BBQ cart

[LCHIEN]

My BIL & sister have been discussing their dream cart with me for a while, I said I could build it in a weekend with their help.

So they came from Austin to Houston, arriving at 11PM Friday with the BBQer they told me was like a Big Green Egg (google that), some hardware items (wheels) and a few pieces of Cedar 4x4s they had for the legs.

I started dimensioned sketches Friday night, and came up with a material list. I went to my weekly tennis match Sat morning and they went to get the materials.

We finished on Sunday eve. around 6:30 PM.

[mschrank]

Hey I like that, Loring! I'm sure they were impressed by your quick design and execution.

I'd like to make something similar for my Weber kettle. Looks like you have the "egg" sitting right against the wood....? It looks like that BBQ is insulated, so maybe you weren't concerned about excessive heat in contact with the cedar?

[conxol]

Grilldome! I love my Grilldome. It makes me look like a genius every time I cook on it!

Btw, beautiful table to pair with a beautiful smoker.

[LCHIEN]

Hey I like that, Loring! I'm sure they were impressed by your quick design and execution.

I'd like to make something similar for my Weber kettle. Looks like you have the "egg" sitting right against the wood....? It looks like that BBQ is insulated, so maybe you weren't concerned about excessive heat in contact with the cedar?

thanks

we put a 1/2" 12x12 ceramic tile under the egg to take the heat.

[cgallery]

There is only one word to describe that cart: Awesome!

[sweensdv]

Nice, but do my eyes deceive me cause it sure looks like a Big Blue Egg to me?

[poolhound]

thanks

we put a 1/2" 12x12 ceramic tile under the egg to take the heat.

WHat about the sides where the egg sits on the top level, wont this get really hot also?

[JeffW]

Now that is sweet cart. I may have to borrow the design if I ever save enough money for the BGE.

[LCHIEN]

WHat about the sides where the egg sits on the top level, wont this get really hot also?

I was told it gets hottest at the bottom where the firebox is, much less hot at the top.

[TheRic]

Looks great!! Have heard they are nice smokers / cookers.

[eccentrictinkerer]

Great design and execution! Did you make the handle assembly, also? I'd like something like that on my next shop cart.

[big tim]

Nicely done, Loring! They should be very happy with that>

Tim

[John Hunter]

Very nice, they will get a lot of use out of that.

[Pappy]

Nice work, loring. If heat at the top proves to be a problem for the cedar, you might be able to rim it from underneath with the metal carpet edge that is made to curve.

[LCHIEN]

Great design and execution! Did you make the handle assembly, also? I'd like something like that on my next shop cart.

The Stainless handles are from Ikea...
Funny story; We spent Friday night late deciding widths and lengths based on expecetd use, working height, and transportability, and aesthetics. About Sunday afternoon he pulls these handles from a bag and say, by the way, I HAVE to use these. They had mounts four inches tall with the holes near the top and bottom; I designed the apron 3.5" tall. And, the spacing on the mounts would not fit between the screwheads I placed to hold the legs to the aprons, no matter where we shifted the handle.

Had I been informed of this from the start, I would have made the side aprons longer to extend past the end, rounded them to a pleasing profile and put a stainless bar/pipe between them.

Anyway, if you look at the closeup of the top you can see the false end apron I put on it to mount his bar/handle.