How would I go about Building a Brick Barbecue Pit in My Backyard?

When I was growing up the 1950s, these brick beauties were the pride of suburban backyards. Brick barbecue pits fell out of fashion with the rise of freestanding charcoal and gas grills. To judge from the e-mails I receive, backyard pits are staging a comeback. The construction of a brick barbecue pit is beyond the scope of this book. There are, however, detailed instructions in The Complete Book of Outdoor Cookery, by James Beard and Helen Evans Brown, which was originally published in 1955 but was republished as recently as 1997. You may also find the following website helpful: www.backyardspaces.com/barbeque.html