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re 2. You can't put real charcoal on the flames of any gas BBQ I've seen, it will ruin the BBQ quickly. What you can get for some BBQs is a smoke box which goes inside the lid, then the heat creates some charcoal smoke to flavour the food. 

re 1. If you want something faster than a standard gas 2 burner stove consider a single 3000w burner that screws straight onto your gas bottle, something like this: 

http://www.gasandhireltd.com/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=P7017

I assume you're thinking of a BBQ with a hob ring on the side, because if you stick a kettle on the grate of a regular gas BBQ it will be too far away from the flames to be effective.

I think a  decent expensive BBQ that is good for home will be too heavy and large for, and get damaged by, being carted around to campsites. And I agree that charcoal is the only way to BBQ.

Sounds like you need a decent stove, and maybe not a gas BBQ if you like charcoal.

Definately a fair weather camper. I don't like rain. Rain + Tent = Trouble.
2011:
July: Galpton, Devon
August: Duinrell, Holland

Not exactly portable IMHO, and if that is not bling I do not what is! I would love to see how you could keep it nice and shiny after a few use!

Have you considered Cadac?

I have a Cadac Safaric Chef HP so that I can use it as a BBQ when I go camping in France. Most of the time I use the flat plate for cooking my morning fry ups with great success.

I would not consider using it inside a tent though, unless it is made of flame retardant materials.

Agree re: charcoal is the BBQ fuel of choice, however, if the campsites do not allow charcoal BBQs, then one has to compromise and use gas instead.

DK

P.S. If I were to spend that much money on a gas BBQ, I would get a Weber

Sorry but...............you have got ................to be kidding!

I do not camp sparingly and love my comforts and luxuries but this is totally impractical, how will you transport it?

Good luck if you have decided on this one but personally think it's not the best choice, each to thier own I suppose................

Linda

Quote: Originally posted by Steve McV on 14/7/2009

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Are you running a take away?

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LOL

If I were you i'd just buy a caravan !!

Like so many of the others have said the BBQ youve linked to, would be so impracticle.

We have a Cadac Carri Chef, which is slightly bulky, but you can BBQ, do a stirfry, grill, cook a roast dinner, & fry a breakfast on it, cost around £139.00

Or alternatively buy the Cadac Safari Chef, a smaller more compact version of the above, but you can also boil a kettle on it or cook a pan of beans etc

We also have a Cobb, which uses heat beads, similar to charcoal but without the toxic gases, it burns at a higher heat, and burns for longer than charcoal, It also does all of the above cooking variations of the other 2 I've mentioned. When you have finished cooking on it, you could put the lid on it & put inside the tent to use as a form of heating, or if the coals / briquettes still have some life in them. remove them with tongues and drop them in a bucket of water until cooled, then leave them out to dry & you can re-use them another time. I think we paid around £100.00 for that, & If you look for it on this site I know Ratty & webmaster (Ian) used to sell them at a reduced cost, thats where we got ours from.

It depends on which type of camping we are doing on which one we take with us, we normally take the cobb for picnics, or fishing trips as it is very compact & you can store the heatbeads inside & you only need to use 6 or 7 of these to cook a full roast dinner so they are very economical.

Good luck & let us know what you decide on.

Iv'e just had a look for the links for the above & I can't believe how much cheaper the Carri chef is to when we bought ours about 4 yrs ago.

This is the Cadac we have

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.riverswayleisure.com/acatalog/info_8150.html

This is the Safari Chef

riverswayleisure.co.uk/acatalog/6547.htmlhttp://www.

And this is Cobb's official website

http://cobb-bbq.co.uk/

Not that I would ever have my BBQ in my tent, but we have a WeberQ.

It is a gas bbq, but it 'apparently' gives an authentic bbq taste. I can't say it's totally authentic, but definately not a 'grilled' taste.

Not sure if you can put a kettle on it but when on high the flames are quite large.

You can also get accessories for it, such as a flat stone thing for doing fry ups etc, along with a pizza stone.

We've only had the weber a few weeks, so we are just learning about it all really, but I'm finding that it is very versatile. In fact we cook the protein part of our dinner on it most nights and it doesn't matter if it's raining because you cook with the lid down!

When I am on my own, I get by with the Cadac Safari Chef HP and a Weber Go Anywhere charcoal BBQ. I also take my Outwell 10-piece stainless steel cookset that has a Trangia type spirit burner in case I find myself having an ad hoc party.

There are 2 suitcase stoves in the garage which I don't use. However, they are handy to have in case I go camping with another person again, or in a group.

As for boiling water, I use a low wattage 1L kettle as I always have EHU. There is a larger kettle about in case I need that in future too.

DK