Cooking on your fireplace. (burgers, grill, bbq, rotisserie)

[Rickers]

Does anyone else use their fireplace for cooking ?
I have a fire going in our fireplace every day from October to June. I welded a grate from 1/4 square stainless rod and it fits right in over the fireplace grate. It gives a slight smokey taste to the food.

[cynwldkat]

Only when the electricity goes out. But it does sound like it would make the food taste good---like a bbq.

[Rickers]

It's nice to be able to fire grill food when it's snowing outside. It's not practical to do this with a large piece of meat over a grill on the fireplace because the coals don't last very long but steaks, dogs and burgers work out just fine.
I am going to build a rotisserie with a stainless steel pan that can be placed on the hearth of the fireplace or beside a campfire that will cook roasts or turkeys etc in front of the fire as opposed to over the fire. I could even work out a little pump and drip system for self basting ! A small gear motor would turn the spit.

[NCN]

Originally Posted by rickers

Does anyone else use their fireplace for cooking ?
I have a fire going in our fireplace every day from October to June. I welded a grate from 1/4 square stainless rod and it fits right in over the fireplace grate. It gives a slight smokey taste to the food.

That is the way they used to do it and I think they baked that way too with a little insert in the bricks.

[Fat Freddy]

Originally Posted by rickers

...Does anyone else use their fireplace for cooking ?
I have a fire going in our fireplace every day from October to June...

Doth thy do the cooking thyself?
Or be there a buxom wench to stir the gruel and pour thy mead?

[Rickers]

How did you know she was buxom ! ?