You just found the best solution to our BBQ issue! We did some pretty big work around the house that required us to destroy our garden, so we can't invest on a BBQ this year. This seems like the best option! Thank youuuu

I did it!! Charcoals grey, today I did a pack of pre marinade chilli chicken skewers. This was my first barbecue in my house. I will do it every day till I am better at it. Then I'm going to get my cast iron grate. Thanks Chef John.

If this guy had a tv show. I would watch every episode, maybe twice. Commentary is brilliant.

I was looking for a DIY stove top grill, using those disposable aluminum baking trays and found this...I just LOVE this idea. My next best option...yeah!

Chef, you are so funny! I enjoy your videos and humor.

I love this very easy bbq/ grill idea. Thanks! I can hardly wait to do this as soon as the winter is over.

Great video, can't believe people give thumbs down on DIY videos.

Thanks John for your wonderful style. In an insane world, I just relax listening to you like the sun bursting through the clouds. Also definitely going to try this. Maybe with my homegrown sweet corn 😊

Chef, I love your recipes and more than the cooking your style of explanation. So kind of you. Many thanks.

that is a great idea. some folks like gas grills and i do to but sometimes i really crave the charcoal grill taste and that is a quick and easy way to create a 'grill' out of stuff I already have around the house. thank you for the video!!!

Love the simplicity of this. Great video.

Excellent! You are such a great teacher! Thank you Chef John!

I not only learn from your videos, i enjoy your humor too.. thank you much =)

Wow never thought about grilling this way. Gonna try it this weekend!

Very nicely done Chef!

fantastic english accent. so chill, sounds like everything is just simple and works, nothing needs to be worried about

Chef Jon, you are brilliant!! I never could have imagined something like that could have ever worked. Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic idea. No matter where you are or where you go, you can always enjoy a BBQ. Cheers 😀😀

Wow, that's such a great idea! Thank you so much.

I love that you did a diy cooking video. It’s follows your style well. Always great videos and tutorials.

You would be the best dad or uncle ever!!!!

I like your voooiice! I just enjoy listening to you... and of course watching your video too!

i love seeing all the plants!!

This is awesome! Thank you for the DIY Chef John!

Thanks to you Chef John again! I have been practising using your Brick Hibachi grill, even if I wasn't cooking. I have got the heat distribution physics right by now. Today I followed a recipe how to grill sardines Portuguese style ( with the heads on). I want to thank you from the depths of my heart for making this video. I have enjoyed what I probably wouldn't have enjoyed with an expensive kettle charcoal grill costing in excess of £200.00. Thank you once again.

If you want it to be more than "temporary" spend the money for fire rated bricks. They will hold up. General bricks will crack, flake, and eventually fall apart from the heating and cooling. Use general bricks to make it waist high, then use fire bricks to make the BBQ pit.

Ash from charcoals and from hardwood ash, are a good source of potassium (potash) for your plants (about 3% P). As a very alkaline material, ash can also balance your soil pH if its becoming more acidic. You can also use charcoal / hardwood ash as a soap-making ingredient, or even as a basic soap on its own with water. :)

I love this video, I am returning the metal one i bought yesterday. This is the kind of stuff the Portuguese use and they have one in every house. Thank you chef!

I have watched this video a few times. It's something about this set up that seem so fun. Thanks for sharing.

totally doing this for our backyard! we have a smoker in need of some TLC and this grill will do the trick while we figure out how to revive it. cheers!

Both Idea of grill and narration throughout the video was good like it really very much ... 😊

Iam from Pakistan. There is lockdown thats why we are close at home looking the Bar B Q ideas for my terrace.. Very simple idea but highly appreciated... Love from Pakistan❤️❤️

I just love your sense of humor.

this looks really awesome, so can you cook like hamburgers and steaks and whatnot, i'd love to do some summer grilling, but alas no grill

Not too long ago (a couple of weeks ago), I cleared out my backyard from months of neglect and overgrown weeds. Now, I have space to try and make my own brick grill! Thanks for the inspiration, Chef John! (I admit though that I really would want to put in an outdoor, wood-fired brick oven for making authentic Neapolitan pizzas someday.) Btw, I don't think ash from burning a store-bought brand of charcoal is safe/ideal for your soil (much less for whatever you have growing there), especially when you consider that they can be chock-full of crazy chemicals/synthetic catalysts. However, if it's ash from burning "natural wood charcoal", then yeah, it should be okay.

I have quite a bit of bricks, just haven't been motivated. Your method is simple and great, I'm doing this now! Thanks.

Very nice grill. The safety precautions were very helpful and need to be addressed. Great Job!

So simple and easy thanks for this.

Wow, my husband and I are so going to have to do this. We haven't wanted to get a grill since it would likely go missing in our neighborhood, but we've missed grilling outdoors. This would be perfect for our needs. Thanks so much for sharing this idea! :D

I love hearing your voice ... and your comments ... You are artist ... Greetings to you from the State of Kuwait 🇰🇼 💕

Oh yes!!! Priceless video - thanks for sharing Chef John!!

Nothing puts a damper on a backyard barbecue as a wildfire. LMAO.

Your voice is so relaxing thank you

You are the freak-en master of culinary and backyard grilling.

Chef John...The man is a genius!!!👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

did any one else notice more and more flower pots pop up over time it goes form 0 to 4 plant pots

This is so perfect for our new apartment, which has a nice cement slab patio in the back. I have two questions if anyone can please help....1) Are those types of heavy grilltops easy to find? And 2) if you placed the floor of bricks down on the cement patio, do you think it would cause discoloration on the cement because of heat? Thanks!

I found a brand new Weber Char Q on facebook marketplace and can't be happier! Love all your videos!!

Very cool, budget friendly, Senior friendly, easy! Love it!

This is a really great idea, thanks!

I could listen to this guy read the phone book for hours. For those that don't know. It was a very thick book that contained phone number listings of phone numbers of people and business that had dumb telephones, not to be confused with smart phones.

Simple, straight to the point..... And it works!

you're that person who crackup jokes and don't laugh while evryone is on the floor 😂😂😂 love all your videos

Fantastic idea

You are the Michael Vick of your fired bricks.

This is a great and affordable idea...... Thanks John, you are the best!!

Criativo e muito prático.... Amei!

i actually tried this it works!

Thanks chef John! I heat my house with a wood burning stove and have often thought it would be great to simply scoop out some glowing embers for a quick grilling. However I never attempted this because my thinking was to place the embers in my Weber kettle grill which I knew was too big to make the plan efficient. I could only scoop out so many embers and run them outside while still keeping the fire roaring inside. Now seeing this video I know my instant wood fired grill can become a reality very easily! I have an old pot to carry the hot embers, an old grill grate, and old bricks so I can be in business in 5 minutes. I cant believe I did not think of this myself, but then again I did think to watch your video, so I'm not totally stupid after all.

You are an amazing teacher.

Chef john you are the best !

thank you! this is the best idea i've seen for a quick build diy grill! that said, does anyone have ideas for what i can do to avoid kneeling on the ground to cook a steak? like a way to make legs or set it on top of something without burning that thing?

one you've aced the base.... oh my! LOL

Edwin from Costa Rica . Thank you for sharing !!! God bless !!!

Chef John you are my favourite 💯♥️🇬🇧

He most definitely moved a bunch of plants and lawn ornaments into the frame. SHOWOFF! :)

He has a comical way of speaking. I Like it.

I *LOVE* this idea! I have an iron table and chairs...I can build this on the table and while we sit on chairs around the table we can grill our own food! What awesomeness!

I love this thanks for sharing. And I really enjoy listening to your descriptions😊😊

LOVE UR CHANNEL CHEERS MATE.

Awesome! That's just handy. Love your videos John.

Hi Chef John. This is such a great idea. One thing I'd like to point out about the ashes. If you use commercial charcoal briquettes, the ashes are BAD for soil because there are additives in the charcoal that are not good for plants. However, natural wood charcoal is a different story. The ashes from natural wood charcoal is great!

I'm here because somebody emailed the link to me.

Wow, that's grate!

Beautiful... I just love the way you talk btw

Always wanted to try this! Thank you

Lodge Hibachi Grill runs for $105 on Amazon right now (used to be around $80). With this idea, I can get the same results for much less. And this has a few added benefits; you can increase the height of the grill, it doesn't rust, no spare parts to buy in case you break something. Thanks!

You live in San Francisco and you have a back yard? Woah! You must be a billionaire.

This is so easy. Love it! Gonna do it tomorrow. 💕💕💕 The way you talk is so funny 😂 😂

Your videos are always informational and funny ! thanks

Great for short people ;)

Oh, and remember to keep the bricks dry, if you use a wet brick for this, they'll either spit super hot shards at you or will just explode, this I say from experience!! :S

Nice man, gona try this one out, looks so cool.

What a great idea Chef John❣️added to my Food Wishes Playlist😏

"Why I taking a garden shovel for it? - Because it works and it was just there." Best part, haha.

where do you buy a grill grate?

Just made one last week and it was great!

I love ur idea😊 Love from Pakistan

Use fire brick for best results. They will last longer and reflect more heat.

It's a cool idea but you should really be using kiln-fired bricks. Normal bricks can mess your day up if they explode and sharp chips start flying everywhere.

That is such a great idea! Thank you!

This is so useful! I might make one for myself!

I did this at the park the other day with aluminum foil lining the bottom and large stones placed on the side. I felt so ghetto cause Ive never seen anyone else do it before until now lol

The heat is going to crack those bricks. You should use firebrick.

Cool! Totally making this grill when we go to the lake.

Once again Chef John, today I did Sardines with their heads on and Baba Ganoush ( aubergines dish). Thank you every time.!!

no cayenne?

What is this bucket thing for charcoal? I've never seen anything like it.

Thanks I am highly satisfied by your video😍

I love this video! Thanks!

That is NOT the ash you want in your organic garden... Real wood ash, yes!