Do-it-yourself stand for a cauldron: how to make a grill from a pipe?

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To cook food on the grill using a cauldron, you definitely need a special holder. It can be purchased from a specialist store.

Industrial devices for the cauldron are quite reliable, durable, easy to operate and affordable.

Or you can do it yourself. At the same time, improvised objects, old buckets, pipes or remnants of fittings can become tools and materials. ig story viewer

Many samples of factory fixtures can serve as an excellent example for making an analog with your own hands.

Content

  • 1 Types of coasters for cauldrons
    • 1.1 Tagan on three legs
    • 1.2 Tagan on four legs
    • 1.3 Table or plate supports
    • 1.4 Support and hook construction
  • 2 How to choose a stand for a cauldron
  • 3 How to make a stove from a pipe
    • 3.1 Materials and tools
    • 3.2 Project creation
    • 3.3 DIY assembly
    • 3.4 Possible difficulties
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 5 VIDEO:
  • 6 50 original options for coasters:

Types of coasters for cauldrons

Cauldrons for cooking are most often presented in the form of cast iron dishes in the form of a hemisphere.

Kazan is a cast boiler. Its distinctive feature is a semicircular bottom, which does not allow installing it on the hearth without a special supporting device - a tripod.

Due to their structure, they are inconvenient to install on an open fire. Therefore, special coasters were invented. They are of several types.

If you have a certain list of tools and materials, you can do it yourself.

Tagan on three legs

Tagan is a metal structure that consists of a small ring and three long legs.

The stand for the cauldron has varieties - according to material and place of use - on a grill, fire or stove.

The tagan is installed in such a way that the legs rest firmly on the ground at an angle, and the cauldron itself is above the fire in a ring.

The legs of the three-legged stand are cone-mounted. An equal distance is maintained between them, which is an important factor determining the degree of stability of the structure.

Tagan on four legs

Tagan on four legs has a similar structure and working mechanism. This design can be produced disassembled. Thus, you can adjust the length of the legs, and even the ring itself for holding cauldrons of different sizes.

The construction of the four-legged stand is similar to that of a tripod. Their only difference from each other is the presence of a quarter support.

Table or plate supports

A ring with small legs (about 30-50 cm) is called a binder. It is mainly used to hold a semicircular cookware over a conventional burner.

It can also be a stand for a cauldron on the table.

Support and hook construction

Three long legs connected to each other are firmly installed in the ground, and at the intersection there is a hook - this is how the simple design of this holder for a cauldron looks like.

Instead of a circle on legs, there are models with a hook, where the cauldron is hung.

But it will work only if the dishes have an additional handle, for which you can hang it where the barbecue is located.

A tripod for a cauldron is the most optimal solution for cooking food over a fire.

How to choose a stand for a cauldron

The choice of a stand for a cauldron depends on several factors:

  1. the environment where cooking will take place;
  2. stand material;
  3. the volume of the ring.

So, for example, coasters made of cast iron, although they keep the temperature of the fire well, are very heavy. Therefore, they are more suitable for stationary use.

Such coasters are used at home for cooking in a cast iron over electric stoves or in home blast furnaces.

Steel and aluminum stands are the best option for lovers of picnics in nature. They are much lighter than cast iron and are not inferior to them in terms of reliability. Therefore, they are more convenient to transport.

They are easy to move, but it is not recommended to place a heavy cast-iron cauldron on such a stand.

Important! When choosing a stand, regardless of the type and material, it is necessary to constantly compare the diameter of the cauldron and the ring of the structure. The latter should be a little narrower than the dishes so that they are firmly held in weight.

How to make a stove from a pipe

You can make such a stand with your own hands from a metal pipe. Due to the fact that its design is quite simple. The cauldron stove consists of a long cylinder, at the bottom of which there is a grate, two holes for supplying firewood and at the very top several petals for holding the cauldron.

An alternative and more complex support product is a portable oven.

It is made in such a way that all the heat emanating from the fire is concentrated inside the walls of the stove cylinder. And from it the cauldron with food itself heated up faster.

The advantage of the oven over other supports for the cauldron lies in its design.

Materials and tools

Materials

  1. A section of thick-walled pipe for the cylindrical part of the furnace. Approximately 100 cm.
  2. Narrower chimney pipe. Approximately 12-13 cm.
  3. Metal corners for handles and legs of the structure. There is no specific size. It all depends on the convenience.
  4. Metal grill.

    Bulgarian.

Tools

  1. Bulgarian;
  2. drill;
  3. welding machine;
  4. hammer;
  5. building level.

    Welding machine.

Important! According to safety precautions when working with a welding machine, the master must have gloves, goggles and a mask to protect exposed skin.

Project creation

The process of creating a stand for a cauldron with your own hands in the form of a furnace comes down to three main stages:

  1. preparatory part;
  2. creation of a design drawing;
  3. assembly of all parts.

When creating a drawing, it is necessary to accurately indicate the length and amount of the grate for the bottom of the stove, as well as calculate the size of such additional elements as handles, legs, the size of the window for the furnace, etc.

determination of the size of the stand under the cauldron

Drawing of a stove from a pipe.

DIY assembly

When all the elements of the furnace are assembled and prepared, the stage of assembling the product begins. To do this, according to the drawing, you must first mark on the pipe all the holes that will be cut with the grinder, as well as the petals for installing the pot.

Important! To cut holes for the chimney and firebox, it is better to use circles of different diameters so that the cuts are more accurate.

Assembling the oven.

The following actions are carried out using a welding machine. With its help, the chimney is welded. It should be installed at a 45 degree angle. Next, a door is made for the hole, where the coals will be poured, and additional elements are mounted in the form of legs and handles.

In the end, if the structure has successfully passed the first baptism of fire, namely the firebox, then it can be covered with fire-resistant paint and left to dry.

Cooking in a cauldron on a handmade oven.

Possible difficulties

At the build stage, some difficulties may arise that were not taken into account at the time of the project creation, namely:

  1. quality of materials;
  2. is the pipe metal suitable for welding;
  3. weight of the structure;
  4. distortion of the shape of structures under the influence of high temperatures, etc.

    It is imperative to test the oven.

The finished furnace is covered with refractory paint.

All of them can be eliminated using a preliminary test of all metal structures. Several options for pipes are taken, made from different materials (cast iron, aluminum or steel) and each of them is checked using a welding machine. The material that retains heat best and is not very heavy will be chosen as the basis.

If not one of the metals passed the test, then perhaps the problem lies in the welding machine itself and its current strength.

Stove under the cauldron purchased in the store.

Conclusion

There are many options for how to make a stand for a cauldron on a brazier with your own hands. Conventionally, they can be divided into two types: for barbecue and open fire, as well as closed large independent stoves.

The range of such products is quite impressive.

Both versions of the cauldron stands can be used outdoors or even made by hand.

Industrial devices for the cauldron are quite reliable, durable, easy to operate and affordable.

This requires a regular welding kit and some metal parts. However, in all cases, it is necessary to take into account the properties of certain metals, as well as safety precautions.

The magnificent stable stand under the cauldron is possible from the most ordinary car rims.

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