Making Handmade Fire Tools
- muleequestrian
- Jul 10
- 2 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
I decided I needed some new cooking tools for my fire pit. I ended up getting talked out of my older ones by someone. I looked around the shop for some materials, and cranked up the forge.
The first thing I hammered out was a ladle for soups and stews. I use a cut off bottom from a gas bottle as my bowl form. These things are relatively easy enough to find and can be cut off carefully to make the curved bottoms of bowl shaped objects.
Next step was to shape a handle for the ladle.
The handles for the tools all have an acorn shaped knob on the end for decoration.
This is the final shape of the handles, ready to be riveted in place.
The first two tools ready to go. A spatula and a ladle.
The next step is to make a frying pan holder. This will go around one of the upright legs and be able to swing out of the way. It’s held in place by the weight of the pan and can be slid up and down above the coals to adjust the heat.
Here’s the setup completely ready to cook on. I know, I know. I skipped a few pictures for the sake of brevity and didn’t show everything being made. But I have a trammel hook, a large ladle, small ladle, meat turning hook, spatula, a large and small swing away frying pan holder, uprights and cross beam.
But with the addition of a pair of Dutch ovens, a few simple S-hooks, some spoons for stirring….. and now I have a pretty good setup for cooking outdoors over an open fire. A Lid Lifter is a necessity to be able to check on your food without losing coals from the top of the Dutch ovens. I use an old farm shovel to scoop coals and move them around from place to place as needed. Some coals on the bottom, some on the top to get the food baked. Always use a Dutch oven with a flat lid with a lip to hold hot coals in place. Domed lids allow the coals to slip off the top. As you use up your coals you can always add more fresh firewood to the pit in anticipation of what you need next.
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