Which BBQ

[PCmag]

Hi again from one of those pesky newbie's, ordered a few things for mh (pans, collapsible bucket, Ikea for crockery when we get a chance) just started looking at portable bbq's, went on a few review sites etc and a couple of the Cadac's seem to be good contenders.
The Cadac safari chef at around £100 looks canny, also the Cadac Grillo Chef BBQ/Chef pan seems popular with people who own them. But it is nearly double the price.
Will mostly be cooking for 2-3 people, would the safari chef suffice ?
Or do any of you have other recommendations, the mh has a fitted bbq point.
Thanks in advance.

 

[jockaneezer]

I have a Webber Go Anywhere charcoal bbq and it's a great bit of kit and as mentioned, it's shape is ideal for a motorhome. Clean up is helped if you double fold a piece of tinfoil and place it on the bottom baffle plate which will take care of bagging up the ashes, although the grill rack will still need a traditional scrub. I use a Webber mini chimney to get the charcoal started which speeds things up. After cooking, shut off all the vents and it will snuff out the fire and you can reuse the charcoal that's left for your next meal.
Is it a faff, well yes, I suppose it is, but good tasting steaks, chicken and lamb cutlets are worth it ?
I've never used a Cadac but I'm sure you could achieve the same effect with a £10 Go Outdoors gas ring and a non stick pan ? If it has to be gas, I'd go for the Webber Q2000.

 

[peterc10]

Suggest you look at the Weber Q1200. Not light and not cheap, but it works very well if you want to BBQ the American way, low and slow. But, if you want sausages and burgers burnt on the outside and raw on the inside, it will be no good for you.

 

[MANGOFORTH]

Could do what I did and make one .

Scrap gas bottle, few bits of steel and an afternoon.

I can make them if anyone's interested......

 

[kevenh]

We’ve been using & liking this:
Amazon product ASIN B00RBCDXV8
It’s our 1st BBQ for our early motorhome travels and it’s flat pack design is useful.
Our home BBQ is a Webber kettle and that’s also great but the travel versions look more cumbersome to store (and dearer ) than our little tester.
Edit: our BBQ was 1/2 the price it is today. At that price it’s not so good for others to buy & test for their requirements.
If I had to replace ours I’d look at others again at this year’s price,

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[denisejoe]

I have a Webber Go Anywhere charcoal bbq and it's a great bit of kit and as mentioned, it's shape is ideal for a motorhome. Clean up is helped if you double fold a piece of tinfoil and place it on the bottom baffle plate which will take care of bagging up the ashes, although the grill rack will still need a traditional scrub. I use a Webber mini chimney to get the charcoal started which speeds things up. After cooking, shut off all the vents and it will snuff out the fire and you can reuse the charcoal that's left for your next meal.
Is it a faff, well yes, I suppose it is, but good tasting steaks, chicken and lamb cutlets are worth it ?
I've never used a Cadac but I'm sure you could achieve the same effect with a £10 Go Outdoors gas ring and a non stick pan ? If it has to be gas, I'd go for the Webber Q2000.

Cooked a small whole chicken on the go anywhere tasted great

 

[PCmag]

Thanks for all the advice, pro's & cons for both gas & charcoal.
We have a decision to make.
Cheers

 

[Landy Andy]

If you want a quick and known (time wise) BBQ then get one of these. It’s transformed proper BBQing for me.

Chimney starter | Weber® Grill Original

Chimney starter Weber Rapidfire: every BBQ fan's most important tool ✔ BBQ chimney starter for crackling briquettes ► Order now!

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[March Hare]

Hi!

I wish we'd asked the same question as you a few weeks ago!! We're also fairly new to the wonderful world of motorhomes, and we were looking for a BBQ to accompany us on our travels.

We really liked the look of the Weber Q1200 but decided it would be a little to big for the just the two of us, so we changed our minds and bought a Weber Go Anywhere gas BBQ, with the expectation that we'd connect it to the BBQ point we were going to have fitted.

Well we discovered that that was a bad mistake, as the Go Anywhere gas BBQ has an on board regulator built in to the BBQ control, so can only run on high pressure gas (ie. from a Calor Gas bottle, or small Weber disposable gas cylinder). The regulator can't be removed, unlike the Weber Q series which I believe can be modified.

What we've learnt since our mistaken purchase is (and I'm more than happy to be corrected on this) that the gas from the motorhome's BBQ point will be low pressure as it's already been through the motorhome's gas regulator.

We were told that the end result of this would be that if we had connected our Weber Go Anywhere gas BBQ to a motorhome BBQ point, that it would have been quicker to cook the sausages with a disposable lighter!!

I'd definitely recommend you doing a quick check once you've found a BBQ that you like that it's suitable for connecting to the motorhome BBQ gas point - or as you have done, ask for recommendations on here!

Btw, our Weber Go Anywhere Gas BBQ is brilliant and perfect size for us but it's not ideal that it can't be connected to to the onboard gas system!

Finally, I was recommended on here to speak to Huddersfield Gas who were really helpful, and they have an online store with a huge selection of connection hoses and adapters for whatever BBQ you choose - and they're super helpful if you speak to them on the phone.

 

[MANGOFORTH]

If you want a quick and known (time wise) BBQ then get one of these. It’s transformed proper BBQing for me.

Chimney starter | Weber® Grill Original

Chimney starter Weber Rapidfire: every BBQ fan's most important tool ✔ BBQ chimney starter for crackling briquettes ► Order now!

www.weber.com

I've been lookin at those. Or making the equivalent. Are they really all their cracked up to be. How long from starting to ready to cook would you say?

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[kevenh]

I've been lookin at those. Or making the equivalent. Are they really all their cracked up to be. How long from starting to ready to cook would you say?

I’m a recent owner of a chimney. So far I’ve found they’re great at speeding up the time to being able to cook.
All the briquettes come out with an even glow and just need carefully spreading around the base of your bbq.
& They’re quite impressive to watch working

Edit: doh! Forgot to answer the Q: I think 17 to 20 minutes is the new waiting time for ~25 briquettes to be usable.

 

[jockaneezer]

The chimney starters are a good addition to a charcoal bbq, Webber do a nice small one thats perfect for the Go Anywhere. You can get lumpwood charcoal going in 10 minutes with just a couple of sheets of newspaper, briquets will take a bit longer and would probably need a couple of firelighters. Once the chimney is well alight, they're great for charring peppers on, then pop them in a Ziploc bag to cool, which makes them easy to skin for use as a side.

 

[Landy Andy]

I’ve just gone from the smaller chimney thing to the bigger one as we often end up cooking for others. But they are brilliant. I use three little fire lighters under it full of charcoal, light it, come back to it 15 or so mins later and all the coals are glowing. No poking, prodding, wafting, blowing, or anything else. Also due to the fact that everything gets a good start, I’m only left with dust after the BBQ, not lumps, so easily cleaned up.

If you or anyone wants my smaller Weber chimney then you can have it for postage or collect

 

[Charente16]

We have both the gas and charcoal Cobbs' - Gas is used at home nowadays, rather than using the 'Biggie' for just the two of us, we also take it with us in the van if we know 'open/charcoal'' BBQs' are going to be a problem/prohited ie fire risk.

Haven't found anything I cann't cook with a Cobb and I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to cooking; I should try to restrict my cusine when we are away in the van, but I cook as I would at home. Life is too short not to eat well.

The 'moat' allows you to flavour your food as you wish. You can also use 'Webber' wood chippings for a more smokey taste if liked....................

As for cleaning, we, like many others, were using homemade aluminium foil liners long before Cobb caught on and started to market their own. Cleaning never a problem.

CADEC and Cobb are both 'South African' in origin but made in China. the difference is the quality of manufacture and in that respect there is no comparison: Cobb wins Hands Down.

Robert

 

[simsy56]

We have a Cadac 2 cook 2 pro, nice and compact, easy to clean, suits us perfectly. £109 from Hamiltons gas products.

Craig

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[Camdoon]

Found a Cadac too much of a palaver. Found charcoal took too long to set up, wait then cook 2 burgers then dispose of the ashes. Weber q1200 with a mat allows us to set up, cook, clean and store meeting our requirements.

 

[Gellyneck]

We’ve been using & liking this:
Amazon product ASIN B00RBCDXV8
It’s our 1st BBQ for our early motorhome travels and it’s flat pack design is useful.
Our home BBQ is a Webber kettle and that’s also great but the travel versions look more cumbersome to store (and dearer ) than our little tester.
Edit: our BBQ was 1/2 the price it is today. At that price it’s not so good for others to buy & test for their requirements.
If I had to replace ours I’d look at others again at this year’s price,

A model like that is frequently in Aldi \ Lidl around this time.
Think ours is still in the garage at home as we found a charcoal BBQ was a right faff.

 

[The Wino]

We just use a £10 single gas burner and non stick frying pan most of the time. If we want to use charcoal we have a battery assisted charcoal burner from Lidl. It's like this but cheaper Amazon product ASIN B07M7JLSSC

 

[Paulypaul]

We have a Weber smokey joe and thought it was great, compact and very efficient, until we discovered a Cobb. That's all we use now and if you get the different attachments/cooking plates, it's an all in one bbq/oven. Highly recommend and very safe too.

 

[Chuns]

Have you thought about one of these -

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It is lightweight, stainless, folds away into its own bag, And uses charcoal.

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[FrankL0]

Hi again from one of those pesky newbie's, ordered a few things for mh (pans, collapsible bucket, Ikea for crockery when we get a chance) just started looking at portable bbq's, went on a few review sites etc and a couple of the Cadac's seem to be good contenders.
The Cadac safari chef at around £100 looks canny, also the Cadac Grillo Chef BBQ/Chef pan seems popular with people who own them. But it is nearly double the price.
Will mostly be cooking for 2-3 people, would the safari chef suffice ?
Or do any of you have other recommendations, the mh has a fitted bbq point.
Thanks in advance.

We had a Cadac Safari Chef once. We it because we just couldn’t get enough heat out of it. We now have a Cadac Grillo Chef and have lots of lovely BBQing heat.

Of course,I should have done my research more thoroughly at the outset...

• Safari Chef: Total heat output - 1,35kW
• Grillo Chef: Total heat output - 3 kW
  
  We also owned a Lotus Grill and it was OK but more of a fiddle than the Cadac and harder to clean.

 

[Chris CM]

We have a cadac safari chef but it does have its foibles, main one being difficult to control the heat level so I’m looking for a change. I like the look of the Webber Q200. As storage is a bit of an issue, can anybody tell me what the packed away for travel dimensions are?

 

[Landy Andy]

We have a cadac safari chef but it does have its foibles, main one being difficult to control the heat level so I’m looking for a change. I like the look of the Webber Q200. As storage is a bit of an issue, can anybody tell me what the packed away for travel dimensions are?

Many people remove the lid for storage of the Q200, as it’s only held on with two pins

Im sure an adult will be along soon to describe it better.

 

[Paulajc77]

A Cobb is not a BBQ. It was an expensive mistake for us and they are awful to clean. It all depends what you intend cooking. If it's meat, then a small charcoal BBQ is cheap, cheerful and will cook your meat perfectly. We love to buy proper meat, when we're away. A steak done on a charcoal BBQ is a thing of joy. If you only want to cook sausages or burgers, then it really doesn't matter what you cook on. We found the Cobb to be okay for sausages or burgers but we don't eat them very often, we like proper meat.

The cobb is perfect for joints of meat!! You have to treat it as a charcoal oven. Don't lift the lid too often!

 

[Molly A]

Have used the big Cadac Carri chef for over 15 years, originally in our trailer tent and now on our boat. Yes, you do have to watch it in windy conditions, but its flexibility with all the attachments makes it really useful. Cooking a paella on a warm sunny evening is truly a thing of beauty. Having said that, have just bought a weber q1200 with rotisserie for the Moho, so we shall see!

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[Jane And Rog]

We have the Lotus grill - it really does get ready to cook in 3 minutes, and of course it comes in orange, now could we say no? Very neat and small too.

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[FrankL0]

We have a Lotus Grill available for sale if anyone is interested? With the accessories (Glass hood & Teppanyaki Plate), cost £305 new.

Direct message me if interested.

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[Paulypaul]

A Cobb is not a BBQ. It was an expensive mistake for us and they are awful to clean. It all depends what you intend cooking. If it's meat, then a small charcoal BBQ is cheap, cheerful and will cook your meat perfectly. We love to buy proper meat, when we're away. A steak done on a charcoal BBQ is a thing of joy. If you only want to cook sausages or burgers, then it really doesn't matter what you cook on. We found the Cobb to be okay for sausages or burgers but we don't eat them very often, we like proper meat.

I think it depends on how adventurous you are with regards to a Cobb. It certainly is a bbq, but it's also many other things.

We don't eat your typical bbq burger and sausages type menu, but it we want, we certainly can do on the cobb, bbq style too. We've cooked a whole chicken in the cobb, we cook fish either bbq style or wrapped in foil oven style, and use the trough to make mini jacket spuds or add some flavour to whatever is cooking. And yes, we do cook some lovely meat on it too. I think the only limitations with the Cobb is what
attachments/cooking plates/roasters you have, and how imaginative you are with regards to what you cook in it and on it.

It certainly is a bbq but it's also many other things and to be honest, it's no harder to clean than a bbq, but just needs a different approach to how you do it.

We have a cadac too and again, it's very multi functional, but for me, the Cobb is far more compact and easier to store.

Just my opinion though!

 

[gwyntaxi]

I know everyone has their own ideas (and quite rightly so) but for me if it ain't charcoal it ain't a bbq. It's a grill or even an oven....Yuk...

Agree 100% if you're gonna use a gas bbq you might as well use the cooker grill or a hot plate, proper bbq flavour only comes from charcoal not a gas grill. Just sayin.

 

[TheAleMan]

I think it depends on how adventurous you are with regards to a Cobb. It certainly is a bbq, but it's also many other things.

We don't eat your typical bbq burger and sausages type menu, but it we want, we certainly can do on the cobb, bbq style too. We've cooked a whole chicken in the cobb, we cook fish either bbq style or wrapped in foil oven style, and use the trough to make mini jacket spuds or add some flavour to whatever is cooking. And yes, we do cook some lovely meat on it too. I think the only limitations with the Cobb is what
attachments/cooking plates/roasters you have, and how imaginative you are with regards to what you cook in it and on it.

It certainly is a bbq but it's also many other things and to be honest, it's no harder to clean than a bbq, but just needs a different approach to how you do it.

We have a cadac too and again, it's very multi functional, but for me, the Cobb is far more compact and easier to store.

Just my opinion though!

Had a cadac which are good, but cobb every time for us now days. More compact, lighter, and don’t need to haul a big heavy gas bottle around, unless you plug into vans supply. Cobb more versatile than cadac, and using the bbq plate accessory, you will get proper bbq taste Too.

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[gwyntaxi]

Just had a look at the Cobb on YouTube and have to say it looks absolutely brilliant.
Cheers.

They are selling a very similar idea to the COBB in Aldi only real difference is it doesn't have a dome like like cobb but it does have fan assistance (battery operated) and is easier to clean than the cobb. Oh and a lot cheaper at £49.99.