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A Cobb can cope with a family of 4, it packs down small and as you say you don't have to take a gas bottle. 

I've got both and though the Cadac is lovely it does come in quite a big bag in comparison so it's staying at home and the Cobb's coming camping again this year.

My cobb is my favourite bit of kit and I wouldn't be without it but it's not as quick to cook as a cadac. Now to me that doesn't matter at all as when I'm camping there are no rules or time limits but to some it might be an issue. I was cooking a chicken chow mein in the cobb wok last weekend and my brother kept offering to bring his cadac over from his tent as it was taking too long for him!

If time's not an issue though the cobb is amazing. Done some great chow meins / spag bols etc in the wok, roast chicken comes out perfect every time and we've even baked buns on it (that draws a crowd on a campsite!).

Pros and cons whichever you decide but I definitely chose the right one for me!

Definitly the Cobb!  nothing else compares to it.  Can be used to cook almost everything on, breakfast, roast lunch, baking a cake for afternoon tea, and finishing off with dinner. oh and not forgetting the heat that is generated once you finish cooking to take the chill off an evening while in your tent/awning. 

All that can be done with just a dozen or so briquettes, so very economic to run too.

Quote: Originally posted by eel28 on 06/5/2011

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oh and not forgetting the heat that is generated once you finish cooking to take the chill off an evening while in your tent/awning. 

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Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 06/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by eel28 on 06/5/2011

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oh and not forgetting the heat that is generated once you finish cooking to take the chill off an evening while in your tent/awning. 

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I feel the need to say that you should never take a still burning BBQ or similar into an enclosed space for warmth. There are always a couple of campers each year that don't wake up having done this.

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I agree as we brought our Cobb into the house after cooking tea thinking it was nearly dead for it to set the carbon monoxide alarm off.  We took the Cobb straight outside but it was a good 30 mins before it stopped going off, so I would hate to see someone taking it into their tent and the family not coming out in the morning

Quote: Originally posted by dianebb72 on 06/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 06/5/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by eel28 on 06/5/2011

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oh and not forgetting the heat that is generated once you finish cooking to take the chill off an evening while in your tent/awning. 

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I feel the need to say that you should never take a still burning BBQ or similar into an enclosed space for warmth. There are always a couple of campers each year that don't wake up having done this.

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I agree as we brought our Cobb into the house after cooking tea thinking it was nearly dead for it to set the carbon monoxide alarm off.  We took the Cobb straight outside but it was a good 30 mins before it stopped going off, so I would hate to see someone taking it into their tent and the family not coming out in the morning

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Shouldn't really comment, I've only recently bought a Cobb, and never used it camping

I am looking forward to using it for slow cooking whilst camping. A roast, a stew? We've only used Cobb stones, but you put the fuel in, it lasts for hours, it's a stable unit. I don't think I'd be happy to leave gas running for the time it takes to cook a joint of meat. I haven't looked at price comparisons, and cobb stones are probably not the best, but it seems less of a worry than watching a gas unit.

I don't know. Last season I couldn't decide between Cobb or Cadac. Then one day I walked into Lakeland, after I got paid. ....