Purpose: Design a cooking stand to hold a pot (4-6 quarts) over any part of a cooking fire (as a means of moderating cooking temperature) with access to the pot avoiding the intense heat of the fire.

Tripod, Swing set/rotisserie, designs are not suitable and bulky. A primary post with a swing arm seems most desirable.

This is version 1.0 created to verify sturdiness. The bucket of nails should easily exceed any soup or other meal I might wish to cook up. With a grinder I put some slots in the arm to hold the pot handle. The height is adjusted by the two bolts in the arm bracket. In order to enable a swivel action I need to make a locking sleeve beneath the arm bracket.

The two bolts go through nuts welded to the collar because the collar thickness would strip with inadequate threads.

The center post is driven into the ground, but a bracket sits on top of the fire ring steel to inhibit sway.

This is version 1.5, as I added the swivel feature to the arm. It turns very easily.

Summary:

I will try this out before our winter camping trip, including a chicken and rice soup that’s hard to stop eating. Welding is a delight to me, so it’s a lot of fun and I had all the pieces already.

I would appreciate your comments and questions.