Thoughts on a BBQ

deconuts · Veteran Member

Thoughts on a BBQ

Mark · Senior Member

Absolutely love my Weber Baby Q 100E

Cooks everything beautifully, especially roasts.

herbie · Guru

Could not live with out the baby Q...My wife loves it that much she wanted to sleep with it while we were staying in a caravan park that had a few visits from people pinching gear.

The extra plate that you can buy is a good idea to buy as that way you can use it with out having to have the lid closed ..good for cooking eggs/tomatoes/ onions/ mushrooms.

Mark · Senior Member

Yeah, the extra's are great, did you get a pizza stone too? Wonderful pizza.
The trivet is also a must, and as you say Herbie, the griddle plate is great for the brekkie cook-ups MMMmmm

Tried making bread? Brilliant..............

Hungry now!!

Woolly · Senior Member

Go the Weber and you won't be disappointed, ours is the 220 which we use at home and when we go away it fits straight into its spot in the Ducato. We love it, use it for nearly all meat cooked at home, can't remember the last time we cooked a roast inside in the oven.

Red Dog · Senior Member

No BBQ just a good camp fire

Gerty Dancer · Guru

We decided a Baby Q was a bit too big to carry, happy with a heavy grill pan which works on campfire or gas stove.

But no roasts!

glenn · Veteran Member

hi there are 2 models of the weber bbq s they have one for the chain stores

and one for specialty bbq stores the difference is q120 (specialty) has got

a thermometer built in plus a higher domed lid for bigger roast normally $20.00

extra hope this helps

herbie · Guru

Thanks for your reply re my question, regarding the Baby Q..i am sure you will be happy in your purchase

I was surprised as to you saying about the food that you needed to cook, when you buy the Baby Q if you want to use it for cooking eggs/tomatoes mushrooms and food like that you need to buy the extra plate and for cooking pizza or bread or damper we just scrunch up a couple of balls of Alfoil and pop under the stone plate.

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-- Edited by herbie on Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 10:10:05 PM

rosco532 · Senior Member

Webber baby Q ...And if I'm not using that...I still love my camp ovens

-- Edited by rosco532 on Wednesday 4th of September 2013 06:37:36 AM

Teddy · Member

We have gone away from the popular Weber to a CharBroil as I believed that the Weber was a little restricted in its use. I was aiming for a multi purpose oven and grill, to cook every thing, from bread, scones, to steak and cakes

As can be seen from the photos it is still almost new so I will report on it's performance as time allows

lizard · Veteran Member

We have a Webber , but instead take our Coleman Road Trip grill - because it is more versatile - barbeque , heat saucepan or coffee pot , roasts etc

herbie · Guru

Teddy wrote:
We have gone away from the popular Weber to a CharBroil as I believed that the Weber was a little restricted in its use. I was aiming for a multi purpose oven and grill, to cook every thing, from bread, scones, to steak and cakes
As can be seen from the photos it is still almost new so I will report on it's performance as time allows

We cook bread/ cakes scones/roasts /and any kind of meat..so I cannot understand when you say you need

a CharBroil to do all this.

Teddy · Member

Hi Herbie

It has to be remembered that you gather your information as best you can and then purchase. If I could have borrowered one for a few months to test I may have decided that it was better??

But it was actually a Weber saleslady that turned me off them after my searching questions and her saying no "you can't do that" etc

One of the points was her insistance that the lid must be closed at all times for cooking, because the heat output was very low and it did not work well if the lid was left open,

Therefore the opportunity to do bacon and eggs or an omlete was not possible.

Naturally time will tell if I made the correct choice

deconuts · Veteran Member

Thanks everyone for your advice - much appreciated. Will take a look at the Charbroil so the hunt continues.

VKPORTABLE · Senior Member

Teddy wrote:
We have gone away from the popular Weber to a CharBroil

Forgive my dumbness here, I only know radio's. Does this Charbroil (and the Weber for that matter) run on Gas or Electric. If gas is it LPG are those little butane cans?

glassies · Guru

oh i would never have any other than the baby webber q they are amazing just remember when doing a roast to put a layer
of foil on the bbq plate and cut small slits in it and put the roast on the trivett that you buy for roasts, you can buy small
or larger trivetts, plus the black plate for eggs etc, they are just amazing we cook with ours in summer on the back
deck all the time.

and when we go camping it just gets thrown in the car or in the little door of our small camper ready to pull out
and set up as soon as we get to camp.

Also all you need to do for any vegie is wrap it in foil in butter, spuds first ,pumpkin a little later, also carrots anything

weve even done zuchinni in foil so delishious.

we got ours from like a place called bbq's galore i think in maroochydore.

-- Edited by glassies on Wednesday 4th of September 2013 05:05:42 PM

NeilandRaine · Guru

Have a baby q and think it is quite good, however not being a gourmet cook I have found a little griddle pan works great for two of us, on the little camp oven or on a fire. The baby may go into storage.
If we really want a big cook up we can do it at a caravan park. Sure will save room not having it in the van

Gerty Dancer · Guru

VKPORTABLE wrote:
Teddy wrote:
We have gone away from the popular Weber to a CharBroil
Forgive my dumbness here, I only know radio's. Does this Charbroil (and the Weber for that matter) run on Gas or Electric. If gas is it LPG are those little butane cans?

LPG Gas... . The butane stoves work ok if you just have a griddle pan.

Jack Mac · Senior Member

This is what I use.

Can BBQ on it, roast with the lid closed and a great little fire for one or two people. Can use small pieces of wood or heat beads. About $50 on ebay. Sorry about the size of the photos if they came out. 21.6.12 023.jpg

Dunmowin · Guru

Teddy wrote:
Hi Herbie
It has to be remembered that you gather your information as best you can and then purchase. If I could have borrowered one for a few months to test I may have decided that it was better??
But it was actually a Weber saleslady that turned me off them after my searching questions and her saying no "you can't do that" etc
One of the points was her insistance that the lid must be closed at all times for cooking, because the heat output was very low and it did not work well if the lid was left open,
Therefore the opportunity to do bacon and eggs or an omlete was not possible.
Naturally time will tell if I made the correct choice

Obviously the sales lady did not know her product. We bake roasts in a baking dish, cook mornays or casseroles in pie dishes, bread & pizza, cook steak on the grill, bacon & eggs, sausages & tomato on the plate - all with the lid closed. The recipes are unlimited.. Correct in saying that it cooks better with the lid closed, that is the nature of the beast. You don't need to have the lid open, just because you are cooking bacon and eggs. Just turn the heat down accordingly.

We also have a small smoker box, which we put inside the lid when cooking chicken, veal, pork or fish - yum!

When we had the van built, we had an extra gas outlet built at the side of the van, near the annex, and plug the bayonet into there to run the weber. Don't have to carry an extra gas bottle.

No widely know, but Weber have a 5year warranty - we recently replace the burner - no questions asked. (Our weber is out in the open most of the time)

moamajohn · Guru

Well I guess I can be the fly in the ointment here. We have a Ziegler and Brown unit .Its a tad larger than the Q but we like the fact that it has two burners and we love our roasts or we just use the half solid plate for the brekky thing! It lives under our bed in the van or on the verandah at home cause it's big enough to cook for all the Sunday freeloaders!

herbie · Guru

Cannot fault the after sales service that goes with buying a Webber, we lost the ignition lighter last year and rang Webbers office (in this case it was Adelaide SA ) our Webber was out of Warranty but with out question they sent a new ignition starter via mail at no cost to us that also included the postage.

Pondy · Senior Member

I agree with you Red Dog 100%

Pondy · Senior Member

smile I agree with you Red Dog 100%

glassies · Guru

that is realy strange, the weber q is always used with the lid closed, and its not for any other reason
but that is how they are used, that sales lady didnt know what she was talking about

Pam · Guru

Baby q for us. We had lamb chops on it tonight. Quite often have rump steak with mushroom and tomato. Haven't perfected desserts in it yet.

Dunmowin · Guru

I have mine going now, roast chicken & potatoes - along with the wood chip smoker box. Can't wait for dinner

Teddy · Member

The reason is that they have been designed to operate with the lid closed as an oven and not as a hot plate. Consequently the heating unit is very small and if used as a hotplate with the lid open would not produce enough heat

Numerous people on this forum have commented on the fact that they are extremely economical to run and this would be once again due to their small heating unit/gas flame and their efficiency as an oven

oldboar · Senior Member

Hell Teddy, get off believing the sales ladies lack of knowledge. We've not found a limit so far on what we can cook on our Baby Q. Haven't done cakes as yet but damper comes out great. Frequently have bacon & eggs for breakfast, roasts, Steak, snags, etc. Although we purchased the bbq plate it's now in mothballs as we've found the black non-stick bbq mat from Bunnings cut to shape works easily as well & easier to clean & a hell of a lot lighter. Between the Bay Q & a two burner butane gas plate unit for the kettle, boiled vegs, etc, the only time we've had a fire is for warmth or bush TV.

Darrell & Sandra