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Following an [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bbqs-gas-or-charcoal ]earlier thread[/url] - just had this beauty delivered today, can't wait to fire it up.
Whose coming round on Saturday then?
chvck - That is the coolest BBQ I have ever seen
LOL @ Son of Hibachi! That looks really rather clever, I like.
you light it with the sides closed, after 20 minutes it's ready to rock. Small enough to take camping - big enough the other night when there was 9 of us at home.
It doesn't stop me from burning anything I put onto it though 🙁
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Has catfood not understood how this works....
Silverpigeon - thats just an outdoor gas grill.
If it doesn't burn lumpwood charcoal it aint a barbecue imo.
That Son of Hibachi is the smartest piece of kit I've seen since the Weber Go Anywhere
Silverpigeon - thats just an outdoor gas grill.If it doesn't burn lumpwood charcoal it aint a barbecue imo.
That Son of Hibachi is the smartest piece of kit I've seen since the Weber Go Anywhere
Must admit I thought hard before moving from charcoal to gas but do know that we'll being BBQing much more now. I just think this will be much easier and less hassle. I know a couple of Aussies at work who cook outdoors almost every night in the summer and they have assured me I won't regret it.
baaah thats not a BBQ its got fekin knobs on it!!
Gas is for gayers! 😉
Lot of love for the Webers. Cant beat them.
lol, hope its waterproof too for the weekend.
Never seen the point of cooking in your garden all summer. The odd time or out in the wilds yes but in the middle of the suburbs every summer evening, seems a bit pointless. :p
Moving soon & a BBQ is near the top of the list of things to sort - more inspiration please... 😛
Mine went a bit wrong:
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All those of you with flashy fancy poncy BBQs; chvck has pwned you all. That is proper class. And Stoner's is pretty good too, although I suspect it is not actually his. Being a ponce, I'm sure Stoner will have the latest state of the art BBQ, probbly with automatic burger turning, and electronic heat control.
Few bricks and old oven grills are where it's at.
no pics but mine is a bit like chvck's, only ineptly cemented together leftover bricks and paving stones. I would like to take credit for it but it came with the house, and is well sheltered, the right height and behind a little gate so fairly child-proof. Best barbie i've ever used!
That's not a BBQ though? It's a fireplace...
You are right RB, a proper outdoor 'braai' place. The word BBQ is so wrong (unless you refer to the sauce you squirt on burnt burger patties/pork sausage to disguise the black outer crust 😉 ). It is BRAAI where I come from. BBQ is the name the Texans or maybe Aussies use, but they only know how to turn on the gas.
For using charcoal the Weber range are hard beat, and for portability that Hibachi looks very good.
If you want to learn how to do a BRAAI, ask a South African.
Few bricks and old oven grills are where it's at.
Nah, top of the range bbqs is where its at, who wants to cook on a pile of old bricks, when you can cook on a nicely made one..(ok some of the brick bbqs do look good, but cfh's bbq looks amazing)
If you want to learn how to do a BRAAI, ask a South African.
What if you can't/dont want to bung up a bloody great brick structure in yer back yard (provided you've even got a back yard)?
So, does everything tast much better cooked in one of those things, then? I can't see where you actually bung the food, tbh. And is not it a tad tricky getting stiff in and out? Looks a right palaver, to me.
As for the BBQ willy-waving; the whole point is to cook stuff. does not in any way matter how flash the BBQ is.The poncy ones only end up loooking shit after a few goes anyway. And you've got to clean them etc. The simple brick ones, you can just leave, and get a few new bricks whenever necessary.
I'm going to have a scout about for some bricks this weekend. Plenty of building work going on round here! 😀
Shh! Don't tell GrizzlyGus though...
That top thing isn't really a barbecue is it - it's just a gas grill really - no smoky charcoal taste to the food.
I've just got a cheapo one from Wilkos that works fine. That Son of Hibachi thing looks ace though.
What if you can't/dont want to bung up a bloody great brick structure in yer back yard (provided you've even got a back yard)?
'So, does everything tast much better cooked in one of those things, then? I can't see where you actually bung the food, tbh. And is not it a tad tricky getting stiff in and out? Looks a right palaver, to me.'
You have much to learn my son...
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and yes, it does taste better.
No willy waving going on, just passionate about one of our 'national sports'. I like the brick tricks' of chvk and stoner a lot as well and have cooked many a braai on something similar.
Oh, and StevetheBarbarian's fire place looks very good too.
Ooh, I like the railing-mounted one! That would work well on my little balcony. Where it is from, I buy it?
How on earth does food taste 'better',then? You using special wood or something?
Well for starters with a big fireplace you can have more coals. You can then control the way you cook the meat much better by spreading the coals were you need them and add coals as you please. This results in being able to cook chiken, steak, lamb chops (yummm) at the right temperature (very important).
Stevethebarbarian Your garden looks like the most child unfriendly place i have ever seen. I take it you dont have young kids. I would give my son 5 mins to either put himself in hospital running into the head height piece of rock slab sticking out or another 5mins to mange to crush his sister with the plant pot on top of the bricks. Looks very nice though 😉
Normal barbie from Argos here. Use it quite regular and now we have our own vegtables we and salad growing we have had some very nice evening meals sat on the decking with the kids
If you want to learn how to do a BRAAI, ask a South African.
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHh i thought when i left London i'd never here that word again...damn it im hearing it again and again now in my head...
scotia, you might hear it, but can you SAY it? 😈
i never want to hear it said, or try to say it in my life again..bad memories
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I don't have kids, and never even thought of that aspect of it. There's very often up to 10 kids running around in there - they even climb over the fence at the top of the garden. To date, no injuries at all I'm pleased to say. The plant pot is a water feature, with a fountain, mist maker and light(looks like flame at night) - too heavy for a kiddie to topple:
Looks great Steve. I just know my son would find danger at the slighterst oppertunity in that garden.
Thats why i lock him in his padded cell every night 😉
That Son of Hibachi looks just the thing I've been searching for.
Ahhh from the 'I wannt one of these' web site:
Please note that due to us Brits supposedly not getting the 'Hibachi' thing, UK Son of Hibachis are now called 'Grilletto'.
I've been looking at those Son of Hibachi BBQs, and also the Weber Go-anywhere - anyone used both and can give a comparison of their respective good and bad points?
Used a Go Anywhere for years and its very good but that Grilleto/ Sonofa bitch is pretty damn clever.
That's some barbecue Donald but why are they cooking indoors?
Having spent a few minutes looking at both, I know which one I would/will buy - OK, so it costs a bit more but it does seem to be more compact, bigger, quicker and user friendly.
Having said that, I HATE people who have bbq's in their garden in residential areas. Beach, woods, field - no problem, but underneath my bedroom window in the height of the summer Grrrrrrrrr.
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YES WE ARE BOTH WEARING SWIMMING GOGGLES !!! 8)
H-Bash - it's originally a gaucho thing done outdoors but it's now also done in dedicated restaurants. Some of Buenos Aires' finest restaurants have these things in the window.
I HATE people who have bbq's in their garden in residential areas.
You sound like a lovely neighbour!
If I lived next door to you, I'd have BBQs every single day. Even if it was raining.
Stoner - MemberOld oven racks and 10 bricks
Keepin' it real.
Ah Stoner, you understand the fine art 'asado' I see.
It is of course what Comandante Che would do.
And no one knows better than the Argentines how to grill meat. Typically they will have asados anywhere and everywhere, often in the street (as manual workers often do in their lunch breaks)
Only the very basics are required, as this street asado in Argentina shows :





















