney laying, we cover it with a cap to protect the firebox from precipitation.
We successfully built a barbecue grill, aka a brick barbecue oven, with our own hands! Wait until the solution dries and you can do a test run.
Here we will look at the most frequently asked questions about laying a brick barbecue (grill) with your own hands and the answers to them.
What size should the smoke collector be?
The size of the smoke collector depends on the size of the firebox portal. The optimal ratio should be at least 100-120%. So in our step by step instructions the height of the portal is 6 rows, and the height of the smoke collector is 8 rows.
How tall should the pipe be?
The height of the pipe is proportional to the height of the smoke collector and is at least 100-120% of its height.
What diameter should the chimney be?
The cross-section of the chimney pipe depends on the area of the firebox portal. Optimal area chimney 1/8 - 1/10 of the portal area. Extreme sizes from 1/6 to 1/13.
How to fill the gap between the firebox and the lining?
In front, around the portal, you can fill the gap with basalt cardboard. There is no point in filling the rest of the space. Therefore it is left empty.
Do I need to paint the metal corner in the lintels?
Barbecue (grill) - DIY brick barbecue. Step-by-step video instructions.
