"Yes, woman, give me a yell once you've cooked it! I'll be sitting outside in the sun with a glass of something cool."

If she can't give you enough warning for you to be able to fire up a proper straight charcoal barbi', then she should expect to have to use that expensive machinery which lurks, or so I understand, in the 'kitchen'...

Whatever one of those might be.

68 and just used a Weber for the first time in my life, in a rented summer house in Denmark.. BRILLIANT. Must get one!

I thought this was about carburettors...:(

Ah...the other fire-spitting device. A bit less reliable than a charcoal bbq, though.

Gas man myself although I do have a chimnea and have looked at the wood embers a few times and thought about knocking up some kind of griddle to slip over the top. Mind you by the time it gets to 'cooking embers' state it's around midnight....

Oh yes, of course you did......:bored:

The Weber carburettor was an absurdly complicated Italian device designed to turn petrol into noise and little else. The mere mention of 'twin forties' was expected to make petrolheads moist.

Then came fuel injection. Arrivederci, Italia!

Not seen this thread before Beags, don't lurk here that often.

I suppose it is the modern way of the world for men to come out so openly as gas users.

My outrage level was boosted when I received a reply from LOCOG (Fire Bearing and Transportation Division) regarding my request for my daughter's Olympic Torch to have the gas burner removed and a lump of lit charcoal mounted in its place.

Apparently they do not accept that a charcoal briquette soaked in lighter fluid and set on fire is an alternative to the entirely effiminate gas monstrosity that it is currently fitted with. I have instructed my daughter to walk with the torch held at arms length and with a look of disdain on her face.

In order to help her through this gas based experience I shall be having a party to celebrate her 21st the previous evening. My large black orb will be sparked up and items animal, various, gunners cooking and eating for the use of, will be offered to the fire god within. The smaller black orb is to be used for those who do not partake in meat and are subsequently light on their loafers and will need to share a bottle of "salad dressing".

In summary; gas is wrong and even makes the noise POOF when ignited.

Expliquez-vous, s'il vous plait.

47cm? WTF is that? Traditional Weber grills come in two sizes. 18.5", and 22.5". I assume you got one of these.

47cm, indeed. American grills are sized in inches. End of.

Dear old spams and their obsession with the imperial system - about the last remaining legacy of having been civilised by the British a few years (in historical terms) ago. That and speaking a weird form of English.....alooominum and all that.

The 0.0023364 furlong One-Touch premium is similar to the one in your photo, but being a European model it doesn't have those rather Marilyn Monroe white wall tyres. That's 'tyres', by the way, not 'tires'. It also has a heat guard for the top handle and an integral thermometer, plus a nylon grip on the air vent control.

Also available in 0.0028409 and 0.003375 furlong sizes (57cm and 67 cm or rather 22.5" and 26.75" for colonials who like to dress in turquoise crimplene or trousers (not 'pants') made from old office carpets).

Aprat from the good 'traditional' sizes, when posted out in the good ol US of A my boss asked me to get him a proper sized Weber and if memory serves me it was a 42 incher! Looking on the webiste though apparently they only now do a 37.5", a baby by comparison! However it does boast a full 1104 sq inch cooking area.....what for I don't know....a cow??? For me I am on the fence (well she wants one type of bbq and I want the other!), I still have my Ramstein bought normal Weber, a Smokey Joe (both 1993 and still with original grills and been outside for most of their happy lives), a cyp bbq (great for kebabs) and a gas one as Mrs Jamesman always complains when I start putting food on the real grills at 2200! Can't see the problem there.

Spend money on a fire god containemnt device - you lot are still all a load o shandy drinkers.

I will permit, those of you who by their nature of being, ahem "sky gods" could not be trusted to actually fabricate their own, to purchase the correct fuelled FGCD. any engineer will tell you - the one they built is always superior - I must make a note in the diary to have plenty of animal sacrifices this summer/autumn.

Ah, the delicious irony of denigrating Americans, on a thread in praise of... well, never mind, you get the picture. Not that I'm a SPAM yet; later in the year, all being well.

Anyway, I had the pleasure of beef & pork kebabs with a Moorish marinade, with red potatoes, mushrooms & onions on the lake yesterday, cooked on my Weber Q120.

Of necessity, it's gas powered. Burning coals and boats dinnae mix, cap'n.

A bit different to the cooking skills of a bv in a BV in Norway then Roadster!

Breakfast? On a BBQ? Proof in #2 of a fail in #1 if ever there was one!! :ok:

Indeed so!

I'm pondering what to make with the 1/2lb (sorry, 250g) each of ground beef and pork sausage meat I have in t'fridge. Some form of patty/burger thing, but currently lacking inspiration. Any preferred recipes out there?

Mix it all together with plenty of chilli, garlic and herbs, then make some albóndigas?

Or one rather large one?

Gracias, Señor Beags. I'll give it a bash. Never tried them, so we'll see. Sounds bit like Ćevapčići.

Actually, ćevapčići in pitta could be good!

Just had the inaugural burn of my new barbi' - chook boob teriyaki with baby corn cobs, sugar snap peas and spuds. Excellent!

Thermometer showed about 170°C after 25 min of waiting for the sharkhole to do it's thing. After cooking, I closed off the vents and now, about 30 min later, it's down to 90°C - so hopefully the coals have been extinguished....