My beautiful Weber!
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CM Beags Bloggs JB
The thing is, young Bloggs, that this is a thread about BBQs and cooking stuff on them.
When we grown ups retire, relax and continue to enjoy the good things, we like to share stuff - including photos!
BTW CM, I think you may have un-characteristically over reacted to JB's post. Maybe you and he could make up and be friends for ever.
I enjoyed the photos - venison looks phantastic.
I have also just b.....d my photos of the Adams family BBQ. I hope no-one tells them!
Rgds SOS
When we grown ups retire, relax and continue to enjoy the good things, we like to share stuff - including photos!
BTW CM, I think you may have un-characteristically over reacted to JB's post. Maybe you and he could make up and be friends for ever.
I enjoyed the photos - venison looks phantastic.
I have also just b.....d my photos of the Adams family BBQ. I hope no-one tells them!
Rgds SOS
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Now I'm sure some will want to issue a Fatwa against me for bringing forward the annual start date for this thread ... But at the end of March last year we had some great weather ... So now is a good time to get the scheduled service done and check "fuel" levels ready for action 
I for one did my annual service yesterday on my AWT 5 Ring Propane monster ... Low Pressure cock fully functional, igniters serviceable, EGT working with limits ... Job done !
Now there is a certain PPRuNer who is a Weber devotee but sadly seemingly reluctant to upgrade his technology ...
Well, today on a trip to John Lewis, I must admit to a mischievous grin when I saw these ...
The Weber S670 at £2,999.
And the Summit S679 at £5,999 with "Social Area".
Come on BEagle it's just like moving from props to jets ...
Best regards ...
Coff.
I for one did my annual service yesterday on my AWT 5 Ring Propane monster ... Low Pressure cock fully functional, igniters serviceable, EGT working with limits ... Job done !
Now there is a certain PPRuNer who is a Weber devotee but sadly seemingly reluctant to upgrade his technology ...
Well, today on a trip to John Lewis, I must admit to a mischievous grin when I saw these ...
The Weber S670 at £2,999.
And the Summit S679 at £5,999 with "Social Area".
Come on BEagle it's just like moving from props to jets ...
Best regards ...
Coff.
Come on BEagle it's just like moving from props to jets ...
My trusty blackfellow will soon be coming out of hibernation and the ritual of charcoal, singed fingers and smoky flavoured dead beast will once again be with us.
One HUGE embuggerance though. Majestic no longer sell VB
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Gas is the only way to go!!
With proper fuel, you don't need to wait for summer - or whatever excuse for summer this year offers!! - to pop outside and enjoy the delights of BBQing. Kidney of a Horse, Liver of a Cat - sausages filled with a bit of that!! Enjoy winter, spring and all the other seasons we get - gas is great - carbon is sooooo old fashioned!
All tastes great on a proper - slightly grubby - gas Weber!!
All tastes great on a proper - slightly grubby - gas Weber!!
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BEags - you mention "gas faggotry", surely drinking Oz pish like VB is "beer faggotry"? 
A nice drop of IPA or a Real Ale is what you need with your cremated charcoal offerings...
LJ
A nice drop of IPA or a Real Ale is what you need with your cremated charcoal offerings...
LJ
Coff, as you will have seen 'Sorry, this product is not currently available'....
So I'll have to try some Cooper's Pale Ale, I guess....
I prefer lighter beers with a barbi' - and Old Specky Hen with wintertime British grub.
So I'll have to try some Cooper's Pale Ale, I guess....
I prefer lighter beers with a barbi' - and Old Specky Hen with wintertime British grub.
Coff
I'm sure you're right...
...they collect gallons of VB in Nursing Homes nationally!
LJ
PS - remember that chimps get the weather right more than met men when it's a 50/50 choice!
BEagle ... I'm sure stocks will replenish
...they collect gallons of VB in Nursing Homes nationally!
LJ
PS - remember that chimps get the weather right more than met men when it's a 50/50 choice!
Last year I was on holiday in the US - one week on the magnificent Oregon coast at Manzanita and one week in Colorado split between three days in Buena Vista and four days at Indian Hills, both locations about 9,000' above sea-level.
At Manzanita I used a borrowed Weber with charcoal to produce a good piece of roast beef, after which the talked turned to the merits of both methods. "Ah", said the knowing Pacific coast sea-level dwellers, "wait till you get to altitude in Colorado. Charcoal will be useless there: it's the altitude, you see; it takes much longer to cook with than gas".
In Buena Vista our hosts cooked two acceptable meals for us on a non-Weber gas BBQ. They repeated the warnings of the good folk from Oregon. In Indian Hills, our hosts, knowing my feelings on the subject and I suspect sharing them, had acquired a Weber for me to use. We cooked twice on it - once a general mixed grill and then some steaks, both with excellent results. I have to say that the cooking times at about 9,000' were exactly the same as I would have expected at sea-level and the result at Indian Hills immeasurably better than at Buena Vista.
It's the charcoal, you see.
At Manzanita I used a borrowed Weber with charcoal to produce a good piece of roast beef, after which the talked turned to the merits of both methods. "Ah", said the knowing Pacific coast sea-level dwellers, "wait till you get to altitude in Colorado. Charcoal will be useless there: it's the altitude, you see; it takes much longer to cook with than gas".
In Buena Vista our hosts cooked two acceptable meals for us on a non-Weber gas BBQ. They repeated the warnings of the good folk from Oregon. In Indian Hills, our hosts, knowing my feelings on the subject and I suspect sharing them, had acquired a Weber for me to use. We cooked twice on it - once a general mixed grill and then some steaks, both with excellent results. I have to say that the cooking times at about 9,000' were exactly the same as I would have expected at sea-level and the result at Indian Hills immeasurably better than at Buena Vista.
It's the charcoal, you see.
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This Metperson spent many a happy wednesday evening May to October under the trees and a great big brake chute in Portadown Way, JHQ.
1800 hours, the trundle of Webers being dragged to the middle. One of my legs [the Weber] always fell off during the trundle.
Those without time for a light-up shared with others.
Virtually no army joined in, almost all RAF and civvies.
Fellow incendiarists included Clive Loader, Jenks Jenkins, Samuels "eat this egg, shell and all" the engineer, the Singletons, the Yarrows ............
Nostalgia .......... not what it used to be.
And Christmas Eve as well, and off to the midnight communion at St Boniface. Wazzed of course, and me a churchwarden
AND DO YOUR OWN 5 DAY FORECASTS, USE THE MET OFFICE WEBSITE, AND ALSO THE RADAR AND RAIN PREDICT FACILITY. BETTER THAN EVER, EVEN BETTER THAN ME AT MY PEAK OF PROWESS whenever that was.
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I still have and use the big red one, and I still have and use the massive 3hp lawnmower from the PX ....... started like a dream this morning, after 23 years service.
1800 hours, the trundle of Webers being dragged to the middle. One of my legs [the Weber] always fell off during the trundle.
Those without time for a light-up shared with others.
Virtually no army joined in, almost all RAF and civvies.
Fellow incendiarists included Clive Loader, Jenks Jenkins, Samuels "eat this egg, shell and all" the engineer, the Singletons, the Yarrows ............
Nostalgia .......... not what it used to be.
And Christmas Eve as well, and off to the midnight communion at St Boniface. Wazzed of course, and me a churchwarden
AND DO YOUR OWN 5 DAY FORECASTS, USE THE MET OFFICE WEBSITE, AND ALSO THE RADAR AND RAIN PREDICT FACILITY. BETTER THAN EVER, EVEN BETTER THAN ME AT MY PEAK OF PROWESS whenever that was.
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I still have and use the big red one, and I still have and use the massive 3hp lawnmower from the PX ....... started like a dream this morning, after 23 years service.
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Summer here hasn't finished, and the VB is still flowing...despite all of your opinions on its suitability as a form of thirst relief...and the Weber remains mostly warm, thanks to the coals remaining in 'ember' for most nights.
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Way too blooming hot for BBQs: we're in for ten days with temperatures above 30C, peaking at 38C. Today was 36.
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