Nellis AFB 9 May 2009 - Barbecue Spotting
 

A couple of shots taken at Nellis AFB earlier today while BBQ spotting:

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My personal favourite

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A line of different BBQs on the pan!

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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.

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.

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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:bored: 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:=
Charlie sends
from the land of near beer (why would you bother)

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) :ok:

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.

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 :eek:. 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!

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......:rolleyes::}

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!

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!

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 :hmm:

Lederhosen, knee slapping and exercising blackfellows - BEagle - is it necessary to advertise ?

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...

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 :(

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.

Blonde?

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.

The Cobb fits fine on my boat for bbq lunches on beaches unreachable by land!

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....;)

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!

:eek: '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!

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 ?

Beagle,

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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!



if that is the case, then send the unused ones to me, as the labelling here is insufficient to sell the stuff at my current abode.

That's about what I paid in the 26 floor furniture extravangza at Ap Lei Chau. And I got the discount. As for the boat, neither - it's a beach cat. The gadget goes in a waterproof bag and gets strapped to the trampolene. The beers go in the hull in a cold bag.

Perhaps we should arrange a bring a Cobb and cold tinnies to a remote beach expedition?



Hi BEags, Yep, I'm really miising doing QRA at HMP Mount Pleasant and saulting the flag in near freezing drizzle. Mrs W sends her regards back. Had the 22" black thingy fired up last night to feed some people who who you will remember from old. As for VB. My best advice is don't! It's not bitter, it tastes more like a mild - think Watney's mild from the 1970's and you'll get the picture. My local sells VB on tap to appease the local tamer antipodeans. But it does manage to redeem themselves by also selling an excellent pint of Budowice on tap as well as Maisels Weiss.

BEags,

Throughout four years of being gassed at least weekly in Oz, where I never once came across any charcoal-mates, I was happily weaned onto cold VB (won't tell where I lived as that would cause Howabout to crease himself). Now habitually back on John Smiths (no groaning please) I nevertheless still turn to VB for my barbie tipple, bought in either 6 or 24 pack from my local super. Give it a whirl - but don't be seen doing it, you might be accused of turning (but then I quietly suspect that you did so long ago, Weber or no).

PS: Gas-machine thoroughly minted yesterday, and VB stockpiled in advance of visiting OZ mates' invasion on Saturday. No pi**ing about with coals - waste of good drinkin' time, not to mention that awful pollution and mess.

Shall turn the other cheek to that outrageously libellous insinuation, jinda'! In any case, Her Loveliness would soon disabuse you.

In the interests of scientific research, I shall attempt to obtain some VB locally. After it has been chilled, I will give it a try in camera and report back.

Enjoy blowing the froth with your Oz-mates. From Queensland are they?

jindabyne, while I think that your practices are heathen, and you would well know my opinion of GASSERS, I, nonetheless, feel honoured to be mentioned in your post, given the cred that BEagle ascribes to you. Nonetheless, GAS sucks and always will.

As regards the VB, have you suffered some accident that's affected the taste-buds? Too much time on full oxy the morning after a dining-in maybe? As I mentioned previously, I'm an antipodeon and an avowed republican, but I cannot support the contention that VB is beer - I'm actually trashing an Australian icon ; viz telling the POMS that one of our beers is rubbish; which it is. My son, who has a mind of his own, described it as 'awful P155' first time he tried it. That was 4 years back and he hasn't touched it since.

BEagle, when you buy this stuff and crack the can/bottle make sure that you have a stout bucket near by.

It's late this end, but this thread encouraged me to arc up the Weber this evening and the lamb's just about done. Mrs Howabout decided she wanted to watch the latest James Bond (hussey!) on pay TV, that I could do the 'cooking' and bugger the lateness.

I know that I will pay for this in the morning and I don't have recourse to full oxy.

Kluge

Cobbs cheaper in UK and with free delivery....:ok: Might get one to replace my knackered Smokey Joe.

Sad times, after 18 years my Weber is finally being replaced :(, the kettle is fine but where the leg supports weld to the base they have all rotten away, however have just ordered my new Weber Gold 57", hope that lasts as long:ok:.

I did think about a Gas one but..........................just couldn't do it.

My first was bought near Pope AFB and brought home by the mighty Albert.

c130jtechie,

Thou art truly one of the converted. To replace the revered ORB - a distressing exercise in itself - to consider GAS, and to then reject the idea, says volumes.

The GASSERS can live in their fantasy land, but nothing beats a (VB-free bbq) joint done with the heat-beads (as we call them here). GAS just doesn't cut it.

It's like the difference between Rugby League and Union. The former is the preferred game for the short attention span GASSERS, while the pure form of the game is generally supported by the more cerebral, non-gas, afficianados.

Welcome to the thread. Please let us know how the first feed, from your Mighty non-gas Orb, turns out.

Howabout

Thanks, after 18 years without gas I didn't think I would convert and thank goodness I didn't.

Hurrah!!

And a truly mighty non-gas Orb it would indeed be, at 57". Presumably that's 57 centipedemetres, or 22.5"!!

Enjoy - and congratulations on having shunned the siren allure of the fuel of Satan's bottom!

My investigations today led me to discover that neither Waitrose nor Sainsburys here in British West Oxfordshire stock Victoria Bitter. We don't have a Cohen's, so I've no idea whether they sell it.

And so it was that I set forth this afternoon to a bulk booze place in Summertown, whence I purchased a case of 24 stubbies. 2 of which are now rapidly cooling in the freezer, ready for an 1800 tasting.

Jinda', I'm trusting you on this, despite your libellous comment earlier!

BEagle,

VB :hmm:

http://www.crackedkettle.com/store/i...ria_Bitter.jpg

Green stubbies are OK at the cricket (or footy), but a bit hard core for barbies.

Even MB (red stubbies) aren't much better:

http://www.fosters.com.au/enjoy/imag...urnebitter.jpg

Anyone who uses the barbie on a regular basis will cook with gas, and inevitably have a decent glass of CabSav these days, or maybe a Blonde or a Crownie if it's hot (>35C qualifies :p).

Heat beads/coals are:

1) a PITA
2) a fire hazard on Total Fire Ban days



QED: our nice little balcony barbie :ok:

http://www.barbequesgalore.com.au/me...1-lrg.1317.jpg

Thats Cruel John-----it is 100 Degrees here Today, and I can only Look at the VB..!

and BTW, the Crownies are EXACTLY the same beer... to VB - just priced higher to trick you into thinking it is better.

Jindabyne and John Eacott - you are speaking from experience sirs.

And especially if you are on a boat. However BBQs on boats in UK would be unthinkable, the tidal range is too wide :8

"Heat beads" sound like a hippy name for "briquettes" - very foo foo. :suspect:



Dan - "beach cat" eh. Super fun. :ok:

Contrary to the idea that pussies don't like getting wet. :E

I'd have to stay off the beach as I draw 6ft. However beach forays are possible via the 3m RIB tender. And we do have onboard fridge/freezer/ice boxes for super cold Little Brown Bottles or Carlsybags and other assorted entertainments permitting overnight and extended blue water operations. Could be a plan in the making. Sounds like you live in "The Truman Show". I'm south side in between aquarium-on-the-mountain and the jockistani-named-zoo-town, not a million miles away from where you sourced your Cobb.

I too have a beautiful black 22" weber that's the pinnacle in cooking excellence. You cannot beat the orb when it comes to turkey or a pork rack.
Gas truly is for poofters. VB is more suited to gas users, to those followers of a strange form of football where they get dressed up in multi coloured singlet tops and their little sister's pants. I much prefer a Becks, Spaten or sometimes a good Barossa red.:ok:

BEagle

You are truly correct, amazing how we exagerate size sometimes :), I just wish I could have bought it in the US and transported it home like the last one I bought in the finest transporter of all time.

Well, the VB tasting result.....

1. The first stubby was over-chilled, as was the beer glass. So the beer turned into a muddy slush over a couple of inches of flat amber liquid. It went down the sink.

2. The second stubby had been taken out of the freezer and put into the beer fridge earlier. It was then poured into a glass which hadn't been chilled (is using a glass considered gay by Oz-mate standards?).

It tasted fine, nothing unpleasant at all. Better than the rather tasteless Fosters so common in the UK, certainly. And infinitely better than American Budweiser or that soft drink termed 'Coors Lite' which I saw in Sainsburys.

So, I'm with Jindabyne on this (but not with his gas) - fine as a barbi' beer. This will be confirmed when I try the next one straight from the bottle, whilst having a barbi', in the sunshine and whilst listening to Jono & Dano on WSFM 101.7* to make the beer feel at home.

*http://208.96.14.149/wsfm

A rather non-commital reply BEagle. Fosters was ditched by Australians years ago and, as for American brews, Coors and Bud are dead-set P155. The best American beer that I have tasted, and it's still below par, is Samuel Adams.

Notwithstanding, I dips my lid to you for taking on the challenge. And, to avoid thread drift, get one of those Heineken (self-pressure) kegs I referred to earlier. The keg and the non-GAS Weber are natural partners. Beautiful food and real draught beer.

BEags

See - m'thinks there might be just a hint of turning there? Tell me you didn't put your VB in the freezer though! Mates not from 'Queens'land - but that place twixt Sydney 'n Melbun, where Howabout and most other Ozzies who've never lived there would say too much gassing is done. And where coals/heat beads are disallowed for much of spring/summer. Hence my gas persuasion and conversion to thereof.

Welcome to this mad thread Eacott RN - clearly a man with a sense of reality, and a fishhead t'boot. Personally, I deploy my stubbies during the cooking phase, and follow up with your own preference of CabSav (Wolf Blass or McGuigans) during noshtime. Nice website - have a peep at mine.

Rule # 1 - Don't Freeze your Beer. - School boy error mate!