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Hi Everyone

Gradually sorting out our first trip next year to the South of France and have noticed that many sites indicate the type of BBQ that can be used and for good reason. 

Therefore, I ask those of you who have experience of sites in the South of France what seems to be the most widely used bbq set up that is taken:  GAS/ELEC/COALS

Thanks JB

I notice a lot of continentals have small table top electric grills. As Trooper says you do have to watch the amps. We were staying at Serignan Plage once and the Frence couple next to us in a motorhome were using some sort of electric BBQ. I could not understand why he kept walking down the the corner of the pitch until I realised that he kept tripping the electrics. We don't BBQ whilst away but do use a Camping Gaz 2 burner stove via the external gas point which is handy.

David

We visited a site this year (near Brive) that did not allow charcoal BBQs due to risk of fire to the surrounding woodland. It was a bit isolated (great for some peace and quiet though!) in amongst some rural woodland. I didn't see or hear that gas BBQs couldn't be used, we were just warned about using charcoal. The site did cook BBQ food using only gas though.

We also use cadac, it can be a bit of a pain when its windy, and of course IMHO its really a big (easy chef ) frying /griddle pan, although next year for our French hols we will take a cheapy charcoal bbq with us, one of the fold up types, as well as the cadac

 Stew

Ps edited to make more sense

At Camping Neptune, at Grau d'Agde, where we were in May this year, there's a communal barbecue, where you can use charcoal, adjacent to one of the access roads through the site.  It became a social meeting point each evening as people brought their own meat/fish to barbecue.  Charcoal barbecues were not allowed on the pitches, though gas/electric ones were.

When at Pin Parasol this summer I "liberated" a charcoal  barbeque that was left in the poubelle.

There was a choice of at least five and I used it for two weeks before leaving it out for someone else to enjoy!

Mr UM