Grill on wheels

Grill on wheels – if you Google these words, you’ll probably end up seeing some hotted up cars with big fat “grills” and massive shiny rims. If that’s what you were looking for, then I congratulate you.

On the other hand, if you were looking for something to roast meat on, that has a certain level of mobility then you probably ended up here.

The grill on wheels was an idea that came to me after I made a grill for the WFO that I used for roasting a pig in the WFO. When I pushed the grill into the oven, it scratched the surface of the bricks and made my teeth grind at the same time. So I came up with this simple idea to easily insert and extract the grill from the wood fired oven.

The wheels are made from solid steel flat bar that I cut into squares, then transformed into circles. They are attached to the grill by bolts that were welded to the grill’s ‘feet’. If you have mild steel square bar (10mm x 10mm), some flat 10mm x 75mm bar and 4 M10 nuts and bolts (and know how to weld), then the grill on wheels concept is quite easy to put together. Here are some photos showing the build process  and then the grill on wheels put into action. I certainly hope you enjoy these, as much as I enjoyed eating the Peruvian charcoal chicken that came out of the oven!

Cut flat bar into squares 75mm x 75mm – transform squares into octagons.

Transform octagons into circles

Drill 10.5mm hole into circles

Prepare grill for MIG welding

Weld the M10 bolts to the grill’s feet”

Opposite view…

4 x M10 bolts welded and wheels fastened

Place grill on wheels at same surface as oven

Front view – make sure the grill is clean

Place the chicken on the grill

Note: Oven already hot – about 120 degrees Celsius.

Push grill on wheels into the oven. Note – stainless tray has hot coals inside.

Note the tray under the grill on wheels is full of red hot coals.

Grill on wheels – the chicken is ready!