Outdoor cooking suggestions please

ruby6689 · Member

Outdoor cooking suggestions please

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I use a Weber Baby Q and wouldn't leave home without it. I use it on a small table that it fits on nicely. Best BBQ I have ever had.

Oooops, I am home biggrin Wherever my aluminium teepee is I am home biggrin Oh! The Q is with me too.

villatranquilla · Guru

we have a two burner gas stove running off a small bottle, (only set it up if in the one spot for more than a couple of days) also have an electric hotplate for when we have power, and have a butane burner, Probably overkill but we spend 6 mths on the road so all get used. Also have a cast griddle for use on a campfire and a small slow cooker.
We originally had a bbq/hotplate that slid out of the van and connected to a bayonette. Soon got rid of it as it meant you were cooking right against the van and near the door and couldn't be moved if it was windy and it was extremely hard to connect the hose to the bayonette.

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Yep with up to four of us . The little BBQ does fine . Often enough to last a few meals ..

Hetho · Senior Member

Hi Ruby6689.

"Yep", Baby Q for me as well, does all, including a 3 kg roast beef (bit of a squeeze)

Have mounted mine on the draw bar as a permanent fixture so that I don't have the BBQ smell in the van and/or tug.

Iv'e attached a couple of photos for you info.

Regards.

Hetho.

dieseltojo · Senior Member

Hi Ruby,

Yep me too for the Weber, but look around as there are lots of enemies of our beloved Weber. smile And also some barby's that have their own regulator as the Weber does will not run at full heat unless you take off the Webers regulator.

You see your gas point provided, will come off after your bottle and be regulated by your own existing bottle regulator. In effect you will have two regulators then, to the Weber. My experience is that the Weber regulator is an excellent unit and not so all caravan regulators.

If your caravan regulator is say running at a lower pressure, the Weber will run at lower settings and not cook well. So a few folk might be a bit disappointed and will never know why.

Me, I do not bother with the bayonet point for the Weber or any other cooker, preferring to take a small bottle for the barby. I have yet to run out on a trip using a bottle.

The disadvantage is to take the small bottle. The advantage is to be able to set up the Weber any were out of a breeze. Another is to be able to have the option of buying a high pressure cooker instead of a Weber. This (doesn't need a regulator), and runs direct off your Very movable small bottle. smile

Mind you could then be called a traitor..... smile

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Maybe due to being ex pat Kiwi . We have wrapped vege, white meat, dumplings maybe with saltanas ? In pillow, in wire bag , maybe al foil ? with hot Coles put around , 1/2 lire of water before covering and left for 2 to 4 hours . The steam and smoked white meat is tops . Often cook way less time this way using al foil and fire going at the time .

The Belmont Bear · Guru

I also use the Webber baby Q, I removed the hose with the regulator and replaced it with the hose that has the bayonet fitting which you can buy as a Webber accessory. I asked when ordering our van to fit gas outlets at both ends and also a light above each location. I have never had a problem with pressures when using it from either end. I regularly do roasts and BBQs and achieve exactly the same result that I did when using a gas bottle.

Desert Dweller · Guru

Most people use Webers because most people use Webers. There are far better alternatives available. We use a Companion double burner Wok Cooker, lots more heat from powerful burners. Works great for general cooking, plate on top for BBQ & collapsible Coleman oven for roasting. Love it!

sandsmere · Guru

Another vote for the Weber Baby Q.

Ours is 5 years old. Had a problem with the lighting system a month ago. Weber replaced it with no cost to us.

Great BBQ. Great people to deal with.

ruby6689 · Member

Hetho wrote:
Hi Ruby6689.
"Yep", Baby Q for me as well, does all, including a 3 kg roast beef (bit of a squeeze)
Have mounted mine on the draw bar as a permanent fixture so that I don't have the BBQ smell in the van and/or tug.
Iv'e attached a couple of photos for you info.
Regards.
Hetho.

Very clever but no room on our draw bar as it is a Coachman Brittish van.

diggerop · Senior Member

We use a Cobb Oven and find it very, very good.

cobbaustralia.com.au

SouthernComfort · Guru

My Weber Baby Q fits perfectly on a small blow-mold table with folding scissor leg (smallest size avail in camping stores). Much cheaper to buy, lighter and easier to stow than the Weber trolley.

littledick · Senior Member

Buy a Gasmate Cruiser. much cheaper, (easy to clean) and you don't need to buy the extra's.

Had one for 7 years and wouldn't hesitate to get another one should I need.

I have 2 gas leads, one for the bayonet, one for the bottle.

Dick.

Wizardofoz · Guru

A Weber baby Q and an Anova sous vide machine is a perfect set for me!

RosieW · Guru

We have one of those Companion camp stove things. We are currently house-sitting, and using a Weber Q. Hubby has fallen in love with the idea of a BBQ, but wants a Ziggy, which has more options, is cheaper, and something else..... He has (as always) researched the daylights out of the Weber/Ziggy option, and bored me to deafness with it.

Possum3 · Guru

We have Baby Webber - too much trouble setting up and hard to clean, difficult getting into van boot. We bought a cheap $39-00 pressed metal BBQ with hood has heavy wire fold down legs, and use heat beads or twigs/sticks in the bush - Better cooking, better tasting weighs about 1kg don't care about packing it in just throw on top of whatever - if it gets bent or scratched who cares.

montie · Guru

Zigler and Brown otherwise known as Ziggy......best BBQ on the market and they have a baby model.

Plenty of heat allows lid up cooking and easy to store and clean.

Montie

Hewy54 · Senior Member

The weber style BBQ is the best option, but do some careful research before you buy the weber brand. There are several cheaper options available, or if you want a more versatile option go for the Ziggy. Better heat output, packs up smaller and larger cooking area.

Vince · Senior Member

The Belmont Bear wrote:
I also use the Webber baby Q, I removed the hose with the regulator and replaced it with the hose that has the bayonet fitting which you can buy as a Webber accessory. I asked when ordering our van to fit gas outlets at both ends and also a light above each location. I have never had a problem with pressures when using it from either end. I regularly do roasts and BBQs and achieve exactly the same result that I did when using a gas bottle.

Ditto

Bryan · Guru

I use a sizzler

spoggy · Newbie

Just bought a baby Ziggy for our new van. Just wish October would hurry up and arrive. Arrival date of new van.

dirvine · Senior Member

I agree the Sizzler is the best. I bent my plate from too much heat when roasting and contemplated buying a baby q instead. I went to a sizzler dealer who also sold webbers. He then showed and explained why the sizzler is far superior PROVIDED you have the correct accessories. They are a roasting rack that replaces the teflon bbq aluminium plate. A roasting tin made of marine grade SS. He then gave me a demonstration side by side of both the baby q and the sizzler. First sizzler does not need heating up, it cooks from the get go, lid up or down. 2nd, the sizzler simmers as low as a Q but is hotter on full heat -about 5 times hotter!! 3rd, webber is prone to wind blowing it out, sizzler is designed to be fitted externally on yachts and will not blow out in a gale force wind. Sizzler is easier to clean as its Stainless steel. He then cooked some sausages side by side. The baby was still warming up by the time the sizzler had cooked. He was quite willing to sell me webber as he would have made more money than me just buying a new plate and the optional axxessories. However now I know how to cook properly on the sizzler, the webber is sidlined to home domestic use

Santa · Guru

For convenience, ease of use, and incomparable food flavour we chose a Weber BabyQ.

Parts available Australia wide.

Kebbin · Guru

Santa wrote:
For convenience, ease of use, and incomparable food flavour we chose a Weber BabyQ.
Parts available Australia wide.

Well that's an unusual bbq, flavours the food as well, must be the new Spicy Baby Q. biggrin

iana · Guru

One thing not to overlook, is the cleaning of the unit after cooking. It might be the worlds best barbecue, but a nightmare to keep clean.
We have a Baby Q, a Nuwave induction cooker, and a Philips Air fryer, all for outside cooking.

Santa · Guru

Baby Q cleaning = pressure cleaner and detergent 2 minutes, done, doesn't get much simpler. biggrin

Santa · Guru

Kebbin wrote:

Well that's an unusual bbq, flavours the food as well, must be the new Spicy Baby Q. biggrin

Interesting and revealing comment, like so many you don't seem to understand the concept behind the Weber closed lid cooking method.

Seems to be an Aussie thing, Americans have been cooking this way since the year dot.

This quote from the Weber site may help enlighten.

"By cooking with the lid closed, youll find you get amazing flavour in your food. With the lid closed, barbecue smoke created by fats and juices vaporising on the Flavorizer bars below the grill will circulate the food and give it a unique, smokey barbecue flavour. Weber Gas barbecue lids are designed to circulate this barbecue smoke around your food before venting. Cooking with the lid open lets all that delicious smokey flavour escape straight into the atmosphere. By cooking with the lid closed your barbecued food will have that famous Weber flavour that you just cant get with the lid open."

Possum3 · Guru

Santa wrote:
Baby Q cleaning = pressure cleaner and detergent 2 minutes, done, doesn't get much simpler.

Santa - I tend to leave the Geurny at home when we are travelling - Along with the Baby Webber now days. Getting to old to put up with all that SH*T when we are travelling - How can you sit under the stars next to the Child-Bride staring into a Webber? Sorry naked flame is the only way to cook outback.

Mike Harding · Guru

Wow! You people spend a lot of money on BBQs.