"Andy Fish" > wrote in message
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> "jesskidden" > wrote in message
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>> Andy Fish wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I like to use a disposable BBQ when camping, but just putting it down on
>>> the grass causes the grass to get burnt, and it's not always easy to
>>> find a suitable rock, so I'd like to pack some kind of flat tray to put
>>> it on. So far I have rejected the following materials:
>>>
>>> wood: (will burn)
>>> metal: (conducts the heat)
>>> paving slab (too heavy)
>>> asbestos (difficult to source ;-)
>>>
>>> surely someone else must have thought of this
>>
>> Legs?
>>
>> Altho, I gotta ask where are you camping that there's only grass (no
>> rocks, no soil)? Been camping for years, in tent, VW camper, pickup
>> camper and backpacked all over the AT, and never saw a site that didn't
>> have some sort of fire pit...
>>
>
> I should have explained I'm in the UK.
>
> here, most camp sites consist of a grassed field with maybe a dirt track
> or tarmac road going round or across. Actually, to be honest, that
> describes most of the country ;-)

Why not just buy a small portable barbecue with legs instead ? I have one
here that folds up to about 14 inches on a side and an inch thick. it has
four small legs that keep it about 3 inches off the ground. I seem to recall
it cost £4.99 five years or so ago. Unfortunately, it has no maker's name on
it, but it has certainly paid for itself many times over.