Gas BBQ suggestions - sorry search has failed

[Bill]

I know there's a thread already somewhere but I'm buggered if I can find it so I'm after a recommendation for a decent gas BBQ.*

I think I want one with fake coals for added flavour rather than just a metal griddle but feel free to correct me.

*Yes, I know this makes me a big girl's blouse but I don't have the time atm for charcoal.

[Dupont666]

so you want a fake BBQ, with fake BBQ coals for the real BBQ taste of a real BBQ?

I see a flaw...

[hman]

Surely a gas bbq is actually a gas grill.

Man up and get a proper BBQ with charcoal etc.

[Nicholas Blair]

You need an Outback

http://www.outbackdirect.co.uk/

[Cotty]

Do you mean this thread?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

The OP went for a Weber Q220 in the end

[OnTheOverrun]

Bill said:

*Yes, I know this makes me a big girl's blouse but I don't have the time atm for charcoal.

Why not cook the food on your stove in the kitchen and carry it out to the garden, saving you both time and money, rather than just buying a second gas cooker and putting it in your garden and having to pretend it's a BBQ?

[tamore]

bill, don't worry about the willy waving. you could kill and skin animals to make your clothes, but i'm guessing you choose the convenience of going to a clothes shop instead!

i don't think there's a great deal of taste difference if you set your gas bbq up properly to be honest. you can get gas smokers, lava rock, etc. same deal, but you can light it in 1 second.

i got a piece of steel plate cut by my local blacksmith to cover half of the grill (removable). lots of things are way too fiddly to do on grill bars, so it has opened up a load of new outdoor cooking options to me.

[Cotty]

OnTheOverrun said:

Bill said:

*Yes, I know this makes me a big girl's blouse but I don't have the time atm for charcoal.

Why not cook the food on your stove in the kitchen and carry it out to the garden, saving you both time and money, rather than just buying a second gas cooker and putting it in your garden and having to pretend it's a BBQ?

And what does he do when he is away from home?

[Bill]

Dupont666 said:

so you want a fake BBQ, with fake BBQ coals for the real BBQ taste of a real BBQ?

I see a flaw...

Call it a compromise.

hman said:

Man up and get a proper BBQ with charcoal etc.

I aleady have a couple, plus a smoker, but needs must.

Cotty said:

Do you mean this thread?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

The OP went for a Weber Q220 in the end

At last, a helpful post Not that one though. There was a huge thread last year IIRC with gems of advice amongst the Viz top tip level of advice.

[Don]

Bill.

DO NOT BUY AN EXPENSIVE GAS BBQ. They rust away as quickly as the cheap ones.

i.e. Spend £200 on a B&Q special rather than £500 on an Outback or Sunshine. They both last about the same (all too short) length of time.

Cleaning it thoroughly and putting it in the shed when not in use will extend the lifespan significantly.

I bought B&Qs three burner with a hood. It has a grill on the left hand side and a griddle on the right and with the hood down will even act as an oven.

Oh...and don't believe a word of the nonsense about needing coals. If you want to hot smoke (fast cook) the food then you can just make a parcel of water-soaked wood chips in tinfoil. They'll smoke nicely and flavour the food as well as any charcoal version and you can just lift the parcal off the grill and bin it conveniently.

Oh...and since you wouldn't smoke food indoors no you can't just use your oven.

Pah! Charcoal fetish nonsense. Yes sometimes it's fun but gas really is just as good.

[escargot]

No it isn't :P

[Don]

escargot said:

No it isn't :P

Yes it is.

[smack]

Dad's 6 burner Weber. Must be about 12 years old, used a few times a week, plumbed into the mains gas supply, and still in A1 condition. Cooking 10 steaks at once is a piece of cake!

Looks like the equivalent that they make now is the Summit range of bbqs.

[Bill]

Don said:

escargot said:

No it isn't :P

Yes it is.

It's behind you.



Cheers Don.

[OnTheOverrun]

Cotty said:

OnTheOverrun said:

Bill said:

*Yes, I know this makes me a big girl's blouse but I don't have the time atm for charcoal.

Why not cook the food on your stove in the kitchen and carry it out to the garden, saving you both time and money, rather than just buying a second gas cooker and putting it in your garden and having to pretend it's a BBQ?

And what does he do when he is away from home?

Take the second cooker with him that he's got in the garden of course. . . . . .

[Bullett]

We have a John Lewis 3 burner one with 2 lots of lava rocks and the 3rd burner is a cast iron griddle.

Probably the most solid we found without spending silly money. Had it 3 years now, no sign of rust or any other problems.

[custardtart]

I'm living in Sydney and everyone here has gas barbies - a bit of a shock when I got here as they're not real are they?

However, because of the threat of bushfires they ban real barbies for most of the summer months hence everyone has gas.

Food's still not the same on a gas one but at least you get to cook outdoors and there's something inherently manly about chucking on a few steaks and sinking a few tinnies so it's all good

[Don]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Don said:

Bill.

DO NOT BUY AN EXPENSIVE GAS BBQ. They rust away as quickly as the cheap ones.

WRONG & BULL

A good one won't. Mine too is about 10 years old and grand still.

I'm pleased you have such a good one that it's lasting so well but I've not had one in my experience that's been as good.

My current one is doing better due to a regime of cleaning, oiling and protecting from the elements but prior to this two of 'em rusted out in short order...and one was a Sunshine (supposed to be good - wasn't).

[neil_bolton]

Bill. Do you want to buy mine?

[Bill]

neil_bolton said:

buy

Bugger, should have grabbed it when it was just going to be stored here

(What do you want for it?)