We were over in the US the other year and most camp sites had fire boxes made from metal (boiler plate?) with a heavy duty grill on top which was hinged so the box could be used just for fire or it could be used for cooking.
The grill was heavy duty, presumably, so that pots and skillets could be rested on it without deforming the bars, or a finer mesh could be rested on top for BBQing.
We would like to replicate this for the garden, and are looking for designs and pictures to show to the local forge.
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I am Googling away like a mad thing but most US fire pits seem to be designer gas powered or just huge stone ones.
I think the size would be roughly 50cms/16" a side but might go a bit larger. Given the high cost of firewood in this country anything much larger would be expensive to light up. In the US we collected driftwood but that is not a reliable source in the UK.
I must have a picture somewhere amongst the thousands of pictures taken on the trip, but finding one could take a long while.
Anyone built one of these, or know of a design?
Cheers
Dave R