It was very drowsy n lazy week end when some one came up with the idea of building a Barbecue setup. The idea was great and came at the very right moment, every one wanted some sort of adventure and excitement n this idea made our day.
Soon we were drawing the prototype on a paper. Every one was pouring in their past experiences and were trying to recall how was the setup and design when they last used it. The end prototype was very ambitious I must say :P. But it was not very late when we realized that realizing that design is not easy. After wasting a few sheets of papers we decided that we will stick to a very basic design and we need some metal plates and a few angles to make the basic design.
Now search for the raw material started with every one giving in the wildest idea they could think of : some one said "lets break a few advertisement placards which are installed along the road side and use them as the metal plates. Some one was ready to break the telephone extension box which are also installed on the road side and use them as the top mesh above the barbecue.
There were plenty of ideas on how and from were to collect the required raw materials, but in the end we landed at the local welder's workshop to outsource the job n get it done by paying him some money.
After explaining to him what is to be done he coated his rate which was way too expensive i.e. : 2000 K.
Next we en-quired about the scrapyard and ended up in a scrapyard (the idea was to collect the required material and get it welded), where we could find a lot of old, thrashed, and thrown out waste materials. For us it was not waste, every one of us could imagine some part of the barbecue setup out of every item which was present there :).
That day we learned what is the cost of the iron in India, any guesses ???? It is Rs 15/KG.
In the end we paid Rs 300 /- and purchased the required metal and headed to the welder. We explained the welder about what to be done and he took the job into his hands and completed it neatly. We paid him Rs 150/-.
Every one was happy about it, next we headed to buy chicken and coal, yes every one wanted to enjoy the meal on the same day :).
It was the time for another realization for the day and it was learning about the cost of coal in India, don't trouble yourself to guess it I will make it easy for you :), it is Rs 21/KG :).
In the end we ended up at the home, and there was challenge waiting for was. We had every thing the Barbecue setup, chicken, required spices, coal. But firing coal is a big challenge if you never tried your hand before.
The best way to do this is to burn one small piece of coal using a candle and then add some more coal the put it under the fan and leave it for some time and keep on adding the coal time to time ;).
-Sun
