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22/6/2014 at 8:11am
Location: Somerset
Outfit: Bailey Brindisi
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Quote: Originally posted by Wendyhouse on 21/6/2014
Only did this once.
Took everything out of the camper and laid it out in the garden like a military kit inspection.
Apart from amusing the neighbours it did let us see that we we carrying stuff I don't even remember buying plus a load of stuff we had never used.
Quite an eye opener.
I'm loving this idea but think I'm a bit scared to do it lol! I know I use everything we have but if I laid it all out I'd start adding up the cost in my head and have a coronary! I suspect I'd also have an OH freaking out :)
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23/6/2014 at 12:04pm
Location: Cotswolds
Outfit: Vango Shangri La & Renault Grd Espace
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Pegs...lots and lots...of cheap pegs! Hubby has now bought Blue Diamond rock pegs.
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26/6/2014 at 2:22pm
Location: Essex
Outfit: Outwell Nevada M Sunncamp Pathfinder
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I hate to say it, but mine has to be my Cobb! Think we've used it three times in three years, we just don't have bbqs. I think the main thing is cleaning it up, what do you do with all the fat & oil in the drip tray when camping?
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26/6/2014 at 10:26pm
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Madamzsazsa, it doesn't have to be a pain to clean your Cobb. All you need is rubber gloves, kitchen paper towel, stainless steel wire scrubber and plenty of washing up liquid. Some people recommend putting water in the moat while it's still warm to help loosen everything, but then you just get an oily watery mess!
I just don the gloves, wipe out as much of the oil as I can into the bin with the paper towel, (take coals or cobble stone out first), then run lots of hot water in and rinse, then wash with plenty of washing up liquid and the scrubby thing.
When you get home, dribble on a little bit of either Oven Pride or Lakeland's oven cleaner (both Sodium Hydroxide based, so wear gloves) and it will look like new after 15 mins.
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27/6/2014 at 5:14am
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Quote: Originally posted by Madamzsazsa on 26/6/2014I hate to say it, but mine has to be my Cobb! Think we've used it three times in three years, we just don't have bbqs. I think the main thing is cleaning it up, what do you do with all the fat & oil in the drip tray when camping?
I used to say the same about my Cadac. Then I had a revelation! Dont clean it! Not as radical as it sounds. I thought.............I 'm never selling it so I dont care what condition its in. I never wash my garden barbeque. Done deal. I now use my Cadac all the time and the most it gets is a wash like everything else in soapy water. More tmes than not it gets a quick wipe with kitchen roll. No more effort is put in. And Im happy to use Cadac stress free.
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I didn't actually opt to buy it as it came with the secondhand stove that I was buying ... no wonder they were just giving it away.
