My beautiful Weber!
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Nellis AFB 9 May 2009 - Barbecue Spotting
A couple of shots taken at Nellis AFB earlier today while BBQ spotting:
My personal favourite
A line of different BBQs on the pan!
One for you bluff old traditionalist pyromaniacs.
For the photographers amongst you, I used an iPhone 3G 8Gb version (the one with the black back cover...
I was going to start a separate thread but thought that it would be taking this poor attempt at humour too far.
My personal favourite
A line of different BBQs on the pan!
One for you bluff old traditionalist pyromaniacs.
For the photographers amongst you, I used an iPhone 3G 8Gb version (the one with the black back cover...
I was going to start a separate thread but thought that it would be taking this poor attempt at humour too far.
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Good call NP20 - a separate thread titled something like 'My beautiful - insert name of Weber imitator here,' would last about as long as a snowball in the sacred orb, as opposed to the three years this one's been running. Can you imagine the clamour (not) to post on a thread titled 'My beautiful Dancock?'
Great pictures - gave me a wave of nostalgia. Nellis BX is where my beloved 22 incher came from!
Some of you may recall I posted previously regarding my conversion to gas. I would now like to rescind my conversion and proudly proclaim that "GAS IS GAY"! The gas BBQ's wooden frame got eated my termites an the Weber was pressed back into service. It's far better!
But just as good is a replacement we bought to replace the Weber Smokey Joe which had a corroded bottom. It's a small table top BBQ from Seth Effrica called a "Cobb" and does food better than the Smokey. Mrs W and I have used it every evening since buying it last week. It comes with lots of gadgets. You can BBQ, roast, bake - even do a full English fry up on it! Forget the Yanks and the Aussies. IMHO, there's nothing you can't learn from the Yarpies when it comes to outdoor cooking.
Note to moderators: This isn't an advert. It's advice.
But this is an advert: For Sale: Gas BBQ, no frame, half full gas bottle. Buyer collects from Hong Kong.
Some of you may recall I posted previously regarding my conversion to gas. I would now like to rescind my conversion and proudly proclaim that "GAS IS GAY"! The gas BBQ's wooden frame got eated my termites an the Weber was pressed back into service. It's far better!
But just as good is a replacement we bought to replace the Weber Smokey Joe which had a corroded bottom. It's a small table top BBQ from Seth Effrica called a "Cobb" and does food better than the Smokey. Mrs W and I have used it every evening since buying it last week. It comes with lots of gadgets. You can BBQ, roast, bake - even do a full English fry up on it! Forget the Yanks and the Aussies. IMHO, there's nothing you can't learn from the Yarpies when it comes to outdoor cooking.
Note to moderators: This isn't an advert. It's advice.
But this is an advert: For Sale: Gas BBQ, no frame, half full gas bottle. Buyer collects from Hong Kong.
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I heard from a Chap down the Abbey that Stbd Beam tried to light the Barbie but his drool kept extinguishing the match, you have to feel sorry for missus beam
Aldi is very working class and I know he has not worked a day in the last 23 years
Beags I believe you are being coerced into some sort of leather short wearing, pickled cabbage wind breaking european to declare Bavarian beer over mothers milk, I'm telling spitfire ales on you
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I heard from a Chap down the Abbey that Stbd Beam tried to light the Barbie but his drool kept extinguishing the match, you have to feel sorry for missus beam
Aldi is very working class and I know he has not worked a day in the last 23 yearsBeags I believe you are being coerced into some sort of leather short wearing, pickled cabbage wind breaking european to declare Bavarian beer over mothers milk, I'm telling spitfire ales on you
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At the risk of having a post removed on the basis of advertising or having a post anonymously edited - you know who you are - the Cobb is indeed a very good piece of kit despite the need for the special circular combustive coal thing that looks like a pineapple ring.
Some of my boat neighbours have them and I know the lady who is the distributor in HK.
Unfortunately it appears that I am NOT allowed to mention the name for fear of upsetting the stasi. It also appears that the same don't understand the thesaurus capabilities of Google as well (hi guys)
Some of my boat neighbours have them and I know the lady who is the distributor in HK.
Unfortunately it appears that I am NOT allowed to mention the name for fear of upsetting the stasi. It also appears that the same don't understand the thesaurus capabilities of Google as well (hi guys)
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Kluge, no problems with your Cobb fixation; but this is a thread devoted to the mighty orb.
Looks like it might cook nice for two people on a diet with two kids who are vegetarians.
As I said to NP20, why don't you start a thread called 'My beautiful Cobb!' and let's see how far it goes.
Looks like it might cook nice for two people on a diet with two kids who are vegetarians.
As I said to NP20, why don't you start a thread called 'My beautiful Cobb!' and let's see how far it goes.
Had a snoop around 'tinterweb for the Cobb. In the UK it's pretty expensive and about the same as a 18.5 in Weber One-touch Silver.
Clever design, but somewhere it says you have to 'clean' it
. Huh? Clean a barbi'? OK - I admit to scraping dead beast residue off the grill, which might be a bit....gay, but that's about all!
Back from the land of the lederhosen clad knee-slappers, so the trusty blackfellow might well get some exercise later!
Clever design, but somewhere it says you have to 'clean' it
. Huh? Clean a barbi'? OK - I admit to scraping dead beast residue off the grill, which might be a bit....gay, but that's about all!Back from the land of the lederhosen clad knee-slappers, so the trusty blackfellow might well get some exercise later!
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The Cobb is one of those eco friendly two briquette type braais that make Sandton housewives feel better about the four wheel drive pavement crushers they use to drop the kids off at school and go to the mall.
Anything bought from a shop or that bears a brand name is suspect.
Bunch of screaming mincers......
Anything bought from a shop or that bears a brand name is suspect.
Bunch of screaming mincers......
SRT, if you feel happier using something which looks like it was made from leftover parts of the less salubrious end of Soweto, go right ahead, bru.
All hail the Lord Blackfellow!
All hail the Lord Blackfellow!
Hey, for a recent re-convert from gas, the Cobb is masculine enough for me! And you don't need that pineapple thingy. It works on regular briquettes.
And it's got a wok attachement as well!
And it's got a wok attachement as well!
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As I said - the neighbours have them (Cobb's) - I don't. So definitely no fixation there.
And as for "briquettes" - surely invented by someone who never left their friends behind
Lederhosen, knee slapping and exercising blackfellows - BEagle - is it necessary to advertise ?
And as for "briquettes" - surely invented by someone who never left their friends behind
Lederhosen, knee slapping and exercising blackfellows - BEagle - is it necessary to advertise ?
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Mrs. brickhistory requested a grill out instead of the traditional Mother's Day overcrowded with everyone else doing the same restaurant hassle.
Fillets marinated since the am in what was in the 'fridge along with copious amounts of garlic and onion, salt, cracked pepper.
Potatoes, baked and mushrooms grilled in the leftover marinade.
Somehow the requested vegetable, broccoli I think it's called, was somehow overlooked during the preperations.
She also left me to my fire ritual of having set torch to pyre, enjoying the requisite two Belgian ales and a good book.
The compliments were copious.
Not bad results from a neutered gas transvestite Weber bought three years ago without my knowledge or consent.
A quick snip-snip and he's fine now...
Fillets marinated since the am in what was in the 'fridge along with copious amounts of garlic and onion, salt, cracked pepper.
Potatoes, baked and mushrooms grilled in the leftover marinade.
Somehow the requested vegetable, broccoli I think it's called, was somehow overlooked during the preperations.
She also left me to my fire ritual of having set torch to pyre, enjoying the requisite two Belgian ales and a good book.
The compliments were copious.
Not bad results from a neutered gas transvestite Weber bought three years ago without my knowledge or consent.
A quick snip-snip and he's fine now...
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Ah, I have one of those, the Performer, no? Or just an outright pink propane pussy?
Whichever, I'm envious. I have high cholesterol, it seems, so the departed beast are safe from me, just dead birds and fish for me
Whichever, I'm envious. I have high cholesterol, it seems, so the departed beast are safe from me, just dead birds and fish for me
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Ah SRT, I see that you also suffer from the 4WD Mums in Jo'berg. They are also a plague in this part of the world. One ran into the back of my son's car - at the time she was on her mobile, while simultaneously eating an icecream.
Nothing against 4WD's; I have one myself, which (and here's the connection with the thread - there's gotta be a connection so we don't have drift) is very close to the age of my beloved Orb - 25 vs 23. However, mine is a dual-cab ute with no power steering - a practical vehicle as opposed to those monsters that are known as Toorak (similar to Sandton in 'status') Tractors. Never been off-road, never will go off-road.
A friend of mine came up with the solution - Governments legislate that 4WD's cannot have power-steering. Radical, I know, but the only reason these women can drive these monsters is that they have power-steering. The majority of them probably have GAS Webers as well.
Nothing against 4WD's; I have one myself, which (and here's the connection with the thread - there's gotta be a connection so we don't have drift) is very close to the age of my beloved Orb - 25 vs 23. However, mine is a dual-cab ute with no power steering - a practical vehicle as opposed to those monsters that are known as Toorak (similar to Sandton in 'status') Tractors. Never been off-road, never will go off-road.
A friend of mine came up with the solution - Governments legislate that 4WD's cannot have power-steering. Radical, I know, but the only reason these women can drive these monsters is that they have power-steering. The majority of them probably have GAS Webers as well.
....at the time she was on her mobile, while simultaneously eating an icecream...
These ridiculous 'Chelsea tractors' blight everyone's environment. Worst are monsters like the Porsche Gayenne, the VW Touareg and the BMW X5.....
OK for those who do really need them, but for suburbian bling-bitches to collect their fat brats from school? I think not!
Surely a 'pickup truck', 'ute' or a 'bakkie', such as a Dodge Ram twin cab, is better for taking the Noble Orb on outings to the great outdoors? Mine wouldn't fit in the SchnelLKraut, but a Cobb probably would.
Life sure must be tough these days, Dan!
Regards to Mrs Dan and the junior wookies.
I'll bet you sooooooo regret leaving the RAF..
..!
BTW, roughly how much did the Cobb cost? They're quite pricey here in Merrie Old Englande.
Stands by to hear how SRT prefers to plunder the local scrapyard for his braai materials....
Regards to Mrs Dan and the junior wookies.
I'll bet you sooooooo regret leaving the RAF..
..!BTW, roughly how much did the Cobb cost? They're quite pricey here in Merrie Old Englande.
Stands by to hear how SRT prefers to plunder the local scrapyard for his braai materials....
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Actually, BEagle, you nailed it. She was/is a blonde. Air-head personified.
I supose that's why I've always had an aversion to the brunette variety. Although, I must admit, that the red-heads tempted me somewhat in my youth.
But, to keep it on thread, I can't remember any of those darlings being potential GASSERS, let alone monster tractor drivers.
PS Have you found that VB P155 yet - a deal's a deal buddy!
I supose that's why I've always had an aversion to the brunette variety. Although, I must admit, that the red-heads tempted me somewhat in my youth.
But, to keep it on thread, I can't remember any of those darlings being potential GASSERS, let alone monster tractor drivers.
PS Have you found that VB P155 yet - a deal's a deal buddy!
Actually, BEagle, you nailed it.
'tis a lie - I've never even met her!As for the VB Bitter, I can easily obtain a 24 bottle case, but will see if I can find a smaller quantity first, in case it isn't to my liking!
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In HK Cobbs cost (on discount from the supplier that I can't name but which is named after a place south of Sydney and rhymes with 'service bay'):
Stainless Steel: HK$1,200 - GBP102.00
Enamel: HK$900 - GBP76.
Apparently there is a 25% discount on at present.
Not sure the price of "steel black balls" though.
Dan - hope u got the discount. Stink pot or yacht ? Maybe we've passed or raced each other on the water.
Certainly nice weather for it here at present.
Hope the UK wx is good. Will be in the Arundel area and London from friday. "Rules" anyone ?
Stainless Steel: HK$1,200 - GBP102.00
Enamel: HK$900 - GBP76.
Apparently there is a 25% discount on at present.
Not sure the price of "steel black balls" though.
Dan - hope u got the discount. Stink pot or yacht ? Maybe we've passed or raced each other on the water.
Certainly nice weather for it here at present.
Hope the UK wx is good. Will be in the Arundel area and London from friday. "Rules" anyone ?