Table! Table? Table;

jaysackuvich · March 12, 2014, 08:27:17 PM

Saw a table on the bbq brethren! So I decided to follow! Wife said to clean up the deck lol!!

your thoughts!!

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jcnaz · March 12, 2014, 09:12:44 PM

I think that it is pretty cool!

Johnpv · March 13, 2014, 02:43:12 AM

Nicely done, awesome table!

Jeff · March 13, 2014, 03:55:01 AM

How are you supporting the bowls inside the table, do I see small support tabs? In your last photo with the coals on fire, it looks like the wind is pushing those flames against the edge of the cutouts for the bowls. I think the table looks nice, but you might want to have some sort of shielding or flashing inside the cutouts and up over the edge slightly!

jaysackuvich · March 13, 2014, 04:41:26 AM

It's metal conduit holders! I'm gonna use a gasket from the egg, it's fire resistant! I think the holes need to be just a hair wider lol! It was pretty breezy here in KC last night!

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1buckie · March 13, 2014, 07:23:27 AM

Pretty cool setup, but yeah, even these that aren't right close to the edge have a metal flashing:

jaysackuvich · March 13, 2014, 07:52:03 AM

That's sharp!! Back to Home Depot I go lol thanks guys for the tips!!

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Mark Schnell · March 13, 2014, 07:57:32 AM

I think you might want to mount them so that the lip of the bowl is up above the surface of the table. If not, you have too many opportunities for heat or flames to blow on the rim of your opening or even to be channeled under the surface of the table. I think you'll enjoy this set up. I'd put three or four good coats of spar varnish on there too. Of course, let it cure before firing up the grills.

Mark Schnell · March 13, 2014, 08:00:43 AM

If those are both golds they have handles on each side of the bowl, right? If that is the case then you can take the plastic covers off the handles and then attach the handles to the underside of the table. You could probably even reuse the conduit holders to do that. It would raise the bowl up much higher, more like the photo that buckie shared.

cbpeck · March 14, 2014, 04:49:01 PM

Quote from: jaysackuvich on March 13, 2014, 04:41:26 AM
It's metal conduit holders! I'm gonna use a gasket from the egg, it's fire resistant! I think the holes need to be just a hair wider lol! It was pretty breezy here in KC last night!

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Kudos!!! I had the idea to use conduit holders a while back, but hadn't gotten around to building my table. Thanks for testing them out! How many did you use per kettle? Great job!

jaysackuvich · March 14, 2014, 06:10:25 PM

Four! But as easy as they were to install, maybe four more per kettle! Not expensive at all! Thanks I'm really enjoying it!!

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timleo · March 18, 2014, 10:33:37 AM

I'm not sure what a 'conduit holder' is. Can you show a photo of the device?

1buckie · March 18, 2014, 10:44:15 AM

Timleo, these kinds of things:

Not sure which he may have used, but it's a MacGyver job, for sure !!!!

zavod44 · March 18, 2014, 05:45:03 PM

I have set Mesa Azul on fire twice and my grill is much farther from the wood than yours. And I have tile as shielding. I think eventually this will burn.....

Winz · March 18, 2014, 06:44:50 PM

Like the ingenuity. You have received some great advice above.

I would hope that you mount a fire extinguisher somewhere on or near the table. Between your table, wood deck, and wood fence, you have quite a bit of "fuel" that just needs a wayward spark to turn into a real disaster.

I have a wood deck and always keep a fire extinguisher and running water source nearby. It has saved me at least twice.

Enough of the "advice"

Winz

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