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I live in the land of the Weber and I don't know anyone that owns one.
Well plenty do.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130720/ISSUE10/307209979/webers-bbq-secret-quality-sells
Market researcher Euromonitor International estimates the Palatine-based company accounted for 35 percent of U.S. retailers' $2.5 billion in grill sales last year. Weber's closest competitor has less than half its market share
Perhaps you just don't know very many people?
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I can't stop my father using his when I visit in South Africa.
The word 'estimates' somewhat devalues that 'statistic'.
Weber also make gas bbqs and sell a lot of them. I seem to know people who would rather cook and eat than wait first.
Amazon US current best sellers:
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If you want ease of use, less mess and plan to use it as a more regular option to cook food (especially for less than a party), get gas.
TooTall - post reported for excessive correctness (very un-stw 😉 )
The word 'estimates' somewhat devalues that 'statistic'.
Yes, I'm sure you know better. As usual. 🙄
You really don't like your macho posturing challenged with either facts or common sense do you? There is a place for charcoal grilling, but for most people, life is just too short and they have a lot of other things to do.
I was going to point out on the other thread that competition grilling is a totally different world to back yard bbqs, but then noticed it was yours too so I left that one alone. See - I do care.
You really don't like your macho posturing challenged with either facts or common sense do you? There is a place for charcoal grilling, but for most people, life is just too short and they have a lot of other things to do.
So how do your summer parties work - an extension lead and a microwave? No wonder people who know you hide their barbeques when they see you coming.
So how do your summer parties work - an extension lead and a microwave?
Got my gas grill on the deck at the back of the house. Just like most people around here. I tend to grill a couple of times a week from this week until late September so it gets used a lot.
You really don't like your macho posturing challenged with either facts or common sense do you?
Macho posturing? 😆 Saying it again doesn't make it true.
You have provided neither facts, and certainly not common sense, just you usual superior, dour, sneering dismissiveness ("you're all idiots and I know better") to an otherwise nice thread (and then accuse [i]others[/i] of being too "STW"!). Thanks for that.
I have 3 Webers - a gas one for convenience, a charcoal 57cm for when we have a bit more time and a go-anywhere for the campervan. All do great things in different ways.
Got my gas grill on the deck at the back of the house
Why?
for most people, life is just too short and they have a lot of other things to do.
Apparently in your world it's all about speed and convenience = a microwave and couple of Tesco ready meals and the jobs done? So cook in the kitchen and carry outside is they way to go, save all that fannying with a gas thingumy as well. Unless you're talking shiyte, which you probably are.
In my world, and I suspect most other people's, life isn't too short to enjoy yourself, and i enjoy cooking over coals. Several times a week if the weather's up to it.
I won.
After a couple of days wondering whether to go charcoal or gas, we're going charcoal. Master Touch.
So, according to you lot I need:
BBQ
Aussie heat beads
Black premium cover
Wrecker's BBQ cookbook
Anything else!?
Got my gas grill on the deck at the back of the house
Why?
Because you hide the girly gas one round the back while real men sit out on the front porch with a fat steak on their charcoal BBQ and a 6 pack in the beer cooler 😀
NZCol - Member
I have 3 Webers - a gas one for convenience, a charcoal 57cm for when we have a bit more time and a go-anywhere for the campervan. All do great things in different ways.
How do you find the go anywhere Col? Really close to getting one for this summer and it won't take up too much room when we move to Oz in August.
Real Men this, Real Men that...
Real men make their own cooking equipment. Do it right* or not at all.
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*angle grinder and/or gas axe plus welder mandatory
wallop - Member
I won.After a couple of days wondering whether to go charcoal or gas, we're going charcoal. Master Touch.
So, according to you lot I need:
BBQ
Aussie heat beads
Black premium cover
Wrecker's BBQ cookbookAnything else!?
Chimney starter.
Couple of good quaility fish slices / tongs / a pair of tongs for moving coals around / a pair of welders gauntlets (Screwfix).
Lumpwood charcoal. I find a mix of lumpwood and briquettes gives better results.
Meat thermometer.
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Webers-Complete-Barbecue-Step-step/dp/0600621111 ]Weber Cookbook[/url]
squirrelking - Member
Real men make their own cooking equipment. Do it right* or not at all.
squirrelking wins with his DIY cooking equipment. I like! Very manly.
You need ventilation and ash removal duct somewhere in that DIY BBQ unit.
😀
edit: that Polynesian ground cooking should be whole pig rather than tin foil wrapped. 😛
Not mine sadly 😳 but I do plan on having one (plus matching smoker).
Get a Weber and do some pork ribs or brisket like this, (which you can't do on gas)
I got the Pitt Cue BBQ book Xmas before last and as I already had an old gas barbecue I tried doing slow cooked smoked brisket and pork on it. Burners on low on one side, off on the other. Tray of water and smoking wood (bits off my apple tree or walnut worktop offcuts) on the hot side, meat on the cold side. Sugar thermometer stuck through a hole in the lip to monitor the cooking temperature. Cooked it for 6-8 hours.
Succeeded in making both awesome pulled pork and smoked brisket. The latter was some of the best meat I've ever eaten. So you can do it on gas - you just need to find a way to get the smoke happening and with either method you need to have good rubs and/or sauces.
I'd like to get into proper charcoal barbecuing but I'm generally very short of time and I don't want to spend a bunch of money on something I might not use so much. Putting effort into good food is always worth it - I started curing my own ham a few months back and I've done three so far (not whole legs!) and they've been fantastic.
Top tip - find a proper local butcher and get to know them! I've had some fantastic meat from mine. If you fancy steak, get some well aged picanha (rump cap), cook it whole and then slice and quickly sear the sides.
That pitt cue book is awesome!
I have all of ingredients to make some BBQ sauce but haven't had the time as yet.
I've put some books (not pitt cue) in a dropbox folder, let me know if you want the share (mail in profile).
I have all of ingredients to make some BBQ sauce but haven't had the time as yet.
Does that have the 'mother sauce' in it? I need to build an extension to give me enough space for a big enough fridge for all the sauces and marinades for that book (I am actually planning this...)
No mother sauce, but it does need chipotle ketchup so I need to make that first. Chipotle peppers aren't easy to come by though....
I have the smallest Weber and a larger cheap b and q one and much prefer the Weber.
Can you do a whole chicken or a slow cooked joint in the small Weber?
Chief let me know what butcher you use next time I see you as I plan on doing a lot of bbqing this summer! Homemade bbq sauce is next on the to do list!