Gas Bar-B-Q?

[Timmy40]

I've finally decided to cave in and after years of insisting on the pantomime of making gigantic paraffin fuelled smoke signals, and then fanning the fire madly with my shirt off, all to produce chicken drum sticks that are charred on the outside frozen on the inside.....I'm going to get a gas bar-b-q.

I've had a look down at the local large garden centre and there offerings look a bit like the lawn mowers, nice n' shiny in the showroom......but somehow flimsy and not really looking as though they'll last more than a few uses before bits start falling off.

Obviously I don't want to spend a fortune though, so can any of you recommend a reasonably priced gas burner that produced something approximating to a bar-b-q flavour? This being PH I'm not looking for something with an after burner jet flame that would put a Euro fighter engine in the shade either!

Thanks.

[Timmy40]

bga said:

Outback are reasonable kit & I love my Weber Q-series.

Hmmm £99 think I might give this a go. Lava rock? I assume the idea is this heats up from the gas flames a bit like sauna rocks?

http://www.outbackdirect.co.uk/disc-outback-omega-...

[Timmy40]

CaptainSensib1e said:

I would highly recommend a Weber gas bbq. This is their entry level model - http://www.wowbbq.co.uk/products/weber-q1200-with-...
So much easier than cooking over charcoal, I was a scpetic but am totally converted. We now BBQ 3/4 times a week in the summer, actually quite healthy as its mainly lots of lean meat and veg.
Do it - you will never look back!

Ah that looks about the level for what I was looking to spend. I think I'll try that one. It's partly the convenience I'm after, got small kids now so don't have time to faff about with charcoal, just need something I can fire up on the spur of the moment and cook up some chicken kebabs and burgers for the kids.

[Timmy40]

OtherBusiness said:

Discount code BBQ20 will give you a bit of discount too (on the wowbbq site that is)

Thanks!!

[Timmy40]

Maybe it's psychological, like the way wine tastes different drunk from a glass beaker rather than a proper wine glass.

[Timmy40]

DeuxCentCinq said:

Haven't you all got a grill in the kitchen already?

Yes, my kitchen is fitted with a nice 5 hob range master and optional wife. However if I want to bar-b-q on the beach or in the woods, or just fancy cooking outside sipping a beer in the sun mobility is an issue with the kitchen.

[Timmy40]

DeuxCentCinq said:

You're going to take a gas "barbecue" to the beach?

Yes why not.

http://www.wowbbq.co.uk/products/weber-q1200-with-...

I also take a beach tent, large umbrella, chairs, table, shower and fridge. I'm not going so sit there in the sand, getting sunburnt and eating warm sandwiches filled with sand.