Building a small grill

[YotaOnRocks]

Friend of mine wants me to build his sister a small table top grill out of an old freon tank he has. He want to fuel it with the small coleman cylinders.

Has anybody ever built a burner for a grill?
Any advice or warnings?

 

[XJsavage]

Never tried building one.
Sourcing the burner itself is the hard part. In the past I've scavenged old stoves on roadside or got lucky and found a junk bumper pull camper. I'd mount the burner assembly in a housing (freon cylinder would act as this), and buy the adapter fittings for the tank I wanted.

 

[frankenyoter]

I've cut slits in a pipe before. used it as a burner to catch wood on fire to run a smoker.

it would work great if you placed a deflector above it.

really depends how you want to cook

 

[Willc]

why make it hard on yourself ,plenty of burners and deflectors to be sourced online or at local hardware store. Hell I would even pick up the grate from there. I would try to use cast iron burner with a stainless grate for longevity

 

[YotaOnRocks]

I've got some 3/4" #9 flattened expanded metal laying around for the grate. Just need to source a burner.

 

[justjeepin86]

I've cut slits in a pipe before. used it as a burner to catch wood on fire to run a smoker.

it would work great if you placed a deflector above it.

really depends how you want to cook

I had a pig cooker that was made this way. It worked good.

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[Black Bear]

Just got get the cheapest grill at the walmarts and use the gas bits in your grill.


I did this to restore an old grill that had a shot regulator.

 

[Jus Jim]

checkout grillparts.com