New BBQ Gas or charcoal

[Superphil]

It's a bit early in the season to be kicking this contentious debate off (paging [MENTION=268]Superphil[/MENTION] to tell us it's always BBQ season).

Indeed, this weekend on Saturday I tried out my brand new Aquaforno https://aquaforno.com/ for a rather decent beercan roast chicken, and yesterday we enjoyed some traditional pork and lamb kebabs on my personally imported Cypriot rotisserie bbq.


Oh, and charcoal, wood or gas all do a great job. Personally I prefer charcoal, especially for steaks, or kebabs, but I use a lot of briquettes too, just getting to grips with wood burning, and I have a rather spiffing gas Weber.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

gas all day long

by the time the charcoal is ready,I'd be to pissed to cook anything

Me too.
Its the stress of the last few games.

 

[nicko31]

Gas is better for you and the environment

But charcoal is tasty on a proper American made Weber

 

[Spearritt of the Albion]

Weber charcoal. Thread closed.

If you get proper charcoals, a good BBQ - it should be lit and ready to cook in 30mins. Much better and tastier than Gas.

Bought the £250 one of these last year. Couldn't believe how much better it is than anything else I ever had.

It even roasts meat joints!!

 

[Commander]

Gas or charcoal? Pah. Do it the proper way, you need wood.

And one of these.

I'm building one in my garden at the moment.



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[Chicken Run]

A big vote for Gas, last summer I Bbq'd upto 3 times a week! What better way to get the whole family round the table even after a long day at work

 

[Fat Langers]

Had this same dilemma last year. Ended up with a gas one. It's a little Outback one. Very happy with it. Get the lava rocks and the taste is the same. Really cooks well.
Main reason I went for gas was I wanted the easiness of not having to wait 30-40 mins to get it ready to cook on. It's a personal preference I suppose but I'm happy I got a gas one.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Several have responded against gas in a manner that suggests they don't realise the cooking process with a gas BBQ is nothing like the gas process of the domestic oven.

For those who don't realise, the gas BBQ heats up charcoal-like lava rock and the heat from these rocks does the cooking in the same way as traditional charcoal. The food fat still drips on these coals and you can add some chicory wood to add smoke / flavour.

I bought a big gas BBQ 10 years ago but sold it last summer and built a brick BBQ in the corner of the garden. I wished now I'd cannibalised the gas one to incorporate both gas and charcoal. The old gas one had a grill but also a flat plate griddle which was useful too.

 

[tinx]

I've been Charcoal for many year but at the end of last summer I bought a Gas BBQ in the sales which I built a month ago and I really enjoyed the fact that I could start cooking so quickly and not having to faff around. I'm hoping it will mean I'll be using it more than I did the charcoal through the summer

Time will tell and if its no good I'll go back to Charcoal in this years end of summer sales.

 

[Surf's Up]

Charcoal - end of.

 

[Gazwag]

Gas man myself, best thing is you can cook fish all year long without stinking the house out, but whichever your preference never ever use frozen sausages or burgers

 

[dazzer6666]

been with gas on my last couple - love the convenience/speed - means it gets used a lot more often, sometimes for example will fire it up to cooks steaks or legs of lamb even if we're not planning to eat outdoors

 

[Bold Seagull]

If Gas why not just use your grill or oven? Same thing

Your grill and oven are outside?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Charcoal or Gas?

Depends if you've got a VAGINA or not.....

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Just looking to get new garden furniture and a BBQ.

I prefer charcoal, but saw this offer:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/3-burner-gas-bbq-with-side-burner-was-259-99-now-99-99-very-2431673

Good value?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Good people of NSC,

Looking into getting a new BBQ for the summer. To date I have always had charcoal BBQ's however gas does appeal to me as it is much quicker to get set up and cooking in the evening.

Anyone with a gas BBQ, would you recommend, or should I stick to charcoal?

Thanks

Face it, you'll very rarely use it. Just get an old rusty one out of a skip and cut out the middleman

 

[surrey jim]

Face it, you'll very rarely use it. Just get an old rusty one out of a skip and cut out the middleman

Alas no I do enjoy a good BBQ, I just find that half the time after work I cant be faffed to get the charcoal one set up and cooking #lazy

 

[maffew]

Ahh man last Christmas dinner roasted/steamed a whole duck on the braai, charcoal, Weber. Happy days. Sour cherrys up its arse, grazed the skin and filled with honey, literally used about 8 coals, and a tray of water to mostly steam it. Caught the fat in a dripping pan to use on the roasties. Then a dip in the pool.

Charcoal/wood for me

 

[Seasidesage]

Charcoal.

Use a Starter Chimney to get it going, job done.

This. Saves a lot of time and aggro

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I imagine this is the WORST KEPT SECRET by now, but for you CHARCOAL folk (actual bbq people), I URGE you to buy Chimney Charcoal Starter. Amazing.

Literally gives NO REASON to get a gas one. Put your coals in the chimney, set a fire lighter under it and in 15 mins you have a whole set of white hot coals to top in the bbq. Lovely to set that off, watch more of the footy etc and have NO worry about the coals going out in the wind etc.



EDIT

I DIDN'T READ THE POSTS ABOVE SAYING LITERALLY THE SAME THING :LOLOL: