Mini Easy to Use Grill

One thing that I always have had laying around the house was cans. We have a bunch of them but it is hard to find a good use for them. I wanted to put them to good use so I looked up things I could make with a can. One of the things that I thought looked really neat was a mini grill. It looked very convenient but very simple. I decided to make it and see if it really is as simple as it looks.

The very first thing that needed to happen for this grill was for marks to be made on the can. That way I knew exactly where I would cut to make even strips. I measured how far around the whole can was and I split it into 5 even strips. Then I cut the strips on the line. I tried many things to cut the strips with. That included t bolt cutters, tin snips, saw, and an Exacto knife. Ironically the thing that ended up cutting the best were just standard scissors. It was definitely something I didn't expect.

Painting the can is not a step that you have to do for the grill but I did it to make it look better. What I did was take the can into my garage and put into a large box. That way when I spray painted it the can would not get all over the place. This step did not take very long because it is not a very big can and I only had to paint half the can. Overall this step was one of the easiest.

The next thing I did was find a regular piece of foil and try and form it to the can. I just layed a sheet on and pushed it around so it would properly fit in. I then put the shards of charcoal5 into the bottom of the can. Then I layed the grill surface on top of the can so it would stay on.

Now you can light the charcoal and cook something without having to get out your normal big grill. I hope you learned how to create an easy to make grill.