Help identify a small brick construct

Howdy, all. With the broad diversity of experiences on this board, I think somebody will know what these photos are.

We just bought a rural property. This is a new adventure for us, and not everything is self-explanatory.

The below pictures are of a small brick construct in the back yard area. I sort of wonder if it's supposed to be a barbecue pit or something but I would assume it should have more charring if that was the case.

Does anybody have a guess what this is?

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps66350b4d.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps87f7f995.jpg

Probably something the previous owner used to hide the fact that he buried a body there.

Looks like a BBQ minus the grill. Kinda close to the fence though.

That's my professional opinion anyway. [Dunno]

Or, it could be an ashtray.

Thought it was a kiln?

Looks like an old incinderator for burning trash.

http://cdn.shocho.co/sc-image/1/3/a/...54bd092e42.jpg

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Originally Posted by Holger Danske

Looks like an old incinderator for burning trash.

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My guess too. We had a similar one behind our house, except it had a bit of a chimney on it. It was supposedly for burning leaves and stuff.

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Originally Posted by Holger Danske

Looks like an old incinderator for burning trash.

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Yup. common in certain neighborhoods.

I blew up an incinerator much like that one with some homemade gunpowder when I was MUCH younger. Reduced it to rubble, and got the attention of the Lakewood PD...

It's a rocket stove.. it burns real hot! Put some twigs underneath... pump some air and it's a jet burner.

Here you go...

https://www.google.com/search?q=rock...w=1920&bih=955

That was for incinerating feral cats and wild critters that wouldn't go away.

those things are all over. Trash burners. Funny when I was growing up in the 80's, back yard burning was super common. Had burn day schedules sorta like watering days. Times have changed.

Trash burner was my guess as well. I'd like to build a rocket stove as well.

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Originally Posted by Holger Danske

Looks like an old incinderator for burning trash.

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^^^ This. In my younger years I lived in Culver City, CA and in our neighborhood ever house had a trash incinerator. The one you have is missing the burn chamber and chimney. Get one of these burning right and its like the charcoal starters, the burn hot with little smoke and reduce just about everything to a very fine ash powder.

Cool, thanks, guys. Didn't think about burning trash. Good to know what it is!

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Originally Posted by Holger Danske

Looks like an old incinderator for burning trash.

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This ^^^ in older parts of Denver you will see these in the alleys.

It's an old out house. Continue using it.

Dog poop disposal.