webber upgrade
 

any of you passing through the eastern med I have upgraded my kettle weber for a somewhat larger version curtesy of an american friend so for reasonable offers and providing you have your own timmy or herc you can collect. just pop into the air movs office the advert is in control.

Also does anyone own a charcoal kiln as the new beast needs a small forest to get going!

rusty_monkey - kindly refer post 763

This is a kiln and hence you can make your own charcoal in it and not have to put up with that freeze dried and flavoured excrement sold to the Piltdown club as briquettes.

So if you're somewhere sane like godzone then you'll be in heaven as it were. Fine City on the other hand :(


the ones I've seen have buffalo butts.


Hopefully someone will post pics to prove this statement wrong :E

The 'Live' magazine/supplement in the Mail on Sunday (16th May) had a review of various barbies. Not a scientific review by any measure, but it does provide some comparisons.

Out of 15 models listed/reviewed, only two acheived a 5-star rating ...
one was a 'Swiss Grill' costing £1300 from Harrods (!:ooh:) - but it's gas-powered, so doesn't really count; and the other was the Weber Compact Kettle costing £100 from Lakeland.

Good to see Weber BBQs doing well on tonight's Gadget Show with a Weber coming out top in their test of 25 BBQs. Unfortunately it was a, ahem, gas powered Weber!!

....and it was £2300!!!!!!!!

EGVN 260850Z 16004KT CAVOK 22/13 Q1017 NOSIG

EGVN 260712Z 2609/2709 13005KT 9999 FEW045

Looks like it's time to fire up the faithful blackfellow again! But I'm Bingo1 on VB...:eek:

(That should annoy 'crumblywhitemuttpoo' or whatever the miserable git's nom de PPRuNe is...)

I am sad to admit after five years faithful service as a steak and swordfish cooking device and also spending its spare time as a blast furnace my beloved Oil Drum is failing.

I am either going to have to steal another drum or else I'm actually going to have to spend money.....

Also Beags, what is this VB wuftywuss drink you are prattling on about??

Gas is for American cars and Pussies (unless its LPG in which case it goes in V8 land rovers)

My beautiful weber
 

Bought it in Cyprus - too ashamed to use it - continued using charcoal in a big tin. Got it home, used it once, got divorced - still trying to get custody.

SOS

Life's too short to worry about stuff like that. Wish her well with it, and buy yourself another one. Make sure you get a better model, and smile to yourself every time you use it.

Not that I have any experience in this matter....:E :ouch:

Beer can chicken last week, flank steak yesterday. :ok:

R280
 

You're so right. I'll stick to charcoal in a big tin and enjoy the caveman feeling.

SOS

I tried a few months ago but got no takers, as this thread is back at the top I'll have another go:

Does anyone want the later type weber ash bin (the one that replace's the alloy dish between the legs) I have one in v good condition and it's FREE! I'm in the Leconfield or York area.

Seasons of mist and mellow...and all that - one's trusty (and increasingly rusty) blackfellow is keeping the mower company in the garage until spring doth once more warm the parts.... Hey ho - where did summer go?

As an Ozmate once said "English summer - isn't that an oxymoron?"

Anyway, I hope the kipper fleet mates will still have an opportunity to go a-route stealing somewhere in the world after whatever cuts come tomorrow - the legacy of Trust-me-Tone and Incapability Brown....:mad:

Just had to wake up the Weber from hibernation while we wait for Medieval Housing Solutions to get their act together and fix our cooker (2 weeks and counting so far). Beer Butt Chicken still tastes good in Autumn and the Weber helps keep me warm as I cook!!

Well, here we are in the UK's barbi' season again, it seems!

But, sadly, what a lot of changes since the last post on this thread....:{

No more Harriers or Nimrod MRs, pilot training slashed, navigator training canned completely, dozens of WSOps out of a job....

...and yet there's a North African ar$e-kicking party in full swing?

Not much to smile about in Aunty Betty's Flying Club these days, so a few hours of practical survival training involving the Sacred Black Orb, bits of raw beast and beer a-plenty might perhaps at least dull the misery.

A question. When was the last time that someone was able to bring a Weber back from 'tother side of the pond in the back of their jet?

We still have some frames in the colonies and it is always the right weather somewhere on the big rock. Still fill up the back of our chunky chariot regularly with all sorts, but alas she not a jet and it does get rather bumpy in the clouds:yuk:.
But Beags VB (very bogan) really old fella, try a little hahn premium or a jimmy boags, the beast is warming up for a Mc Charlie breakkie:ok:
Charlie sends

Charlie,

watch those eyebrows

Used mine for the first time this year today - still retains a Goch BX price sticker on the legs.

Welcome back My Beautiful Weber! I have always found this a most useful thread. Whenever one's remarks on other threads in this forum provoke the comment that they have little to do with military aviation, I always cite the continuing existence of MBW as proof that the ROE are meant to be bent, as even the various ways of cremating food are permitted as a topic.

I should state that I have never at any time cooked a meal on barbeque, not have I any intention of ever so doing, but I defend to the death your right to do so, and to discuss it ad nauseam if that's what pleases you.

Good luck MBW - see you next year :ok:

Ahh the beautiful Weber; 22 inches of black glory. She's 16 years old now with a couple of minor dints on the rim and a little rusty in parts but she can still cook a very fine meal. Minor session on Friday for the first BBQ of the year, followed by a full-thrash event on Saturday.

The Weber herself has been rewarded with a new rack (I like the 'new' flip-up sides) a good clean, screws tightened and some spray polish for that mirror-black look.

BEags. In answer to your question, for me just over 2 years ago in one of the aircraft you mention as having left service :( (although it wasn't from 'tother side of the Pond, unless you count it arriving at the Sig BX from 'tother side before I procured it). A nice new One Touch to replace my then 22 year old one lost to me when Mrs RP and I split. I was just looking at the replacement yesterday whilst cutting the grass and thinking it might be time to fire it up. Today's local TAF 230/08 9999 FEW030. Maybe the One Touch would be excessive when cooking for one, but the Smokey Joe .......

Well, Roly, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm on my way to ARSAG, I'd be getting the trusty blackfellow out of hibernation today.....

....and might even have got around to cutting the grass..:bored:

Since the quantity of sharkhole needed increases (I think) with the cube of the radius, I opted for an 18.5" as it's fine for one or two people. Put the lid on and shut off all the vents after use and you can use some of the coals the next time!

Hope you'll be getting a new job somewhere soon?

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Doesn't get much nicer than that here. The Cobb's fired up and ready to start cooking, but not for the first time this year. Have even got some ''squeeky cheese'' to put on it.

Ah - those were the days! "Who halloumi, who liver??"

I wonder what the Akrotiri kebab houses are making of SDSR....:uhoh:

With 200+ extra people from Waddington alone working their way through the extensive 'full kebab or half kebab' menu the kebab houses are responding to the 'post-SDSR universe' rather quicker than the British government.

Not sure if it's a confession or a gloat...
 

I recently gave away my Weber Performer, which was a bit of a wrench, but I needed the floor space on my deck for...

...two Big Green Eggs. There are far and away the best grill I've ever used. No gas, no briquettes, just plain old lump charcoal. They use sod all fuel, and produce wonderfully juicy meats, nicely cooked. Certainly not cheap, but then when has quality ever been?

Slowly smoked roast beef for dinner!

Two trees that didnt make it through the long winter felled, logged, shredded and or mulched and spread over forest vista of Northern patio.
Webber fired up for 2nd time this weekend and wine/guiness served as appropriate.
Due to the coolness of Dusk, previous logs used for chimnea.
Good end to a productive weekend, but...

...only 40 trees left for next winter!

'10,000 years and no one's improved on the idea of meat on a stick!' :ok:

This appears (to me) to be an excellent article on cooking the perfect steak. My mouth is watering all ready.

How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks - KitchenDaily

I hate to say this, especially to BEagle, but I've just flogged my Outback and purchased a 47cm one-touch Weber - avec coals lighter. Very nervous - have I done the right thing I ask myself? :confused:

Jindabyne

100% yes! A pain in the ass to clean, takes longer to light and go, but the flavour is just worth it every time.

Glad to hear that you've realised the errors of your previous ways, Jinda'; welcome back to the straight world!

Hopefully the weather will be good enough for the ritual burn-in and sacrificial offering of a few pieces of slaughtered animal soon!

Still quaffing VB?

Roadster

You've had your 'Big Green Eggs' for a month now, are they really as good as I am reading? What size and how much are they. There is no price information on the BGE website.

Henry
"A pain in the ass to clean"
Real men don't clean you just go thermonuclear to sterilise, unless your boyfriend cleans it thus the pain:sad::=:E.
I'll get me coat:D
Roast Beef for lunch on the beast washed down with a Coonawarra Cab Sav.
Charlie sends
from a chilly colony

Henry09

I've had a BGE for over a decade, no better grill, period. Company is also good to deal with as a customer. About $550 US for the large--18 1/2 inches.

GF

BEagle & Henry,

Haven't had any of the Victoria nectar for a year or so, but I'll be washing down my inaugaral Weber feast with the stuff, along with some sort of Oz Merlot or Cab Sav - hopefully this next weekend :ok:

Unfortunately VB is now 4.6% ABV, rather than 4.9%.....

But it's still great on a hot day with whatever you've cremated on the coals!

DCO last Saturday! Decision to give away my crappy Outback for ten quid well-vindicated. The results of my neat little one-touch 47cm kettle, along with that coal igniting thingy, were excellent - and my Canadian device for hanging drumsticks, roasting sausages and vegetables fitted a treat. Previous Ways very happily forsaken.

Not overly impressed with the VB this time though - have to admit to reverting to Boddies, followed up with. Lindeman Cab Sav. This weekend promises a roast sheep.

Henry, my apologies, I didn't see the request for BGE feedback until just now.

However, to concur with Galaxy Flyer, they're outstanding. I have two "larges", which is actually the same size as the "smaller" Weber kettle at 18".

I worried it would be too small, hence I bought two. I needn't have bothered on that score, it's big enough. However, it is useful to have two of them so one can be smoking ribs all day long, the other for hotter temps.

Having been a BBQ fan for the last 25 years or so, I didn't worry too much about the cost, I knew what I wanted. I paid quite a bit more than Galaxy Flyer, about $750 each. Worth every penny.

My family now slathers at the mouth when I come home with a rack of ribs ready to cook the next day.

Beer-brined and butted chicken is rather excellent too.

The amazing thing is that it uses sod all fuel, and leaves very little ash.

The one thing I've struggled to master yet is steak, that either gets too charred outside or is under done inside. I'll keep persevering to get the right temp.

The family's eaten like royalty since I got these things!

Propane proposition
 

Weber related but anticipating accusations over the questionable virility of this propane proposition.......

Has anyone ever imported a gas grill from the U.S?
I'm wondering if the gas attachment for the propane tank is the same in the UK, or possibly easily modified? (What could go wrong with that?!)

I'm liking those very expensive Weber grills, like this:

Summit® E-470

We brought back our gas grill from my USAF tour; had to chop the hose off and use a UK Calor cylinder and regulator. But that was over 20 years ago! Now the proud owner of a Weber Q300 - best grill we've ever had.
PC