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25/7/2008 at 12:13pm
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Hello

Received my cobb yesterday and its brilliant. Had a little trouble getting the quick lite heat beads to stay lighted but managed it in the end.

I found a post on here that mentions about the best way to clean the Cobb using vinegar and some cleaning pads from Lakeland. Unfortunately I cant find it now because the search facility never seems to be working on here.

Dont suppose someone kept a copy of the thread anywhere?

 

 

 



25/7/2008 at 1:06pm
 Location: hereford
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Hi, the moat of the Cobb is the most difficult to clean. There are many ways to do this. I use a Brillo pad or a stiff brush.Amazingly the ash from the beads will also do the trick.Do not use any of these abrasives on any other parts of your Cobb.As for fuel I use the ordinary head beads with three firelighters underneath them. If you want a faster start get a barbeque chimney. We use our Cobb on a regular basis at home. It is far cheaper and better than the oven. If the weather is inclement i use it near the open kitchen door. The Cobb is as addictive as this web site.Enjoy.


25/7/2008 at 1:41pm
 Location: Letchworth Garden City
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no point in putting it in the dishwasher either - well the cooking surfaces are ok, but not the lid, base or moat.  each and every time i take it out of the dishwasher i remember why i keep telling myself not to put it in.  i can really do a much better job by hand in the sink with a scourer.

Like Tallman, we also use ours a lot at home - even had it cooking away in the middle of the sitting room on one rather wet occasion! (yes i did have it outside - under a brolly - to light and only brought it in once it had stopped smoking)



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25/7/2008 at 2:22pm
 Location: Leeds
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Fairy Power Spray - squirt it on, have a cuppa, rinse it off - job done!


11/8/2008 at 10:15pm
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I agree - fairy power spray does the job really well - I love my Cobb - when we are using it camping and I don't feel like cleaning it I just do the plates and wipe the moat out and do it properly when I get home!


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12/8/2008 at 7:48am
 Location: hereford
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So where do you get your Fairy power spray from?  I have looked in Tesco and Morrisons but to no avail.


12/8/2008 at 12:07pm
 Location: Doncaster
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Tesco's certainly sell the power spray - it comes in a dark green bottle.  It's what we always use on our Cobb

Carrie



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12/8/2008 at 12:38pm
 Location: Yorkshire
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Power spray on the grill and a piece of wire wool on the moat...

 

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12/8/2008 at 3:17pm
 Location: chesterfield
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we use the cobble stones, to light it I put one in the fire basket and place it on to my gas burner, lights immediately!!!


12/8/2008 at 4:06pm
 Location: Market Harborough
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I use standard bbq firelighters and standard bbq briquettes on mine with wilkinsons home brand being my favoured.

Cleaning, cheap imitation power spray and cheap smart price brillos for the moat and inside the lid, rest just normal washing up, never bother cleaning the fire basket.

And for the time when I can't be bothered to clean it untill later I keep the plastic charity bags that keep getting pushed through our letter box, the whole caboodle fits in one of them then into the cobb bag until washing up time later



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16/5/2010 at 9:59pm
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I too looked for fairy power sparay to no avail.

I bought some cillit bang power cleaner degreaser.

It worked quite well. but then i tried an old favourite

bicarb of soda, then add some vinegar and scrub with a green scratchy thing.

did half and half and the the bicarb/vinegar was much cleaner and much cheaper and much more green

for the house i have a spray made up of vinegar, bicarb and water- top stuff



17/5/2010 at 3:17pm
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Dont understand the vinegar/bicarb mix- independantly yes, but mix them and the benefits of both cancel each other out- giving off co2 in the process.


17/5/2010 at 7:19pm
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its not equal amounts theres more bicarb ( about 2:1)so use are left with a paste

works really well  honest




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