Grill Mount Question

spider22 · 07-15-2011, 01:04 PM

AC I was just curious how it has been working for you

AC2717 · 07-15-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by spider22

AC I was just curious how it has been working for you

Loving it, the size of the grill and where we anchor out, sand bars, very little if any wake, it is perfect, also the grill is not in the way, I highly reccommend one!!!

DBreskin · 07-17-2011, 03:32 PM

Disclaimer: I am not advocating the setup I describe below, even though the food looked and smelled GREAT!

Yesterday we saw a group of boats rafted up about 250' away and saw smoke from their grill wafting across the water. It appeared the grill was floating in the water. I decided I had to see what they'd set up.

I waded over to take a look, and in fact the grill WAS floating in the water. This removed all chance to soil or burn their boat. It was a standard low-cost backyard charcoal grill, about 18" square, set in a wood frame and on top of a 24" square by 3" thick piece of floatation foam. There was also a shelf attached to the side of the frame. The wood contacted the grill on two sides, and the chef kept the wood from burning by splashing water on it periodically; of course there was plenty of water close at hand. The chef also kept one hand on the grill to steady it in the waves and keep it from floating away.

The chef had a 30' boat so there was plenty of room to store his contraption.

Separately, someone else had used 3/4" galvanized pipe and made what looked like a pitch fork with three tines, it was about 6' long overall; he stuck it vertically into the sand in about 3' of water and screwed his Magma grill onto it. He grilled about 5' from his boat.

AB_Monterey · 07-17-2011, 04:00 PM

I saw an interesting set-up a couple years ago at the West Alton sandbar. The guy was standing in about 3 ft of water with the grill mounted to a tri-top. I spoke to the cook for a couple minutes and he said that while his friends use camera tri-pods, he prefered a surveyors model because it had a little more weight to it and spikes on the legs to bury in the sand.

Really nice set-up.

07-15-2011, 01:04 PM	#1
spider22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Alstead,NH Posts: 98 Thanks: 9 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	How's it working AC I was just curious how it has been working for you

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07-17-2011, 03:32 PM	#3
DBreskin Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wolfeboro NH Posts: 283 Thanks: 143 Thanked 121 Times in 76 Posts	Disclaimer: I am not advocating the setup I describe below, even though the food looked and smelled GREAT! Yesterday we saw a group of boats rafted up about 250' away and saw smoke from their grill wafting across the water. It appeared the grill was floating in the water. I decided I had to see what they'd set up. I waded over to take a look, and in fact the grill WAS floating in the water. This removed all chance to soil or burn their boat. It was a standard low-cost backyard charcoal grill, about 18" square, set in a wood frame and on top of a 24" square by 3" thick piece of floatation foam. There was also a shelf attached to the side of the frame. The wood contacted the grill on two sides, and the chef kept the wood from burning by splashing water on it periodically; of course there was plenty of water close at hand. The chef also kept one hand on the grill to steady it in the waves and keep it from floating away. The chef had a 30' boat so there was plenty of room to store his contraption. Separately, someone else had used 3/4" galvanized pipe and made what looked like a pitch fork with three tines, it was about 6' long overall; he stuck it vertically into the sand in about 3' of water and screwed his Magma grill onto it. He grilled about 5' from his boat.

07-17-2011, 04:00 PM	#4
AB_Monterey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 293 Thanks: 86 Thanked 78 Times in 49 Posts	I saw an interesting set-up a couple years ago at the West Alton sandbar. The guy was standing in about 3 ft of water with the grill mounted to a tri-top. I spoke to the cook for a couple minutes and he said that while his friends use camera tri-pods, he prefered a surveyors model because it had a little more weight to it and spikes on the legs to bury in the sand. Really nice set-up.