Humm I'm only stating what I have been doing I have a piece of pipe 30x54 and want to build a rig wit it but have been building smaller patio types trying to work the bugs out of the building process cause for the same reason you stated cheaper once I feel more confident I will start on the big build just want to get all my ducks in a row first so once I star I have a good idea of where I'm going with it if that make any since
I just recently built a 25x48 and I can cook more meat than I can afford to buy on a regular basis. I'm not sure exactly what you have in mind for your griddle but you can definitely heat a piece of stainless plate with a small amount of charcoal. I used to have a 12'' boat trailer rim and a piece of plate that I would used to cook breakfast on while we were camping and it worked great.
In your example - go with the smaller one. It will pay you back in savings many times over compared to the big one - unless you're catering or cooking for the church or something like that….. Besides - 20" diameter is optimum - anything over that is just harder to reach across….. imho
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Thanks guys. I will think about it some more, which may be a bad thing lol. I probably shouldn't start anything until after our cruise in 2 weeks. I'd probably get in trouble
Well have fun but be on the look out for those rest rooms! Just had 600 folks return to Bayonne, NJ here with a touch of the ....well Montezumas Revenge , as they say !
Make no mistake, there ain't no powder in this Puff ! And... I'm not really a crazy person but I play one in real life
Be on the lookout for a used flat grill from a restaurant service company. the ones in the restaurant use 3/4" ironized stainless. they don't get much for them as scrap value so they would prolly part with it for next to nothing. grind off the junk on the bottom and whammo you have your flat grill! tack it to the top of the firebox or build a charcoal grill bottom under it