Need a new BBQ urgently!

[21TonyK]

Just been suggested (read as told) that I host my Dads birthday BBQ on Thursday so I need to grab something tomorrow in order that I can get it built in time!

My 10 year old gas BBQ has been left out over the winter and is now heading for the skip. Anyone suggest a medium sized gas powered BBQ for a couple of hundred quid? Want something that will be okay outside and last a while.

Forget suggesting charcoal, I have two commercial size charcoal BBQs but this is for personal use and convenience is priority.

Cheers!

Edited by 21TonyK on Monday 17th May 17:58

[escargot]

>fingersinears<

I barbecue all the time at the moment, despite often getting home at 8. I wouldn't dream of using anything other than charcoal.

Therefore: http://www.dawsonsdepartmentstore.co.uk/bbqworld/p...

[Don]

21TonyK said:

Just been suggested (read as told) that I host my Dads birthday BBQ on Thursday so I need to grab something tomorrow in order that I can get it built in time!

My 10 year old gas BBQ has been left out over the winter and is now heading for the skip. Anyone suggest a medium sized gas powered BBQ for a couple of hundred quid? Want something that will be okay outside and last a while.

Forget suggesting charcoal, I have two commercial size charcoal BBQs but this is for personal use and convenience is priority.

Cheers!

Edited by 21TonyK on Monday 17th May 17:58

B&Q do a three burner with griddle, grill, warming rack, side-ring-burner and a lid for about £200. I've had three years so far which is longer than my expensive Outback/Sunshine BBQs did in the past. Very happy with it - in conjunction with my charcoal jobbies for when I fancy lighting a fire.

There's enough cooking room for a fair sized party.

You should be able to get one today and have it set up and the newness burned off by this evening.

[jardinec]

Weber 57cm seconded!

...and buy a decent cover and it might last a few years longer outdoors.

[pugwash4x4]

john lewis had a BBQ promotion on last week- had some nice gas BBQs too- might be worth cehcking out?

[21TonyK]

Gave in. Weber 57cm in the back of the car. All the gas ones I looked at didn't even have trays for coals or anything so basically you are cooking on a gas flame which I can do in the kitchen.

Cheers all

[escargot]

Top man

Get yourself over to one of the numerous weber threads and join in the fun.

ETA: Try and pick up a bag of weber hickory chips too, they're a revelation.

Edited by escargot on Tuesday 18th May 15:27

[Cotty]

21TonyK said:

Gave in. Weber 57cm in the back of the car. All the gas ones I looked at didn't even have trays for coals or anything so basically you are cooking on a gas flame which I can do in the kitchen.

Cheers all

Arn't you supposed to buy lava rocks for them

[tamore]

Cotty said:

21TonyK said:

Gave in. Weber 57cm in the back of the car. All the gas ones I looked at didn't even have trays for coals or anything so basically you are cooking on a gas flame which I can do in the kitchen.

Cheers all

Arn't you supposed to buy lava rocks for them

i looked into this, and lava rock seems to have been substituted for 'flavorizer' bars.

[Phooey]

I just bought one of these Weber's from B&Q, they were doing 15% off the other weekend. Treated myself to a Rapidfire Chimney Starter - Fk me, amaaaazing - the best £20 spent all year! Seriously, just put 2 or 3 firelighters under the chimney and leave for 20 mins, then pour onto the charcoal grate on the BBQ

No more ping about with 30 zillion firelighters, umpteen bottles of lighter fluid and the Sunday Sport

http://www.garden4less.co.uk/weber-rapid-fire-chim...

Edited by Phooey on Tuesday 8th June 19:18

[Mobile Chicane]

^^^ Or you could buy a £4.99 foot pump from Millet's and use that.

© JonRB, Summer 2009

[Cotty]

Phooey said:

No more ping about with 30 zillion firelighters, umpteen bottles of lighter fluid and the Sunday Sport

Wimp. I can get a BBQ lit with 1 or 2 firelighters

[Phooey]

Cotty said:

Phooey said:

No more ping about with 30 zillion firelighters, umpteen bottles of lighter fluid and the Sunday Sport

Wimp. I can get a BBQ lit with 1 or 2 firelighters

I can light a BBQ with just 1 match.... if i use them individual pre-soaked bags

Problem is they are too small, expensive and burn out too fast!

[anonymous-user]

hot air paint stripper, 5 mins, job done

[Pete Franklin]

I'll second the Chimney starter. where it really comes in handy is when you need to add lit coals part-way through the cooking process, for example last weekend i did an 8kg rack of beef ribs (jacobs ladder)which took 8 hrs would have struggled without the chimney starter to add coals when the temp dropped off.

Then when the slow cooking was finished i was imediately able to start fast cooking stuff on super hot coals to be ready at the same time as the beef (after it had rested). The chimney starter makes this kind of thing very easy and convenient- not to mention speeding up the BBQing process

[Adz The Rat]

Ive just been out and bought a oil drum style charcoal bbq, just a cheap one but it will do for now.
Do you just use any charcoal such as the bags they sell at petrol stations? And what is the best way to get them lit?
Really looking forward to using it!

[Phooey]

Adz The Rat said:

Ive just been out and bought a oil drum style charcoal bbq, just a cheap one but it will do for now.
Do you just use any charcoal such as the bags they sell at petrol stations? And what is the best way to get them lit?
Really looking forward to using it!

http://www.garden4less.co.uk/weber-rapid-fire-chimenea-starter.asp

The End

well it would be if the fecking link worked

Edited by Phooey on Thursday 10th June 12:57

[spikeyhead]

I'll third the chimney starter, been using one for years that my Dad knocked up from a spare bit of stainless. Bugger paying £20 for one.

[smack]

Cotty said:

Phooey said:

No more ping about with 30 zillion firelighters, umpteen bottles of lighter fluid and the Sunday Sport

Wimp. I can get a BBQ lit with 1 or 2 firelighters

I just use 1 bit of newspaper (broadsheet), torn into 2 bits, and douced in cheap cooking oil - veg, sunflower, whatever.. Does the trick, and smells better than the chemical fumes that firelighters produce.

[Cotty]

smack said:

I just use 1 bit of newspaper (broadsheet), torn into 2 bits, and douced in cheap cooking oil - veg, sunflower, whatever.. Does the trick, and smells better than the chemical fumes that firelighters produce.

The Webber lighters are pretty good in not adding any unwanted flavour into the coals