Barbeques: GAS or CHARCOAL

[narly101]

I have both,

Both are webbers the KING of BBQs, and both are as good as each other. It depends how you use them.

This. I too have both. Prefer using the gas bbq because it's easier and hassle free. As for the smoky taste - the Weber atomisers, and the more you use it gives a great BBQ taste. Oh and a no panic stricken "flame" moments.

 

[sydney]

Gas. Aussies invented the barbie, and if its good enough for them... They have beautiful council-installed gas barbies on the edge of the beaches, least in Byron Bay they do. In the UK they'd be instantly vandalised and/or nicked and/or closed down for Health & Safety reasons, but in Oz they get used by families who wait their turn patiently to cook their meal before cleaning them til they sparkle, ready for the next family to use. Gotta love the Aussies.

sorry mate ......they are electric...x

 

[sydney]

Definitely charcoal. I built my own structure and brought one of these babies with the oven drawer.

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where's the cement ya tight fucker...?no way you'd have that at one of our barbies......some pissed twatt would have it over ,guaranteed.

 

[Albumen]

I thought gas BBQ were only for the special needs, like buying an automatic car.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

where's the cement ya tight fucker...?no way you'd have that at one of our barbies......some pissed twatt would have it over ,guaranteed.

- OMG, I knew I'd forgotten something !

 

[Nibble]

It's charcoal all the way. I doubt Aussies invented the bbq and even if they did it doesn't make them any less likely to be drunk, loudmouthed and annoying when they rock up to the beach to enjoy their electricly cooked food. Essentially, as with most things in life I look at what Australians are doing and do the opposite. Those on here with gas "bbq's" I hope you don't let your children watch you cooking on that, they'll never see you as a real man again. Believe.

 

[beorhthelm]

alot of aggression towards the gas bbq. are some of you using charcoal to cover up other inadequacies

 

[Questions]

Just put a heap of chicken kebabs and mackerel caught yesterday across mine and I wouldn,t even bother doing that on a gas one.
And the Sarfies do the best......braai not barbie. Aussies are such tossers.
You can't beat a nice Boerwors.

 

[Marc1901]

Gas is much better IMO. Food always tastes nicer.

 

[gully is my god]

Charcoal all the way. And some are saying they take long to light, not so with the easy light bags. They take 15 minutes to be ready, about as long as it takes to heat up the oven

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

One of the joys of being a man is standing around a bbq with your male chums poking a load of coals with a beer in hand. And the ladies like it as well; it's a nice visual aspect for them whilst they get the salads ready. Gas just isn't the same is it?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

sorry mate ......they are electric...x

My bad

 

[sydney]

My bad

no worries cobber........gas would be a bit of a bushfire risk in the summertime.

 

[sydney]

Just put a heap of chicken kebabs and mackerel caught yesterday across mine and I wouldn,t even bother doing that on a gas one.
And the Sarfies do the best......braai not barbie. Aussies are such tossers.
You can't beat a nice Boerwors.

eh....::

 

[Thunder Bolt]

no worries cobber........gas would be a bit of a bushfire risk in the summertime.

Whereas some French forest areas ban charcoal BBQs as a fire risk and insist on gas only.

 

[Badger]

Gas is much better IMO. Food always tastes nicer.

You clearly don't understand what BBQs are all about. What the food tastes like is completely irrelevant, it's all about cremating it over some charcoal fuelled flames.

 

[sydney]

Whereas some French forest areas ban charcoal BBQs as a fire risk and insist on gas only.

whereas W.A has a TOTAL fire ban in place for a good 6 weeks of the year.

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

Both. We have a small Webber and a larger gas one. This weekend the combination came into its own.

Breakfast al fresco - scrambled eggs on the small hob next to the main event of sausages, bacon, black pudding cooking away on the gas bbq. fast forward to sun night and the small webber had a leg of lamb in a wild garlic and rosemary marinade smoking away for 90 minutes on the webber, while other accompanying food was done effectively and quikly on the gas bbq. You can pick up a decent enough sized Webber for £50.

 

[Acker79]

Anyone know where in brighton to buy woodchips for smoking bbqs?

 

[jevs]

Both...a decent charcoal one for parties or having people round and a small, cheapy 2 burner from Asda for you and the mrs/partner.

If you get a charcoal one, get a decent webber which also acts as a smoker...then learn the art of smoking your food.