Can I ask you how you remove the ash from your BBQ, as I have a folding one like yours.
Heather
I've only used it once and it was in our garden Heath. I just let it completely cool and put a heavy duty garden refuse bag (the really thick ones) over the top of it and turned it upside down. Its a bit fiddly and you have to reach in and pick the metal grate out of it, but till I find a better way thats about the only way i've found doesnt cover the place in ash. If you come up with a better way I'd love to hear it as I plan to take it camping with us this year
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Thanks for the reply Dezzie, I find it hard to clean the ash out. I have so far used kitchen foil, lining the bottem, remembering to puncture some holes in. In theory after use, once the BBQ been finished and gone cold. The idea was to beable to contain the ashes in the foil by wrapping the foil for removal.
If I use water to make it safe, I end up with a gooie substance. yuk
I have had two fold flats - both were called the Notebook, I think all of the recent ones are the market are a copy of it.
I have found that it lasts about a year depending on usage of course. If you take a year of use as probably 40 bbq's that will give you some idea. The rack the coals go on does warp but I have always found it to be a really good bbq - gets up to heat very quickly, excellent for steaks!
If memory serves it was about £20 so would work out at roughly 50p per use.
I think I have a brand new one still in a cupboard as we inadvertently ordered 2 from Amazon a couple of years ago.
Now use a Weber Go anywhere. Not as easy to pack but a mighty fine piece of kit.
GS