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 A Garden Barbecue

An outside fireplace with the added feature of grids for grilUng fresh meat

��By Huntington Baker

���THE out-of-door fireplace has become a popular feature with many of the more luxurious dwellings of the West. This is usually designed to form a part of the terrace or veranda of the house, and its purpose is manifestly to combine the cheer and com- fort of the open fire with the fresh, free air of the out- side. Where the grounds are extensive or se- cluded enough to permit it, a somewhat dif- ferent style of open-air fire- place has been designed, to be built generally in a clearing, apart from any building. The charm of this feature lies not only in the comfort accorded those who gather round, but in the fact of its being so con- structed as to provide also, every detail necessary for the preparation of a steaming- h o t meal. The garden barbecue may be built of stone, brick or concrete, and is adaptable to slightly different forms

��The open-air n;.;. ^ . a:i ^^tate

where barbecues may be held and refreshments served

���Plans of the fireplace giving dimensions of a good size to cook food sufficient for any entertainment

��of ornamentation.

The accompanying measured drawings

have been made from a typical brick

example now standing in the grounds of a

��western country estate. This model is a practical one, not too expen.sive, and com- paratively simple in construction. It requires about 1,700 bricks, with 8 bu. hydrated lime and 1 cu. yd. of sand for the mortar. The fittings may be secured

from a black- smith. At A is a wrought iron coUar- strap 3 16 in. by ^4 in. made to fit around the keystone which projects to receive it. At B are two J/^-in. eye-bars anchored to the soffit of the arch, which form, with the collar-strap, loops from which may be suspended wires or chains to hold a kettle or cauldron. At C are two

iron hooks built into the joints of the brickwork for supporting the ends of an iron rod placed across the opening to serve as a spit or as rests for the ends of long forks or prongs thrust into the fire. At D are shown two shelves or grids made from cor- rugated wire mesh set into a frame which fits snugly into the grate on angle- brackets. These grids are removable and serve also for use in the smoking and

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