Grant Crilly is the Executive Director and cofounder of ChefSteps. Grant is a classically trained chef and, prior to ChefSteps, he worked on the award-winning cookbook series Modernist Cuisine and cooked at various restaurants, including L’Astrance in Paris, Busaba in Mumbai, and Mistral Kitchen in Seattle.

Grant Crilly

Tired of your gas grill’s weak sear? Frustrated by the heat output on your Weber? Annoyed by all your wooden skewers going up in smoke before your kebabs are done? We’ve got a solution to all those problems! Behold: the DIY hibachi grill!If you’ve ever wanted a high-performance, super-high-heat-output, precision grill designed specifically for grilling skewered meats and veggies, look no further. Using our detailed instructions, you can have a top-of-the-line grill that outperforms an expensive konro for under $100! And you can customize it however you want. It’s sort of like our scrounged-together <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/camping-how-to-make-a-hibachi-that-really-grills">camping hibachi</a>, but it’s way easier to put together and the parts are reusable. (Yes, it has nearly identical parts to <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/diy-wood-fired-neapolitan-pizza-oven-for-less-than-50">our DIY wood-fired pizza oven</a>!) And it’s not just for skewers. Anything that can be cooked over intense, direct heat can be cooked on this hibachi: steaks, chops, veggies ... you name it.Let’s get grillin’!

How to Build the Ultimate Hibachi Grill for Yakitori, Skewers, and Kebabs