That was a rustic barbecue stand I bought six years ago from one of those roadside blacksmiths in New Delhi. It was really really rustic but one cannot expect more for a thousand rupees. Over the years corrossion had set in and the lower plate where the coal rests as it burns had begun to develop holes.

I was debating on getting a similar rustic looking one to sort of go with the terrace in my old house where I host these parties occasionally. However by then I had moved out of Delhi into a city where such blacksmiths were hard to come by.

However, in my old house with my wife deciding to fell a few trees I was left with a few solid wooden trunks which I knew could come in handy and with some earthen tiles lying around in one corner, I came up with a simple idea to use the stuff I had to make a crude little barbecue.