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Hi all,

Hear quite a few people talking about Cadac's so I have some questions.

In the van we have the four hobs and an oven and grill, will also purchase a microwave for speed.

• What is the fascination with a Cadac?
• What is the model to go for?
• Can it be hooked up to the current gas bottle in the van or is it different?

The main advantage I can see is a) the fun of cooking outside and b) no bacon smells in the fabric in the van after cooking!

I am a tradionalist when it comes to BBQing and dont beleive in Gas!

Thanks.

I kept reading about cadac's and how good they were.  When we got our new 'van we got the dealer to throw in a camping gas bbq which is very similar to the cadac.  Got to say that my dh thought it was great as he could put loads of stuff on the bbq instead of it all taking forever on our little bbq.  As its a new 'van i don't want to be frying anything on the hob and the bbq means that we can fry eggs.  So no messy splashbacks in the 'van.  We have a smaller gas bottle that we take just for the gas bbq.

We had a bbq for 8 in no time at all and i didn't need to use the 'van at all for any cooking.  Though if we had bigger chicken pieces i'd cook them in the 'van because i like to know for sure that that is cooked thoroughly.

hth

I'll be reading the answers too, as i've thought about getting one, however, the concept of a "gas" bbq is just a step too far !!

However, going out to France in the summer, we couldn't use anything other than a gas BBQ and everybody had a cadac, what you can do with them is amazing, hence, i'm off about one again !!

We use both the Cadac and the hob/oven depending on the weather.The Cadac does keep the van clean and the smells out.

As said it is not a BBQ and does not give you the smokey taste of a normal BBQ but we love ours and you can cook almost any thing on them.

The only thing with connecting to the van is the distance away from the van itself as there is supposed to be a limit on the length of the hose.

Andy

We have a cadac Carri chef deluxe, Got it from riversway about 3 years ago for £99 and they haven't changed much in price in that time.

I love it, does fantastic breakfasts on the flat side of the griddle pan and it so much better than getting fat all over the van.

I have a external gas point on the side of the van I just plug it into that, so it runs on normal gas.

On the downside it is quite bulky and we generally don't take it for weekends in the winter but use it all summer, and have been know to bbq whilst away in the winter on it as I love cooking outside,

We love it. It's basically a large burner on legs on which you can put various griddles, grills and pots and cook outside. It's really versatile and saves the smells and the mess in the caravan. We have used it all year and always take it with us however short the stay. We love using the bbq grill and find that we eat far fewer burnt offerings than we ever did with a charcoal bbq.

We are even taking it at Christmas to cook the turkey in (just bought a lid) so that there is room in the oven in the caravan for all the trimmings ! Sooo excited !

P.S. I already had a wok and a paella pan so I use them on the pot stand. This works really well.

Hope this helps, Shirley.

PPS We have the Carri Chef and attached a hose and a quick release thingy so that it plugs straight into the external bbq point.

So how do you roast in it? That must be the only thing we haven't tried, I do have a lid but generally leave it at home in the garage,

I may try a roast chicken or something while we are away at the end of the month

"The only thing with connecting to the van is the distance away from the van itself as there is supposed to be a limit on the length of the hose."

Where did this thing about maximum length of hose come from?  You can buy a 10m propane hose - so why not?  I can appreciate the potential trip hazard but how does that compare to the fire hazard?

Only asking!

Mike

as far as I am aware it has something to do potential loss of pressure with the gas feed to the cadac itself

This is from Calor Health and Safety

what is the best way to do a full chicken on the cadac, would i need to put it in a roasting dish and then on pan stand with the lid on, or on grill bit with the lid on..any ideas or suggestions