Custom octagonal steel fire pit with four cooking stations and swing-out grids, built by Pretzel Designs for the KhakiBush BraaiBoss Challenge

KhakiBush BraaiBoss Challenge Fire Pit

Josh Spooner

KhakiBush needed a braai that four people could cook on at the same time, in front of a crowd, for their BraaiBoss Challenge. So we designed one: a custom steel fire pit with four cooking stations, plus a braai for every contestant's table and the clamp-on legs that turn a tabletop into a competition station.

Four-station Pretzel fire pit in use at the KhakiBush BraaiBoss Challenge, with grids, pans and a toasted sandwich over the coals

One fire, four stations

The centrepiece is an octagonal steel fire pit, 1.5 m across, with one side for each contestant. A steel post stands at each corner and carries arms that hold octagonal grids and pans over the coals, so every cook has their own cooking space on the same shared fire.

The fire is built in the centre of the pit, and each contestant works the coals out to their own station as they need them. That's the bit we like most about it: four people, one fire, and nowhere to hide.

The PRETZEL and BRAAIBOSS CHALLENGE lettering is laser-cut straight through the steel sides, so the branding is part of the pit rather than a sticker that burns off after the first fire.

Laser-cut PRETZEL lettering on the steel side of the BraaiBoss Challenge fire pit, with a grid held on a corner post

A braai on every table

Each contestant also gets their own table with a Pretzel braai on it, so there's a second heat source for whatever they don't want on the main fire. The tables stand on clamp legs we designed for the event: steel legs that clamp onto a tabletop, so KhakiBush can set up a full four-person competition kitchen at each show and pack it away again afterwards.

Pretzel braai on a contestant's table at the BraaiBoss Challenge, with bacon and toast cooking

Pretzel Designs clamp-on steel table legs holding up a contestant station with a braai on top

Built for the road

The setup travels with the competition, from the East Coast Radio House & Garden Show in Durban to the Royal Show and on to the final at the Great Outdoors Expo. You can read more about the challenge itself, and our partnership with KhakiBush, in our News post.

Close-up of a grid of meat and a potjie on the Pretzel BraaiBoss Challenge fire pit

Running an event, lodge or boma that needs a fire big enough for a crowd? Get a quote and we'll design one around how you cook.

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