HALF & HALF KIT

(only available for the large firepit)

½ hotplate, ½ grill net, and a custom canvas bag to suit.. these fit on the large firepit only.. kit excludes Grill Bridge

If you already have a large firepit, or are thinking of getting one, then the ½ and ½ give you a lot more cooking options… more suited for a smaller family, ie 3-4 people.. we use these a lot. For dinner, the half net for cooking chops, steak, sauso’s, or chicken drumsticks. While the hotplate, we use for veges, like potato wedges, asparagus, corn, onion, beans, mushy’s etc…the hotplate is 40 mm deep, so you could use it like a frypan.. for breakfast, it’s mostly bacon and eggs, both cooked in the hotplate, and toast on the ½ grill net…

I like to keep the ½ and ½ in a separate bag, so as to not make the firepit bag too bulky and heavy.. also, you want to keep these nice and clean, away from sand/ dirt.. the bag is really nice.. snow peak don’t make a bag for this, but now that we are making DOT campers, and have a seamstress working for us, with our own machine, we can make them ourselves.. so these are the same canvas as the DOT trailer, and perfectly made.

The ½ hot plate and ½ grill net will fit inside neatly… because you are cooking fatty meat on the net, and oil in the hotplate, then there will be a sticky residue, same as with all cooking.. i don’t usually wash them, unless i drop them in the dirt : ) , but just wipe with paper towel before and after use.. this seems to work fine.

The ½ and ½ will fit neatly on the bridge like shown.

The hotplate is made from steel, so will last forever, but will need to be kept dry when storing, or it will rust.. again, by just wiping it clean after use, and storing in the bag, this keeps a thin oily film on it, and it will be fine.

Remember, mostly, cooking on the grill net, you want coals only, no flame .. flame will burn very quickly whatever you have there .

One trick i have learnt, is if i’m cooking a large meal, that might take a while, ie for a larger group, when i might have to put two lots of meat on etc, is i’ll throw some heat beads around the outside, in the fire.. heat beads work great, and last for a long time.. so coals will die out after about 30 – 45 minutes, depending how good the wood is, how big the coals are. But heat beads will last for 60 – 90 minutes.. so by chucking some on even half way thru cooking, will keep the heat going a lot longer.. nothing worse than getting half way thru cooking a meal, and the heat runs out.. this is where practice comes in : ) but that’s half the fun.. but yeah i always carry a bag of heat beads, (the red bag ones) and they are handy sometimes to use like this…