stroker
stroker UberDork
3/17/22 11:23 a.m.

My "Weber" cart is rusting into oblivion.  I need to replace it and I'm thinking of something permanent.  Has anyone built something personally?  Can I used garden-variety cinderblock or must I use masonry intended for high temperatures?  

Suggestions?  Ideas?  Recommendations?

 

lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter)
lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) Dork
3/17/22 8:39 p.m.


Bull BBQ grill built into a pressure-treated counter-thingy. Next to the grill and covering the whole exterior under the fieldstone is 1/2" Hardie Board. Bought the grill and SS doors from BBQ Guys

Framed with pressure treated 2x4's and sheeted with 3/4" pressure treated plywood. Once I had the grill and refrigerator, I figured the dimensions for the proper openings. The granite tops were remnant pieces from a local granite countertop manufacturer. I picked thru his scrap pile then had him cut the pieces I needed to the proper sizes. 

lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter)
lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) Dork
3/17/22 8:47 p.m.

Did the same thing in FL for my parents place and it also works fine.
 

stroker
stroker UberDork
3/18/22 8:44 a.m.

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

Whatever you paid for that view was a bargain.  The grill is pretty slick, too.

clutchsmoke
clutchsmoke UltraDork
3/18/22 11:27 a.m.
stroker said:

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

Whatever you paid for that view was a bargain.  The grill is pretty slick, too.

Could not agree more.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/18/22 11:50 a.m.

Frame built out of cedar using an Eastwood kit designed for work benches. Took the Broil King BBQ, converted it to NG (with much squawking from the Broil King support department, it's not rocket science guys) and added an 18k BTU side burner. Top is leftover Corian from a kitchen remodel. The BBQ is sitting on some metal cross bars and there's heat shielding on the BBQ box to protect the wood.

Handy storage for BBQ and smoker equipment including in the middle. Propane bottle is for a flat top that never gets used. No sink or electricity, I didn't want to deal with winterizing the plumbing and there's a real kitchen just inside. That simplified things tremendously. The doors are just tongue in groove siding attached to a simple frame. Latches are magnets.

Matches the pergola, especially once I painted the stainless carriage bolts black.

View is okay :)

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand UberDork
3/18/22 11:56 a.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

The grill is pretty cool, but the pergola is awesome. How the hell did you find wood that is perfectly straight??

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/18/22 12:10 p.m.

In reply to Slippery :

Custom ordered cedar from a lumber yard and I sent a few pieces back :) Cedar is a little more stable that some other woods from what I understand. You can see one of the 2x6s on top has warped anyhow, I'll swap that one out. 

If I were doing it again, I'd buy rough lumber and plane it myself. Would have saved me a lot of time and money. That's what I did for the box for the grill, it's all cheap landscape cedar that went through the planer. That thing has paid for itself.

https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/joiners-planers/15-amp-12-12-in-portable-thickness-planer-63445.html

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