The issue that I have come across, is not being able to cook small amounts of food on the beach without using a dangerously unstable camping cooker in the sand. To combat this, I designed a mini stainless steel barbeque that measures approximately 30cm in length.

Step 1: Making the Base

The base is designed using half a cylinder with L shaped steel rods rotated to act as legs. The cylinder ends are closed by welding cut sheet metal (an easy option is cutting an old gas tank in half to avoid this). Small holes are added for air intake but can be larger if needed.

Step 2: Lid

The lid is essentially the same as the bottom half, just without the legs. Holes can be drilled for airflow but is not too important at this stage.

Step 3: Hinges

The hinge for the lid must be very strong and must be able to hold the weight of the stainless steel lid. It works by two steel rods shaped that when they rotate, it lifts the lid up. This design is beneficial because a normal hinge would not be able to hold the weight, and this design lets the lid open to a certain angle (depending on the shape of the 2 rods).

Step 4: Handle

The handle in the image looks like steel but in reality, would most likely be wood with a steel rod going through. The wood would act as an insulator and would make opening the barbeque much more pleasant.

Step 5: The Grill

The grill is going to be separate from the barbeque so the coal fire can be made first. It also means cleaning the grill would be much easier. The majority is grills to cook sausages or meat, and the flat plate can be used for keeping food warm or cooking vegetables.

Step 6: Tinker Cad Designed Mini BBQ

The mini barbeque is now complete and with a few hours of work in a metal workshop, could be created. I am currently working on this as a school project and will be building this design in the next few weeks.