Braai Oven

Great braais can be prepared with nothing more than meat suspended on a framework of sticks over a bed of coals on the open ground. Folks have found any number of ingenious ways to turn oil drums into braais. Build your very own Braai Oven. Here's one way to make your very own the easy way!

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Dig out the footings for foundations under all five walls to a depth of 300mm.


Pour the foundations and add a brick footer at ground level. Use a spirit level to check that everything is even.


Leave this to cure for at least 3 to 4 days - lightly wetting the top over this period to prevent cracks.


Take measurements to have the cast iron frames and doors manufactured and the lintels for the fireplace opening and the two chimneys need to be cut and welded.


Start building up, setting the frame for the lower pit door.


Start building up, inserting the cast iron door frames as the courses progress.

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