Bodum's Conical Charcoal Grill Is Hot, Hot, Hot

Instead of my dull friends chugging beer.

I could have marveled at the elegant conical shape of the kettle (and cleaned up easily thanks to the pointy ash-collecting base). I could have cooked the chickens evenly all around thanks to the hand-cranked rotisserie attachment (with an included but optional battery-powered motor). I could even have hung my tongs and other tools from the handy hooks on the side instead of just dropping them onto the filthy floor.

And even when not in use, the Fyrkat would keep a stylish presence on the rooftop, coming as it does in any of three candy colors or plain old black.

As it is, I cooked up lunch on a grill made from an old asbestos water tank, a satellite dish and a split and splayed metal basket. Don’t believe me? Here it is in action:

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