Fire Bricks?

Franco · August 2000

Hate to be my usual stupid self, but where do you get fire bricks? Can you fined them a like Acme Brick outlets? They look like concrete blocks, but my guess is they are not. [p]Also do those of you who use them only use them when cooking indirectly?[p]Thanks, Frank

sprinter · August 2000

Franco,[p]Fire bricks can be found at a place that sells bricks. I found mine at a local chimney shop. They are usually not at a Lowes or Home Improvement store, at least not at my local store. There are a few different sizes, i think there is a 1 inch, 1 1/2 inch, and 2 inch, get a couple of each, and I paid about a buck a piece for mine. I use mine for cooking indirectly, put 2 flat on the grate and two on edge, making a "U" on the grate, then place the drip pan on them with a second grill placed on the top of this. Take a look at TimM's web site or Gfw, they both have pictures of their setups. I also use them to make a makeshift second grill by putting 3 on edge on the bottom grate, putting the food on that grate, then placing my other grate on top of the bricks making a 2 tier setup. Hope this helps, holler back if you need more information.[p]Troy

Unknown · August 2000

Franco, Menard's carries them...about 6 bricks for $11 I recall. They are in a box in the fireplace area - not out in the yard. ^oo^~

Outlaw56 · December 2018

The only fire bricks I have been able to find locally, or on Amazon, are in a six pack for $30 plus. I want to use them under my Egg Sitter but not sure I want to invest that in fire bricks verses just a steel plate. Is there an advantage to using fire brick verses just a steel plate to cover the shelf that holds the Egg? Im not using any wood in my custom cabinet, all steel.

vb4677 · December 2018

I've sacrificed one into 3 chunks and use them as spacers on my platesetter. Was also fiddling around with using one in my KAB as a divider...

Additionally, I brew beer and I use 3 as feet when I take my boiling hot kettle off of the burner. And lastly, I've been known to throw them in the BGE/oven to heat up and add some thermal mass to a cooler when I'm taking BBQ to the lake (3 hrs away).

Not specific to your application, but another use or two for ya...

Dobie · December 2018

Holy resurrection, click on Unknowns profile

GregW · December 2018

If you have a Tractor Supply store, they carry firebrick.

GregW · December 2018

Dobie said:

Holy resurrection, click on Unknowns profile

Interesting. I wonder how that happens.

lousubcap · December 2018

Proof that anything on the web is forever-hope he found the bricks.

Outlaw56 · December 2018

No Tractor Supply here or anywhere close. Im thinking I will just use a piece of 1/4" steel over the top of !" square tubing (reinforcement underneath). If I wanted to do over kill, I would think the same way a gun safe wall is built would give me a double sided support shelf. Build a frame out of square tubing and sheet it with flat steel on both sides. Fill the inside with fire rated sheet rock and you would have a very nice metal top. This is only for the shelf that the nested egg sits on (nest bing the metal bracket that is now being sold as the nest bracket to provide space under the egg).

GregW · December 2018

lousubcap said:

Proof that anything on the web is forever-hope he found the bricks.

I had actually overlooked the original post date.

EggbertGreenII · December 2018

That's my photograph of a Tri-colored Heron.

alaskanassasin · December 2018

The fire bricks are handy for draping brisket or raising grids etc. plus they won’t rust.

GregW · December 2018

I have a large pellet smoker that I use frequently to smoke a single butt or slab of baby back ribs. The thermal stability of the smoker is greatly enhanced with 25-30 pounds of fire bricks added. The only thing I've noticed about the fire bricks, they are pretty fragile.

SGH · July 2019

Franco said:

where do you get fire bricks?

In my area they are pretty much available everywhere. Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace, Tractor Supply and every independent hardware store. 3 of the 5 local Walmart’s also have them in their stores.