This morning, Joe was kind enough to purchase supplies for making burgers at the bike shop. Unfortunately, someone was not nearly as kind to us when they stole our grill from behind the shop. Now I know it shouldn't have been left there in the first place, but it still aggravates me when you have to be so protected of everything you own, or are even in possession of, at all times, lest someone swoop in and absconds it. Frustrating.
But I digress... the point is, we didn't have a grill to cook the burgers on! While Dan was out deciding that replacing it was just too expensive, Joe and I came up with a plan to make-shift a grill.
It turns out we had an old mop bucket that made a great base. I threw some old brake rotors, a chain ring, and made a shelf of spokes (and a couple hacksaw blades) for the coals to rest on so there was air flowing all around them and they would be closer to the food for better cooking. We still had the coal grate from the old grill, and it made a perfect grate for the burgers. With the curvature, we could rest the lid to a garbage can (it had never been used) on top and they turned out to be some of the best burgers we have had.
Great day to be a bike mechanic!
