You bought the BBQ but do you use it?
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I got a nice one 2 years back and used it very frequently that summer. Last summer, I think it was used only 2 or 3 times which was mainly due to the poor weather. Earlier on this year during the cold weather, we noticed a foul smell on our decking and when investigated found that a stray cat had crawled under the BBQ cover and died on the bottom tray - poor thing!! I power washed the BBQ, but the missus and the kids told me they wouldn't eat from it, so a friend of mine was only too willing to take it - apparently he's had lots of BBQ's this summer - we've had none!!
We use gas. Granted you dont get the charcoal taste but its a lot quicker and cleaner (& safer) and you do still get a barbeque taste/effect. Also if you have a big 'event' (say a confirmation or a community event) - its more practical as, to my knowledge, with charcoal you have a limited window of cooking time.
These yokes are mighty: http://www.cadac.uk.com/products/product.php?pid=441
Unleash your inner caravanner Vanilla !!!
We bought a Chiminea for the garden. I collected and chopped up a few pallets plus kept lots of bite sized branches in the garden for use. We have lit the thing twice in two years. It smokes terribly. The stock of wood is crawling in giant spiders and I nearly get a hernia every winter when it has to be put away. Looks good though!!
Wasn't summer 2013 a scorcher?
Either way, terrible for the cat - must have got stuck and couldn't get out.
Excellent.
Och, yer a hard woman Maggie (said in bad Nordy accent). As I luxuriate by the Thames just beside Henley this caravanning lark don't seem too bad
!!That's a serious piece of kit. Where does the gas go though
My last BBQ packed it in last month. I bought it easily 8 years ago from a sneaky pass into Musgrave Cash & Carry in Ballymun. Cost me about 45 euro if memory serves.
Replaced it with one that cost 70 euro so I'm expecting great things for my money. The only problem is when I opened the box I found a million pieces to be put together. It's therefore out in the shed! We are having a birthday party though this weekend and herself has been on to me so I'll have to get the thumb out..
We use fire logs in ours and they're great - nowhere near as smokey as logs and no spiders!
We use fire logs in ours and they're great - nowhere near as smokey as logs and no spiders!
Ooooh, there's posh- no recession in your house...chimineas, firelogs, what next? Dom Perignon on the balcony, I suppose?
Psst If you buy fire logs by the box load in Supervalu, they're sold in plain white boxes - no one will see what you're buying!
For all the few times we get to sit outside in the evening, it's not that expensive and we buy them from Lidl.
They burn just as long as the more expensive ZIP ones.
Another plug for Lidl - the Prosecco Treviso DOC Frizzante at €6.79 a bottle is a great poor man's Dom Perignon!
They burn just as long as the more expensive ZIP ones.
Another plug for Lidl - the Prosecco Treviso DOC Frizzante at €6.79 a bottle is a great poor man's Dom Perignon!
For all the few times we get to sit outside in the evening, it's not that expensive and we buy them from Lidl.
They burn just as long as the more expensive ZIP ones.
Another plug for Lidl - the Prosecco Treviso DOC Frizzante at €6.79 a bottle is a great poor man's Dom Perignon!
The lady doth protest too much
You'll have to get yourself a posh one then so!