A cooking grill having a fire box with a cooking region and a panel at the rear or side of the cooking region of the firebox. The panel is adapted to support a shelf above the cooking region, the shelf having at least one prong extending therefrom. The panel has at least one aperture for receiving a respective prong of the shelf, and an abutment, for each aperture, positioned on the side of the panel remote from the cooking region and positioned with respect to its aperture to bear a respective prong of a shelf inserted through its aperture. Each prong of a shelf is inserted through an aperture such that a bottom part of the prong is supported by the periphery of the aperture and a top part of the prong bears upwardly against the abutment to support the shelf in a cantilevered fashion above the cooking region.