In this video I show you how I made a Kamado BBQ from flowerpots.

A Kamado is a traditional Japanese wood or charcoalfueled cook stove.
Nowadays they are really popular, there are many brands like The Green Egg, Joe, Yakiniku, etc.

I decided to try to make one myself using flowerpots and some other materials like heat gasket, a thermometer, some steal en heat proof paint.

It worked surprisingly well. The BBQ is very easy to control and the food turns out super yummy.

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Thank you all for your nice comments and questions. I really appreciate that. Here are some answers to the most asked questions:

• Some people claim that clay pots can contain metals, like lead. My terracotta pots are unglazed pots and made in Italy. From what I know they don’t contain any lead. But please do your research to make sure you use the right pots.

• The gasket is a special heat proof gasket for grills. Not rubber or plastic

• The paint is heat proof too and I only applied it on the outside of the grill.

• Before I used the grill I fired it up for a couple of hours to let all the bad gasses (if they where there) evaporate.

• I always heat up the grill slowly to avoid a sudden rise in temperature and try to prevent it from cracking. So far it didn’t crack from the heat. I got a small crack from tightening one of the nuts too tight. But I fixed that and the pot is air tight.

• The hinge is bought in a local grill shop as a spare part for kamado grills.

• This project was just for fun, I know that a flowerpot can not be compared to your expensive Kamado grill. Tough im still enjoying the juicy food from it.

• I did some simple burgers as a first test because after the build I wanted to test the grill quickly. Later on I tried things like pork belly etc.

• I try to keep the grille under 300 to 350 degrees Celsius. Because you know, they’re still flowerpots. Most of the time I bbq around 250/300 C. The venting holes can control the temperature.

• The pits are just for decoration purpose. I wanted to make it look less like a flowerpot.

Use your common sense and only do or make things you feel comfortable with. But most of all; enjoy your life! Peace ✌


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