How to make a vertical grill with your own hands

In April-May, millions of our compatriots go out of town to celebrate the arrival of spring with the preparation of barbecue. To roast pieces of meat over the fire, planting them on a stick, people learned in ancient times. And to bring something new to this process today, it would seem impossible.





However, the inquisitive mind and the golden hands of inventors work wonders. So, for example, the lawyer Egorov, familiar to our regular readers, offers an original life hack for the vertical preparation of kebab in a Finnish candle.





At first, I was skeptical of his vertical barbecue, but after thinking, I appreciated the merits and now, in truth, I can’t wait to try out the idea in the field, and at the same time eat the first barbecue this year.

4 variants of the “Finnish candle” For a vertical barbecue, you need a special fire. candlestickForest primus, Indian torch, Swedish fire. There are dozens of ways to collect it. Let us remind our readers of some of the simplest.

  1. Split into several (2-4) parts log
    This option consists of several parts of one thick log, placed chipped surfaces to each other. Due to the larger surface of combustion, such a fire burns intensely, but not very long. With more crevices engulfed in the fire, almost any side of the fire can be dried or heated. However, such a torch is not very stable and quickly falls apart when the churbaks burn out.




  2. A broken log held together by wire
    Such a fire does not burn so much, but longer. Due to the almost complete absence of heat on the sides of the fire (with a tight connection of parts of the log), it can be freely transferred from place to place, but for the same reason it cannot perform the role of an effective heater. The disadvantages also include the need for wire, which is not always at hand.


  3. Longitudinal sawn field
    Inside a thick log, a chainsaw makes from two to four longitudinal cuts to a depth of 2/3 of the log length. These cuts serve for the supply of oxygen to the source of combustion and at the same time are this very focus. This option is compact, convenient for transportation and can be recommended in the presence of a chainsaw.



    As it burns, first of all, the wood in the upper part burns out, which increases the distance between the burning surfaces and the fire goes into smoldering mode. It is not always convenient for cooking, but it is quite suitable for heating.





    Unlike most other versions of the Finnish candle, this one does not leave a fire on the ground. However, igniting it without combustible liquids requires some skills and can prove problematic for a beginner. In case of a picnic, it is convenient to use ready-made logs with saws, which can be bought in stores.




  4. Three logs placed side by side
    Perhaps the easiest option. Three thick logs should be put on the end and lean against each other. The fire burns between the woods. Can equally successfully serve as for cooking and lighting, and for heating. In addition, such an oven is ignited easier than other options and burns longer. If necessary, it is easy to extinguish, moving the logs from one another. The disadvantage, which the lawyer Egorov successfully got rid of, can be called the low stability of detached logs.






The advantages and disadvantages of four bonfires built on the principle of the “Finnish candle” can be clearly seen on the video. We note that the last version burns longer than all the others.

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2 variants of vertical barbecue Lawyer Egorov is constantly making something, and this time he made metal staples that helped him get rid of the instability of the forest primus of three logs and prepare a wonderful barbecue.





For the device of his vertical barbecue, the blogger folded the logs together with a small gap, and then hammered into the adjacent ends of the staples, thus firmly fastening the entire structure.





Putting a grill on his butt, he raised a fire above the ground, which improved convection and made it possible to leave no traces on the grass.

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Vertical barbecue of lawyer Egorov Provides a long and uniform combustion. As a result, the fat does not drip on coals and does not burn, the barbecue fries quickly, and all the time it is not necessary to turn over.





However, it is quite possible to cook kebab on a Finnish candle without complex metal brackets. This allows you to verify the following video.

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Its authors made notches on pine poles and leaned them close to each other. Then, with the help of dry needles, a fire was spread between the woods.





Over time, coals formed on the inner surface of the churbaks, between which skewers with kebab were lowered.





The barbecue in such a Finnish candle is cooked much faster than over a regular fire (in 5 minutes), and the sausage is heated in 10-12 seconds.





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Sit in the evening by a pleasantly crackling fire you want in any, even the shortest tourist hike. Thanks to this life hack, you can build a self-sustaining fire that can burn without the slightest human intervention from 10 to 14 hours.