There’s two options. Apart from LPG being easily available from servos, etc, what the difference between the two, please?
I’m thinking of buying investing in a Weber but I see where there’s two choices of gas. Would only be using this on the back deck or downstairs…
Also what’s the difference between the gas Webers and the charcoal ones, apart from the availability of charcoal?
You have NG, to your door?
Dinetta said:
Also what’s the difference between the gas Webers and the charcoal ones, apart from the availability of charcoal?
There’s always slight differences which is why some cooks have preferences.. but otherwise, not a lot.
roughbarked said:
You have NG, to your door?
No. Doesn’t it come canned?
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
You have NG, to your door?
No. Doesn’t it come canned?
If it does, I’m unaware..
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
You have NG, to your door?
No. Doesn’t it come canned?
If it does, I’m unaware..
And therein lies the difference, I would say.
The charcoal kettle has charm but there’s the issue of obtaining the charcoal, plus the economics of it….charcoal would certainly be recyclable in my garden (as ashes). I suppose you can see the bags of charcoal as opposed to guessing when the gas bottle would run out. Am looking at alternatives to electricity should there be none at times during the coming Wet…
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:No. Doesn’t it come canned?
If it does, I’m unaware..
And therein lies the difference, I would say.
The charcoal kettle has charm but there’s the issue of obtaining the charcoal, plus the economics of it….charcoal would certainly be recyclable in my garden (as ashes). I suppose you can see the bags of charcoal as opposed to guessing when the gas bottle would run out. Am looking at alternatives to electricity should there be none at times during the coming Wet…
some would say that charcoal gives its own flavour.
As for gas, my understanding is that LPG comes in bottles and NG is what comes in pipes. If you don’t have NG already then you have no alternative but to use LPG. If you did then I think you can hook your BBQ up to the supply and never have to worry about an empty bottle again.
bluegreen said:
some would say that charcoal gives its own flavour.As for gas, my understanding is that LPG comes in bottles and NG is what comes in pipes. If you don’t have NG already then you have no alternative but to use LPG. If you did then I think you can hook your BBQ up to the supply and never have to worry about an empty bottle again.
Have you eaten a charcoal cooked BBQ, BlueGreen?
Thanks RB and BG for your input…still thinking…the ones I am looking at are both $400, which isn’t likely to land on my lap any time soon…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
some would say that charcoal gives its own flavour.As for gas, my understanding is that LPG comes in bottles and NG is what comes in pipes. If you don’t have NG already then you have no alternative but to use LPG. If you did then I think you can hook your BBQ up to the supply and never have to worry about an empty bottle again.
Have you eaten a charcoal cooked BBQ, BlueGreen?
Thanks RB and BG for your input…still thinking…the ones I am looking at are both $400, which isn’t likely to land on my lap any time soon…
I’m not a BBQ connoisseur so can’t give you an opinion personally, but I would probably go LPG purely for convenience sake.
bluegreen said:
I’m not a BBQ connoisseur so can’t give you an opinion personally, but I would probably go LPG purely for convenience sake.
Most people here do use LPG, for convenience as you say…but I just wondered…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
some would say that charcoal gives its own flavour.As for gas, my understanding is that LPG comes in bottles and NG is what comes in pipes. If you don’t have NG already then you have no alternative but to use LPG. If you did then I think you can hook your BBQ up to the supply and never have to worry about an empty bottle again.
Have you eaten a charcoal cooked BBQ, BlueGreen?
Thanks RB and BG for your input…still thinking…the ones I am looking at are both $400, which isn’t likely to land on my lap any time soon…
Clearly of you don ‘t have natural gas piped to your door then bottled LPG will have to be the fuel. You may still also use charcoal, there are BBQ’s that use both. I’m not the best person to ask since I’m a vegetarian. However the best BBQ from my youth was a disc from a plough. The hole in the middle drains the fat. The fuel is wood burned to red coals. No better way.
roughbarked said:
However the best BBQ from my youth was a disc from a plough. The hole in the middle drains the fat. The fuel is wood burned to red coals. No better way.
Oh yes I remember those…and also the 44 gallon drums sliced lengthways with a cast iron plate (on legs) in the middle….
Go with LPG.
It’s readily available, clean and efficient. If you get your bottles filled at camping stores you’ll pay less than servos. Most servos these days use the drop and go system which is definitely convenient, but jolly expensive. I save almost $10.00 by getting my 9kg bottle filled at the camping store.
The charcoal ones do give a nice smoky flavour, but………Lighting the BBQ, waiting for 45 minutes or more for it to heat up properly, having it continue producing heat for hours after you’ve finished cooking. It’s dirty – if you’re not careful, you get charcoal dust everywhere from the half used bag that sits in the carport for months because it’s such a hassle to fire up the barbie.. Charcoal is just a PITA.
I’ve also got a couple of small gas stoves for cyclone season. You can pick them up at places like Big W and camping stores. They run on LPG cartridges around the size of a can of fly spray.
Making a cup of tea on a BBQ is very inefficient.
Teleost said:
I’ve also got a couple of small gas stoves for cyclone season. You can pick them up at places like Big W and camping stores. They run on LPG cartridges around the size of a can of fly spray.Making a cup of tea on a BBQ is very inefficient.
actually, those little stoves run on butane. I have a couple also :)
Teleost said:
Go with LPG.It’s readily available, clean and efficient. If you get your bottles filled at camping stores you’ll pay less than servos. Most servos these days use the drop and go system which is definitely convenient, but jolly expensive. I save almost $10.00 by getting my 9kg bottle filled at the camping store.
The charcoal ones do give a nice smoky flavour, but………Lighting the BBQ, waiting for 45 minutes or more for it to heat up properly, having it continue producing heat for hours after you’ve finished cooking. It’s dirty – if you’re not careful, you get charcoal dust everywhere from the half used bag that sits in the carport for months because it’s such a hassle to fire up the barbie.. Charcoal is just a PITA.
Thanks for that honest assessment, Teleost :)
Teleost said:
I’ve also got a couple of small gas stoves for cyclone season. You can pick them up at places like Big W and camping stores. They run on LPG cartridges around the size of a can of fly spray.Making a cup of tea on a BBQ is very inefficient.
I think we’ve got one of those but it’s not here…thanks for reminding me about it…
bluegreen said:
Teleost said:
I’ve also got a couple of small gas stoves for cyclone season. You can pick them up at places like Big W and camping stores. They run on LPG cartridges around the size of a can of fly spray.Making a cup of tea on a BBQ is very inefficient.
actually, those little stoves run on butane. I have a couple also :)
I’ve seen them used to warm up the pasta fasoulu for the boys at work.
I don’t think I have seen any house, suburb or town in Qld that does have NG. Well not in NQ. I have a charcoal BBQ and while it is fun, everything Teleost says is true. I have the butane gas burners for the wet season and when I was without power for 7 days after Yasi, I used the butane burner, but fired up the charcoal on two evenings. Can cook more on the charcoal then I could with the butane, so I had both going for some meals. But if I had LPG BBQ, things would have been betterer.
Thanks for that insight too, PainMaster…When I was living in Brisbane in the late 1970’s early 80’s, one of my flats had piped gas…not sure what kind it was but it was “in-line”, as they say…and this was a house that went under during the 74 floods…
Thanks for that insight too, PainMaster…When I was living in Brisbane in the late 1970’s early 80’s, one of my flats had piped gas…not sure what kind it was but it was “in-line”, as they say…and this was a house that went under during the 74 floods…
Arrgh! accidental twitch of the left mouse button…