Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Are gas bbq's much better than the charcoal 'burn everything' ones...... and if so can anyone recommend one that is cheap. Had a look on the usual local shop sites but there's far too many to chose from and hard to tell from a picture.......I can't be bothered to drive around all the shops looking. I fancy having a bbq but we haven't got one so be quick with your replies please ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 If you weant the food to taste like it's been barbecued, it has to be charcoal. Them gas ones are just like having your cooker outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Go and get one of them disposable ones for tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Ahh I never considered that the food might taste oven cooked on a gas one but I liked the thought of being able to turn the heat down etc ... thanks Fugs you may have just saved me some money there As for disposable ones though.. they cremate things.. or is that me ? Maybe I'll just go to McDonnalds instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Dizzy, I have a gas one which I find good. Has 3 seperate burners which I find very useful. 2 grills that I can use at different temperatures if needed plus a griddle which is ideal for sausages and alike which tend to be fatty and cause huge flames over a normal grill. Dont forget its traditionally the blokes job to Barbie as long as there is a good supply of beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 We've got one of the gas ones and they are very convenient. It helps to use lava rock with them which gives them a flavour you don't get with just gas. Have a cheapo charcoal one as well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Ooooh I thought you were saying gas was no good earlier Fugs, sorry. Ian... when you say 3 seperate burners and 2 grills at different temperatures I start thinking big and a lot of ???'s. Probably a bit out of my price range but sounds really good. To be honest my two are out so much that we probably wouldn't use it enough to justify buying a more expensive one. ..... and YOU COOK ...... Yeah I'll be round in a bit where do you live Good job I didn't rush out today and impulse buy as BBQ would have been off ...... tea is apparently 'later please, see ya' as usual in our daft household Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Get off your backside and go B & Q and Homebase. Take Victor with you and get the discount tomorrow. Check out the web sites first to get an idea of how much you want to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Get of my backside... You cheeky little man !!!!!! Peter unlike you I am not retired so I don't have hours to spend trawling all the shops you know and I prefer to source my goods by recomendation rather than shop advertising talk OMG Victor... why didn't I think of that.... if he knew I had one he may pop round for burgers and sausages every day.... shall I delete my topic... Cholesterol Victor... I do not own a BBQ please go 'elsewhere' ... there is cider and rum and raisin there too I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Get of my backside... You cheeky little man !!!!!! Peter unlike you I am not retired so I don't have hours to spend trawling all the shops You seem to have more time than me. Only trying to be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Use quotes propery please Peter I only appear to have more time than you as I am younger and not forgetting that as a woman I can multi task so I probably get more done in one day than you get done in a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 What's propery? Being able to multi-task, it should be easy? How much time do you spend checking this thread for answers when you could be doing your own research in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I obviously meant 'Properly' but was just checking that you were taking notice so I purposly spelt it wrong I had already spent some time doing my own research Peter inbetween everything else but I thought I'd ask the forum experts and time served outdoor cooks for advice Anyway do you mind.. as you are now taking up my very valuable time of which I already have very little due to being overworked, underpaid and anything else that I may try and convince you, my other half and indeed myself that I am ! OK so I'll admit it I just don't like shopping and I've done bugger all today really and spent most of yesterday at the park and playing with my niece and nephew. Hard life eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Dizzy, I'ts too late to delete your post, 'cos I've read it. I've got my B&Q discount card at the ready. What time shall we meet tomorrow ?? More importantly..................what time is the barby ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Bugger Errm... I don't 'really' know you Victor.. after all you are just a person who posts on a forum under a pseudonym so you could be anybody.... and as I do too I could be the other anybody. For safety reasons (for both of us of course) I will have to decline your kind offer of us meeting up tomorrow or having our tea together. Would that one hold up in a 'BBQ court of law' If you give me your bank account details, your name, address and NI number though I will credit your account with the cost of a double Big Mac and fries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Tut Tut. NOT healthy, nor good for the waist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Well Dizzy, you can't say that I didn't offer. You might have gone through life thinking that no one cared enough to offer you their B&Q discount card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Depends what you want, Diz: gas heat is just gas heat. If you want something different you have to change the way the heat's delivered, which usually means burning some kind of wood. I've never been in with that "it's a bloke thing" too much either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 By eck Victor you know how to turn a girls head, unlimited use of your B&Q discount card. But thinking on this subject when I was a lad it was always cooking inside and loos outside. Now it is loos inside and cooking outside. Isn't progress a great thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Well I got of my backside today Peter and went round every shop I could think of that sold BBQ's. Mmm they seem a lot more expensive than they were a short while ago. Anyway problem was that I saw an amazing one for ?399 but far to big for our space and use (thank goodness) ... so all the cheaper ones looked naff after that. I knew I shouldn't have physically looked at them ... I finished up buying 4 garden chairs, 5 cd's and an xbox game instead ... figure that one out I guess we could always use our little gas Cadac and a diposable BBQ like Fugs originally suggested as I'm past caring now after all that pointless trawling of the shops... the moment has gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Another blonde moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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