I want to make a charcoal grill, about 3'x3' or 3'x4', open top. Its intended for the occasional big cookout, mostly for slow cooking foods like chicken and such.
The cooking and charcoal grills will be made of 3/16 or 1/4" CRS rod. My question is, how deep should I make the grill? I think the cooking grill should be 1/2" or so under the lip, but I'm not sure how much space to put between the bottom and the charcoal, and the charcoal grid and food grill. Also how much airhole space will it need under the charcoal?
This will be a simple flatbottom grill, with removable legs. The cooking grills will be multi piece, 3 or 4 grids.
Thanks for any thoughts (in writing!) :) John