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I'm wondering if anyone uses their Cobb outside in the Winter. I have been using my new Cobb outside a few times this past week and am not getting good results from it. Today I roasted a 1.6kg chicken using 9 heat beads and the legs were still raw after 2 hours and 40 minutes. And my potatoes which I had parboiled were still hard after being in the moat for that time as well.

It is breezy here today and I am wondering if the wind chill has made it cook less efficiently. But it is by no means cold and I was hoping to use the Cobb throughout the winter in the garden to cook roasts and the like.

Has anyone used their Cobb in the winter? Can anyone suggest anything else I might be doing wrong? Any opinions gratefully received!!

Hmmm, don't know then, perhaps a duff bag of heat beads if there is such a thing?  I've only used heat beads a couple of times but didnt' have any problems once I'd got them lit, must have another go with them as the rest of the bag needs using. 

I use cobblestones with mine as they're easy to transport, can fit 5 or 6 inside the cobb without any extra bags so know where they are when we load up and unload the car, they're easy to light and there's no mess.

Quote: Originally posted by Paul + Wendy on 05/10/2009

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We made a jacket for our cobb, it's a piece of leftover canvas, 4.5 inches wide with velcro on each end, it simply wraps around the stainless gauze and keeps a lot of the heat in.

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Quote: Originally posted by Paul + Wendy on 05/10/2009

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We made a jacket for our cobb, it's a piece of leftover canvas, 4.5 inches wide with velcro on each end, it simply wraps around the stainless gauze and keeps a lot of the heat in.

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