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An integral part of your summer holiday is cooking over an open fire. Most often, a portable metal brazier is taken to nature, a fire is made and a barbecue is fried. However, in bad weather and with the onset of cold weather, it is uncomfortable to rest in the open air. The gazebo will be the solution to the problem, but it will be inconvenient to use a metal barbecue. The main obstacle is the smoke from the fire. The erected brick grill in the gazebo will help to equip the resting place with all the amenities, the smoke from which will go far beyond the premises.
Why is a brick brazier better than metal
You can install a brazier in a built gazebo not only from bricks. If you have a welding machine, skills and material, the structure can be welded from metal. But will a steel barbecue be better than a brick structure?
Metal braziers are quite simple to manufacture, even with a chimney. It is enough to weld the cut pieces of steel and the structure is ready. We'll start looking for the disadvantages of such a barbecue with its functionality. Firstly, the metal tends to burn out and deform from heating. The service life of the metal barbecue is small, and over time, its deformed body will begin to spoil the interior of the gazebo. Secondly, the steel heats up quickly and gives off heat unevenly. Meat in different parts of the barbecue begins to burn, and in some places, in general, raw.
The ideal option are brick ovens for a gazebo, where you can equip a brazier, barbecue and other devices for preparing food. The brick does not have the property to burn out and deform, gradually gains heat, after which it evenly gives off to the product being prepared. The device of a brick oven or barbecue is more complicated than a metal structure, but the service life is much longer. In terms of aesthetics, brickwork also wins. If it was not possible to get the facing brick, the stove can be finished with decorative stone.
Which brick structure will choose
You can build a structure inside a brick gazebo with your own hands for cooking. Many immediately rush to look for a drawing on the Internet, where they encounter another problem. It turns out that there are many varieties of brick barbecues. So where to stop? It should be noted right away that only a construction with a chimney is suitable for a gazebo, and this is already a real stove. But what can be organized in it, now we will figure it out.
Brazier
The traditional solution to the construction of a stove for cooking barbecue is to install a brick barbecue inside the gazebo. The device of such a stove consists of one brazier, above which a chimney rises. A niche is usually arranged under the brazier - woodcutter... Grilled meat is cooked by stringing it on skewers. Usually such a stove is placed against the far wall of the gazebo.
To build a brazier out of bricks, you do not need a complex drawing. It is even allowed to weld a metal brazier in the shape of a box, which is simply bricked in the gazebo. If desired, the design of the barbecue can be complicated. An additional niche is built between the brazier and the chimney. It must be tightly closed so that smoke does not get inside the gazebo. This niche makes an excellent smokehouse. Now, in addition to barbecue, there will still be smoked products on the table.
B-B-Q
Recently, the barbecue woman has become fashionable. The principle of food preparation has remained unchanged: there are coals inside the brazier, and the product is fried above them. Only if, in the case of barbecue, the meat is strung on a skewer, then in a barbecue grill it lies on top of the grill. You can install a brick barbecue in a gazebo according to the same principle as a barbecue. The drawing and the construction device are the same, only over the brazier, protrusions are provided for laying the grate. They can be made of bricks or pieces of reinforcement can be embedded in the masonry. The grill is made removable, then the barbecue is easy to rebuild on the grill.
Portable gazebo barbecues are very popular, which can be installed anywhere, even in the center. The only condition for using a mobile barbecue in a gazebo is to install a hood above it.
Russian stove
The best option is a brick stove for the gazebo, where various devices are provided to help prepare food. The drawing of a Russian stove is complicated, and a person cannot master the construction itself without experience. A stove-maker is needed here.
The Russian stove is equipped with a hob, a cauldron for cooking pilaf is installed, a niche for a smokehouse is built over the brazier. In the barbecue itself, projections are provided for the barbecue grill. The stove must be built with a spacious firewood for storing logs.
What else can be built out of bricks in a gazebo
A cauldron is considered a good cooking device in a gazebo. A mini-oven with a chimney is laid out under its installation from bricks. A hole is cut out on the hob, where the cauldron is immersed. The photo shows how its lower part is immersed in the firebox.
Arrangement in a fireplace stove is important for a glazed gazebo. In such a room you can relax even in winter, in any frost.
The Russian stove will be endowed with all the functions if a grill is still installed in it. That is, a special chamber is set up, inside which the fire roasts the meat from all sides. The photo shows a whole complex of multifunctional ovens.
Barbecue projects
For acquaintance, we propose to consider the projects of two barbecues. Each drawing displays dimensions, but for informational purposes only. The dimensions of brick barbecues are individually calculated by an experienced stove-maker for a specific gazebo.
The first project in the photo is for a rectangular barbecue that can be installed inside the gazebo against the far wall.
The next photo shows a corner brick brazier. The principle of construction is the same, only the structure can be placed in the corner of the gazebo.
Arrangement of the foundation for a brick barbecue or stove
A brick grill, and even more so a Russian stove, is a very heavy structure that requires a reliable foundation. How to make a concrete base yourself? It's very simple. It is possible to pour a strip foundation around the perimeter of the future furnace, but in conditions of heaving soil, this is not the best option. To prevent the base from bursting, it will have to be buried below the level of soil freezing.
The ideal option is concreting a monolithic slab. To do this, a recess up to 500 mm is dug along the size of the barbecue, the bottom is covered with a layer of sand with crushed stone 200 mm thick and a reinforcing mesh is laid.
Formwork is arranged around the pit. The boards must protrude at least 100 mm above the ground. The foundation is poured with concrete with crushed stone.Until the cement completely hardens, no work is carried out on the base.
Construction of a Russian stove
Now we will look at how to build a Russian stove out of bricks in a gazebo. The instructions are provided for informational purposes only, and in the case of independent work, it is advisable to get expert advice.
Preparatory work
So, the concrete foundation for the stove inside the gazebo has frozen, it's time to start preparing for the stone work. For laying out a brazier or a Russian stove, you will need red and refractory bricks. The first one will go to the walls, and a firebox is laid out of refractory bricks. It should be noted right away that silicate and hollow bricks are not suitable for furnace work.
From above, the concrete foundation is covered with a sheet of roofing material for waterproofing. The first row of bricks is laid out dry without mortar. It forms the contour of the ordering oven. At this stage, the masonry is adjusted in such a way as to avoid cutting the brick in the process of further construction.
To get reliable brickwork, you need to properly prepare the mortar. Sometimes the walls of the stove or barbecue are laid out on cement mortar, and the firebox itself is on clay. You can do this, although many stove-makers are more inclined to use only clay mortar. There is such a thing as the fat content of clay. From here, the proportions of the solution are determined, and they do it individually. They can be 1: 1 or 1: 2. The fatter the clay, the more sand is added.
Refractory bricks inside the firebox are laid out on another mortar of fire-resistant clay. Such a dry mixture can be bought in a store, and at home it will only be necessary to dilute it with water. It is advisable to prepare another solution for the chimney. Condensation will destroy the clay masonry, so the best option would be a solution of three parts of sand and one part of lime dough. For strength, the addition of one part of cement is allowed.
Layout of the first and subsequent rows starts from the corner. It is important to observe the level of the brickwork so that the stove or grill does not warp. At all corners, a wire is embedded in the masonry of each row. It will give strength to the structure.
Furnace masonry
The photo shows an example of a brick oven laying scheme. In this project, on one side, a smokehouse with a barbecue is located on top, and a chimney above them. There is an ash pan under the grill firebox On the other side of the stove, there is a niche for storing firewood. It is laid out from 6 rows of bricks. On the 8th row, a ledge is made and a steel sheet is laid, covering the firewood from above.
The bottom of the ash pan begins to equip from the second row of brickwork. Here, too, it is better to use a steel sheet. The height of the ash chamber is 3 bricks. The ash pan opening is closed with a cast-iron door. On the 6th row above the ash pan, grate bars are laid and the firebox is expelled from 4 rows. Inside it is laid out of refractory bricks.
If you count from the very bottom of the furnace, then the 11th row of brickwork is made with a ledge in the middle. A cast iron hob is placed on top, which additionally forms the bottom of the smokehouse. Above are the rows of the smoking chamber itself, and a door is installed in its opening.
On the other side of the furnace, two rows of red and one row of refractory bricks are laid on a metal sheet. A brazier is formed on this site. Further laying of the stove goes up to the 16th row, where they begin to form an arch. It ends on row 19, forming the upper part of the barbecue chamber.
Further, the masonry is driven out to 22 rows, where a steel sheet with windows for smoke is placed over the smokehouse. They will allow cold and hot smoking. Starting from the 23rd row, make the top of the stove. Further clack goes with a brick displacement inward by one quarter. The top of the stove consists of 10 rows, after which a flat chimney is laid out.
On the video you can watch a brazier made of bricks:
Conclusion
For beauty, the finished brick oven is lined with decorative stone. You can fix forged decorations on the wall, make a poker, a grab and other devices.
