Fire bucket for camping up on the river during the cooler months.
Happy Camper said
04:08 PM Feb 24, 2014
I knocked this up out of a old 44 gallon drum & bits of scrap metal I had out the back of the shed.
Total cost spent on it was about $4 for bolts & nuts.
The BBQ plate & rotisserie I already had in the shed.
Will have to put it in storage now until summer is finished.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by Happy Camper on Monday 24th of February 2014 04:11:45 PM
-- Edited by Happy Camper on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 07:21:26 AM
neilnruth said
04:36 PM Feb 24, 2014
Very nice. Enjoy it when you can.
hako said
06:00 PM Feb 24, 2014
Looks good - wish I had room in the Avan for something like that. My bro-in-law uses the bottom half of a hibachi cooker - puts a handfull of wood chips, lets them burn to coals and cooks his lamb chop on that.
That wood flavour beats gas anytime.
petersumpters said
10:05 PM Feb 27, 2014
Nice one! Planning to do that also. ;)
Happy Camper said
07:09 AM Feb 28, 2014
One of the advantages of this fire bucket over a fire on the ground when cooking with a camp oven is the walls of the bucket act as a wind break allowing a more even constant temperature to the camp oven contents.
With the cooking tests I've done so far I have to give it a thumbs up.
Cheers - John
whitey2 said
04:26 PM Feb 28, 2014
Great idea. Shows what a bit of thought and skill can do.
Cheers whitey2
hako said
02:07 PM Mar 1, 2014
John - can you please explain what the fire sits on - like do you have arcmesh at the bottom or is it closed...if open, can you control air flow or is it not necessary?
Thanks
Happy Camper said
02:53 PM Mar 1, 2014
hako: - I used a old cast iron BBQ grate with bolts in the corners as legs to hold the fire up approx. 55mm off the floor of the drum.
This gives the fire plenty of air circulation from the bottom and works well.
I also cut air slits around the side of the drum approx 150mm apart to help with combustion.
Cheers - John
I knocked this up out of a old 44 gallon drum & bits of scrap metal I had out the back of the shed.
Total cost spent on it was about $4 for bolts & nuts.
The BBQ plate & rotisserie I already had in the shed.
Will have to put it in storage now until summer is finished.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by Happy Camper on Monday 24th of February 2014 04:11:45 PM
-- Edited by Happy Camper on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 07:21:26 AM
That wood flavour beats gas anytime.
With the cooking tests I've done so far I have to give it a thumbs up.
Cheers - John
Great idea. Shows what a bit of thought and skill can do.
Cheers whitey2
Thanks
This gives the fire plenty of air circulation from the bottom and works well.
I also cut air slits around the side of the drum approx 150mm apart to help with combustion.
Cheers - John