You just found the best solution to our BBQ issue! We did some pretty big work around the house that required us to destroy our garden, so we can't invest on a BBQ this year. This seems like the best option! Thank youuuu

I did it!! Charcoals grey, today I did a pack of pre marinade chilli chicken skewers. This was my first barbecue in my house. I will do it every day till I am better at it. Then I'm going to get my cast iron grate. Thanks Chef John.

@ismetademi7462

7 жыл бұрын

Det

Excellent! You are such a great teacher! Thank you Chef John!

Chef, I love your recipes and more than the cooking your style of explanation. So kind of you. Many thanks.

I love this very easy bbq/ grill idea. Thanks! I can hardly wait to do this as soon as the winter is over.

Thanks John for your wonderful style. In an insane world, I just relax listening to you like the sun bursting through the clouds. Also definitely going to try this. Maybe with my homegrown sweet corn 😊

Love the simplicity of this. Great video.

Chef, you are so funny! I enjoy your videos and humor.

that is a great idea. some folks like gas grills and i do to but sometimes i really crave the charcoal grill taste and that is a quick and easy way to create a 'grill' out of stuff I already have around the house. thank you for the video!!!

I was looking for a DIY stove top grill, using those disposable aluminum baking trays and found this...I just LOVE this idea. My next best option...yeah!

If this guy had a tv show. I would watch every episode, maybe twice. Commentary is brilliant.

Great video, can't believe people give thumbs down on DIY videos.

Wow, that's such a great idea! Thank you so much.

Wow never thought about grilling this way. Gonna try it this weekend!

fantastic english accent. so chill, sounds like everything is just simple and works, nothing needs to be worried about

I have watched this video a few times. It's something about this set up that seem so fun. Thanks for sharing.

I not only learn from your videos, i enjoy your humor too.. thank you much =)

This is awesome! Thank you for the DIY Chef John!

I love that you did a diy cooking video. It’s follows your style well. Always great videos and tutorials.

i love seeing all the plants!!

I like your voooiice! I just enjoy listening to you... and of course watching your video too!

Chef Jon, you are brilliant!! I never could have imagined something like that could have ever worked. Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic idea. No matter where you are or where you go, you can always enjoy a BBQ. Cheers 😀😀

you're that person who crackup jokes and don't laugh while evryone is on the floor 😂😂😂 love all your videos

Chef John...The man is a genius!!!👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

totally doing this for our backyard! we have a smoker in need of some TLC and this grill will do the trick while we figure out how to revive it. cheers!

@BigMeatSunday

10 жыл бұрын

Hey you ! Imagine meeting you here :-) Hope you are well hun.

@oberoivarun

10 жыл бұрын

BigMeat Sunday It says that your name is verified... whats that? Is your name actually Bigmeat??

@silvermediastudio

9 жыл бұрын

Ariyele Ressler Use firebricks in the cooker. Red bricks can cause injuries when trapped moisture steams.

Ash from charcoals and from hardwood ash, are a good source of potassium (potash) for your plants (about 3% P). As a very alkaline material, ash can also balance your soil pH if its becoming more acidic. You can also use charcoal / hardwood ash as a soap-making ingredient, or even as a basic soap on its own with water. :)

Simple, straight to the point..... And it works!

I love this video, I am returning the metal one i bought yesterday. This is the kind of stuff the Portuguese use and they have one in every house. Thank you chef!

@Rhezoloution

8 жыл бұрын

Im brazilian and have a brick one except this one in the video is too low. I make mine way taller so i dont have to bend over so much. Store bought metal grill are for pussies

@sanjayahlawat2826

8 жыл бұрын

LOL

If you want it to be more than "temporary" spend the money for fire rated bricks. They will hold up. General bricks will crack, flake, and eventually fall apart from the heating and cooling. Use general bricks to make it waist high, then use fire bricks to make the BBQ pit.

@rostharan

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! so informative, I'll be doing a bit more research and do that.

@polterghost6268

10 жыл бұрын

how about using cement bricks to make it waist high?

@Badboy7357

10 жыл бұрын

You can use almost anything to build it up. The area where the fire is you want fireplace rated brick.

@silvermediastudio

9 жыл бұрын

Badboy7357 Even worse, red bricks can trap moisture that causes shards to go flying when it turns to steam.

@AGM-ts5bb

7 жыл бұрын

Badboy7357 Or explode.

You would be the best dad or uncle ever!!!!

Criativo e muito prático.... Amei!

Very cool, budget friendly, Senior friendly, easy! Love it!

Very nicely done Chef!

So simple and easy thanks for this.

This is a great and affordable idea...... Thanks John, you are the best!!

Oh yes!!! Priceless video - thanks for sharing Chef John!!

Both Idea of grill and narration throughout the video was good like it really very much ... 😊

Not too long ago (a couple of weeks ago), I cleared out my backyard from months of neglect and overgrown weeds. Now, I have space to try and make my own brick grill! Thanks for the inspiration, Chef John! (I admit though that I really would want to put in an outdoor, wood-fired brick oven for making authentic Neapolitan pizzas someday.) Btw, I don't think ash from burning a store-bought brand of charcoal is safe/ideal for your soil (much less for whatever you have growing there), especially when you consider that they can be chock-full of crazy chemicals/synthetic catalysts. However, if it's ash from burning "natural wood charcoal", then yeah, it should be okay.

Chef John you are my favourite 💯♥️🇬🇧

Very nice grill. The safety precautions were very helpful and need to be addressed. Great Job!

i actually tried this it works!

Fantastic idea

I just love your sense of humor.

You are the freak-en master of culinary and backyard grilling.

Your voice is so relaxing thank you

This is a really great idea, thanks!

I love hearing your voice ... and your comments ... You are artist ... Greetings to you from the State of Kuwait 🇰🇼 💕

Chef john you are the best !

Nothing puts a damper on a backyard barbecue as a wildfire. LMAO.

@lynnej.9357

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's a bad sign if there are fire trucks in front of your house.

@6swag792

3 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in your life story.

this looks really awesome, so can you cook like hamburgers and steaks and whatnot, i'd love to do some summer grilling, but alas no grill

Edwin from Costa Rica . Thank you for sharing !!! God bless !!!

Iam from Pakistan. There is lockdown thats why we are close at home looking the Bar B Q ideas for my terrace.. Very simple idea but highly appreciated... Love from Pakistan❤️❤️

Wow, my husband and I are so going to have to do this. We haven't wanted to get a grill since it would likely go missing in our neighborhood, but we've missed grilling outdoors. This would be perfect for our needs. Thanks so much for sharing this idea! :D

You are an amazing teacher.

I love this thanks for sharing. And I really enjoy listening to your descriptions😊😊

Thanks chef John! I heat my house with a wood burning stove and have often thought it would be great to simply scoop out some glowing embers for a quick grilling. However I never attempted this because my thinking was to place the embers in my Weber kettle grill which I knew was too big to make the plan efficient. I could only scoop out so many embers and run them outside while still keeping the fire roaring inside. Now seeing this video I know my instant wood fired grill can become a reality very easily! I have an old pot to carry the hot embers, an old grill grate, and old bricks so I can be in business in 5 minutes. I cant believe I did not think of this myself, but then again I did think to watch your video, so I'm not totally stupid after all.

LOVE UR CHANNEL CHEERS MATE.

I have quite a bit of bricks, just haven't been motivated. Your method is simple and great, I'm doing this now! Thanks.

Just made one last week and it was great!

thank you! this is the best idea i've seen for a quick build diy grill! that said, does anyone have ideas for what i can do to avoid kneeling on the ground to cook a steak? like a way to make legs or set it on top of something without burning that thing?

@0000lola0000

4 жыл бұрын

You would need a lot more bricks, but after the first layer is put down you could keep layering until you have the height that you want and then follow his design.

I could listen to this guy read the phone book for hours. For those that don't know. It was a very thick book that contained phone number listings of phone numbers of people and business that had dumb telephones, not to be confused with smart phones.

@territ.5357

7 жыл бұрын

James Nelson lolol right...for those that don't know. Hilarious!

@ThePayola123

7 жыл бұрын

Well the youngsters don't know what a rotary phone is, and they think Winston Churchill is a cool name for a cat.

@ellitapotthast2769

6 жыл бұрын

Payhole Everdouche Winston Churchill is a cool name for a cat!

@bridgettekirk2604

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@sher40pal

5 жыл бұрын

I remember looking up friends numbers in the phone book

Always wanted to try this! Thank you

I found a brand new Weber Char Q on facebook marketplace and can't be happier! Love all your videos!!

did any one else notice more and more flower pots pop up over time it goes form 0 to 4 plant pots

@robertthomas5196

5 жыл бұрын

You're right. Changes from scene to scene.

"Why I taking a garden shovel for it? - Because it works and it was just there." Best part, haha.

Beautiful... I just love the way you talk btw

Thanks to you Chef John again! I have been practising using your Brick Hibachi grill, even if I wasn't cooking. I have got the heat distribution physics right by now. Today I followed a recipe how to grill sardines Portuguese style ( with the heads on). I want to thank you from the depths of my heart for making this video. I have enjoyed what I probably wouldn't have enjoyed with an expensive kettle charcoal grill costing in excess of £200.00. Thank you once again.

one you've aced the base.... oh my! LOL

This is so perfect for our new apartment, which has a nice cement slab patio in the back. I have two questions if anyone can please help....1) Are those types of heavy grilltops easy to find? And 2) if you placed the floor of bricks down on the cement patio, do you think it would cause discoloration on the cement because of heat? Thanks!

Awesome! That's just handy. Love your videos John.

I love ur idea😊 Love from Pakistan

Lodge Hibachi Grill runs for $105 on Amazon right now (used to be around $80). With this idea, I can get the same results for much less. And this has a few added benefits; you can increase the height of the grill, it doesn't rust, no spare parts to buy in case you break something. Thanks!

He has a comical way of speaking. I Like it.

@territ.5357

7 жыл бұрын

kthejung lol me too

@aimanrosli3429

7 жыл бұрын

I thought Im the only one that notice it. I thought because Im not speaking English as first language, maybe Im mistaken or something. haha

@v10moped

7 жыл бұрын

kthejung And his voice gets more "comical" every new video he uploads. Lets see how much you'll like it then.

@ukleonidas300

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like that bloke who runs the sauna in frozen

@dakotastorms1255

6 жыл бұрын

kthejung cornball

I *LOVE* this idea! I have an iron table and chairs...I can build this on the table and while we sit on chairs around the table we can grill our own food! What awesomeness!

Thanks I am highly satisfied by your video😍

Wow, that's grate!

He most definitely moved a bunch of plants and lawn ornaments into the frame. SHOWOFF! :)

@CandySecks

9 жыл бұрын

Haha, I was thinking that too.

@aphex4000

9 жыл бұрын

Haha, I'm guessing that's true but it's a nice touch :)

@101theobserver

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Forrest bitch !

@faradpack

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Forrest That is the empty half of the cup, or we could think of him trying to make it beautiful for us the viewers to enjoy :) Ameen

@oosabukhalifa5219

9 жыл бұрын

Farzad Fani Pakdel

Cool! Totally making this grill when we go to the lake.

I love this video! Thanks!

You are the Michael Vick of your fired bricks.

@colsoncustoms8994

10 жыл бұрын

Yo dawg, you know why Micheal isn't allowed to use his grill any more? Because he keeps trying to pit the food against itself.

@ryandickerson9699

10 жыл бұрын

Throw on some hot dogs.

@artemisiagentileschi2400

7 жыл бұрын

Wrong to speak the name of a psychopath outside of horror subjects! Blood-sport and innocent animals= EVIL. And no amount of "he did his time" lip-service forgives or excuses it ever!

@Majosh11

6 жыл бұрын

Artemisia Gentileschi... oh please! Let he who is sinless cast the first stone!

Use fire brick for best results. They will last longer and reflect more heat.

@spencerwilton5831

5 жыл бұрын

They are also much harder to come by and several times the price.

@mellio9077

5 жыл бұрын

it depends, some fire bricks absorb heat instead of reflecting it

@girly068

4 жыл бұрын

Can I lay regular bricks on ground, THEN the fire bricks on top? I would like it a bit more higher. Thanks.

Beautifully simple.

That is such a great idea! Thank you!

It's a cool idea but you should really be using kiln-fired bricks. Normal bricks can mess your day up if they explode and sharp chips start flying everywhere.

Great for short people ;)

OMG YES I am doing this. Thank you!

This is so useful! I might make one for myself!

Oh, and remember to keep the bricks dry, if you use a wet brick for this, they'll either spit super hot shards at you or will just explode, this I say from experience!! :S

@Cream_CurdlR

5 жыл бұрын

why would you wet your bricks?

@gilberthurtado1984

4 жыл бұрын

It happen to me I was using river slab stones from lowes got so hot bubbles starting forming then it blew up almost hit me nephew in the throat

@AmineAmine-bz6ph

4 жыл бұрын

@@gilberthurtado1984 ج

@jodrew1845

4 жыл бұрын

@@gilberthurtado1984 Oh good grief, how dangerous is that!!! I was about to recommend this method to a friend whose hibachi got damaged during a move. Now, no way.

@Thalanox

3 жыл бұрын

@@gilberthurtado1984 You'd think a pirate family would be used to danger like that.

I'm here because somebody emailed the link to me.

@Komadin

8 жыл бұрын

dont cook until white bro

@abrararifify

7 жыл бұрын

burned literally lol

@Maddie-si1fy

7 жыл бұрын

Howie Benatovitch cas

@hillaryrono2593

6 жыл бұрын

Howie Benatovitch 2.47...

@imblessed4623

5 жыл бұрын

@@hillaryrono2593, your grilling isn't good.

Love that idea!

Your videos are always informational and funny ! thanks

You live in San Francisco and you have a back yard? Woah! You must be a billionaire.

@there_is_nothing_here

10 жыл бұрын

Lol, I was just thinking the same thing. XD

@ruthandlincoln2584

5 жыл бұрын

He borrowed other's land

@laylaqasrany7696

4 жыл бұрын

it's funny I was thinking the same

@aninditasaha4610

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry if I sound dumb.. I am from India so I don't know much about American cities.. but what does this comment mean?

@Snay1998

3 жыл бұрын

@@aninditasaha4610 land is expensive in America and lot many people do not have big backyards unless you are super rich..in India we have large places cuz it’s a part of our home(spacious design) but theirs is designed to be as much space efficient as possible

I did this at the park the other day with aluminum foil lining the bottom and large stones placed on the side. I felt so ghetto cause Ive never seen anyone else do it before until now lol

@sacura605

5 жыл бұрын

Hey it works, it works.

@MegaDaprice

5 жыл бұрын

I asked the same thing. I put a foil in my actual charcoal grill helps within clean up and for fine reason keeps the heat in one place .

@invisigoth510

5 жыл бұрын

My brother once dug a hole in his backyard as a smoking pit because he didn’t have a smoker

@maxxdanero

5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@zeek4749

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome lol

Love the idea!

Wowwww. Great idea 👍

The heat is going to crack those bricks. You should use firebrick.

@jesmec9753

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts too. Fire brick was what came to my mind when I saw this video.

@HISIAM888RUHIS888

4 жыл бұрын

Will.. where do you purchase Fire Brick!!??

where do you buy a grill grate?

@edithlazenby5839

4 жыл бұрын

Use your oven grate... seriously..it's detachable...

👌👌👌 love such old style grills

Your fantastic great presentations very professional and fun to watch

Bricks, although rarely, can explode when doing this when the have air pockets....

@-Kal-

10 жыл бұрын

To be safer you can use fire bricks. They're a little harder to find and more expensive, but they're designed to withstand this kind of heat.

@bobg1685

6 жыл бұрын

EddyGurge To be honest, it's less an exploding brick and more of a cracking brick. Concrete bricks are more susceptible to cracking as they are made from wet cement and dried naturally. Red bricks, on the other hand, are fired during manufacturing, so there is less moisture present. Not saying that red bricks won't absorb moisture, just saying the moisture in these bricks is generally just wicked from the elements and not really trapped in the middle.

@Ripply774

6 жыл бұрын

I use fire bricks for my bbq cost me about 12 bucks for seconds

@seandaily6344

6 жыл бұрын

DocterNutJob What do you mean

@zenguitar65

6 жыл бұрын

Good point. another oversight is that you never want to dump briquette ash in your garden (residual mineral spirits are not a friend to your plants) Lump charcoal ashes on the other hand are plant friendly.