I kicked around the thought of a simple roof over the BBQ but got informed, hopefully wrongly, that any raised deck or roof structure needed massive footings and posts.
What happened to a drilled hole, shovel of crushed stone and a concrete filled Sonotube with a 4X4 PT post?
Digging for a 300 X 300 mm footing is a ton more work than a 12" drill and fill.
If it a permanent structure, especially an open sided structure, you need a foundation. You don’t need a traditional footing, all you need is correctly sized denotes set 4’ below grade. Say you used 4 corner posts, 6x6 needs a 10” sonotube 8x8 needs 12” tube. Don’t use 4x4.
Open sided structures are trickier to build safely. Without walls, wind creates incredible uplift and twisting forces on roofs - so good anchoring is important - to the ground and the roof to the frame.
Toronto allows for sheds up to 160 sq.ft without a permit. Sir, that is not a BBQ cover it is a sideless shed.... that I have not done the siding on yet.
Of course sheds need to be a min distance from the house so it may not be where one wants a BBQ cover.
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