Outdoor cooking suggestions please

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Outdoor cooking suggestions please

Santa · Guru

The Belmont Bear wrote:
DD most Weber owners have them because they like using them and get a great result if you reckon that there is something better or cheaper on the market no problem go buy it. The OP asked for a recommendation on a good outside cooker and I gave it whether people want to take any notice is up to them - I didn't realise that it was a competition. it's interesting though whenever someone mentions another brand they always want to compare it to the Weber ?

Your right, its cheaper, better, easier to clean, cooks as well as, cooks better than....... a Weber, I've heard em all.

Could it be that Weber is the industry benchmark? wink

Kebbin · Guru

Santa wrote:
Kebbin wrote:
Well that's an unusual bbq, flavours the food as well, must be the new Spicy Baby Q.
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."

Just shows you have no idea Santa if you said cooking with wood pellets or charcoal I would wholeheartedly agree, but gas, no.

Wizardofoz · Guru

Mike Harding wrote:
Wow! You people spend a lot of money on BBQs.

Yep, it's not a matter of the BBQ or how it performs and cooks...it's a matter of doing our bit for the country and economy...we are doing our bit to keep the Bailiff at bay! biggrin

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I like a great tasting meal and My Q does that for me.

I love my Q.

Desert Dweller · Guru

May we suggest that as with many other things in life, it's not about the equipment you have it's about how you use it.

We use our extremely well to achieve bistro/restaurant class results.

Santa · Guru

Kebbin wrote:
Santa wrote:
Kebbin wrote:
Well that's an unusual bbq, flavours the food as well, must be the new Spicy Baby Q.
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."

Just shows you have no idea Santa if you said cooking with wood pellets or charcoal I would wholeheartedly agree, but gas, no.

I'll leave you with your thoughts Kebbin. confuse biggrin

The Belmont Bear · Guru

I have no problem with either your philosophy on life DD or your choice of a cooker if it's giving you the result that you are after but it would be nice if you and your mates gave us Webber owners the same sort of respect. Maybe I'm just getting a little bit irritable as it's 43deg over here in beautiful Bahrain and as humid as hell, looking out my window I can see camels going down with heat stress

Santa · Guru

The Belmont Bear wrote:
I have no problem with either your philosophy on life DD or your choice of a cooker if it's giving you the result that you are after but it would be nice if you and your mates gave us Webber owners the same sort of respect. Maybe I'm just getting a little bit irritable as it's 43deg over here in beautiful Bahrain and as humid as hell, looking out my window I can see camels going down with heat stress

I agree with you BB, it really does seem to be a case of them and us, not sure why, I doubt the future of humanity is dependent on the type of BBQ/cooker we choose. biggrin

meetoo · Guru

Santa wrote:
The Belmont Bear wrote:
I have no problem with either your philosophy on life DD or your choice of a cooker if it's giving you the result that you are after but it would be nice if you and your mates gave us Webber owners the same sort of respect. Maybe I'm just getting a little bit irritable as it's 43deg over here in beautiful Bahrain and as humid as hell, looking out my window I can see camels going down with heat stress
I agree with you BB, it really does seem to be a case of them and us, not sure why, I doubt the future of humanity is dependent on the type of BBQ/cooker we choose.

The world seems to be on a real knife edge - quite a balancing act, what with North Korea, / which BBQ, etc. smile

Cheers, John.

Radar · Guru

ruby6689 wrote:
We have just purchased our 'new' caravan and would like to have the option of cooking outside as there is a gas point and a power point available.
Any suggestions of what BBQ/cooker to buy and do you set it up on a table or on its own stand?

Hi Ruby

We purchased our van second hand as I have said else where, the caravan come with a buit in slide out Australian Brushtracker bbq.

The bbq was not on my list of wants/needs we were very happy cooking on lunch box butane gas single burner which we carry in the ute full time for picnics and a Aldi $14 fry pan with a lid. We could cook all we wanted stir frys, fish, meat, bacon & eggs etc.

I was thinking I would remore the bbq if we did not use it, guess what, it here to stay. Very easy to clean, built in lid, cooks a nice meal, baked a chicken. Yumie.

As its in it's own built in locker no after smells in the van.

-- Edited by Radar on Monday 10th of July 2017 11:41:12 PM

DMaxer · Guru

Imagine if you could get an electric Webber BBQ that had a "smoker" as an extra and you then hooked it up to a two stroke generator. Think of all the people you would meet.

Bryan · Guru

If I'm travelling alone and there's more room I also take a Cob cooker to get that smoky charcoal taste, sometimes I sprinkle some wood chips to add extra smoky flavor. I really dont know if it does because by then I've flatened a bottle of red and everything tastes great. biggrin

Granty · Senior Member

We have a cast iron grate for the camp fire and do as much of our cooking as possible on that. If no camp fire we have a 3 burner Primus gas cooker. It is nice and flat is easy to clean and takes up little space in the boot. We don't use the bayonnet as we dont like cooking too close to the van.

Granty · Senior Member

I always feel food cooked on the open fire tastes much better, but maybe Bryan is right it might be just the glasses of shiraz we drink while cooking. Rod.

ruby6689 · Member

This is so funny to read, seems I've started World War 3 and all over the good old Aussie BBQ.

I cant be bothered lighting a camp fire, an a lot of places don't allow one anyway. I want an easy clean, compact option that works well for roasting as well as straight BBQing.

Thank you everyone for your input.

I reckon when we finally are able to hit the road for the long stretch we are in for some very interesting conversations about the pros and cons of EVERYTHING. Can't wait for the bagging we'll get about our choice of caravan!