Best Boat BBQ?

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Getting late for this season, but we've decided next season it will be nice to frequent pubs offering meals at special rates for yotties a little less frequently (like add £4 to everything!) and have BBQ's in the cockpit. We saw a few BBQ's mounted at the rear of the boat.

Any recommendations?
 
Well I cant offer any specific recomendations, maybe just a few observations......

Pick one that will be perched over the back of the boat, mounted on the ouside of your pushpit,,, so at nite in a rising wind with bottle or six inside of you you can practice balancing precariously over the stern with a sharp poker in one hand and 1/2 pound of raw meat in the other.

Pick one which in any breeze will blow a long stream of flame in every direction, in particular towards anything else flamable.. This is hugely entertaining for anyone else in the anchorage who is awating the inevitable conflagration.

Ensure that you mount it so that the smoke will become trapped in the wind free zone behind your spray hood,,, that way everyone gets the full bbq smoky effect!

And finally, (Speaking from experience here) DONT instruct anyone else in lighting the bugger, so that when you go out to put on the burgers, you will discover a nice pile of glowing coals ONTOP of the grill, versus underneath!
 
Force10 gas or charcoal, but I subscribe to the views above by photodoug. My gas force 10 is inboard, in shelter from the wind.
 
Thirded on the Cobb - though it is more of an oven than a BBQ. It is very versatile and with Aussie Heat Beads - seems to burn for hours (more than enough to do a joint and then rum baked apples after /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif)

Rick
 
YM did a group test a few months back. I was intrigued by a new one that was a s/s box for a disposable pack (or local emporium sells them for 75p). The price was silly - over £100 - but it's so simple I'm going to have one made for me.
 
We have a Force 10 which we use with a disposable pack as fuel, they just fit into the drum nicely. B. great, the pack catches all of the fat that would otherwise drip onto the transom or deck. Then you just trash the pack, no cleaning, just simple cooking.
 
Have looked at various rail mounted BBQ's ... and once I've recovered from the shock of prices ... then considered how to do it .......

Considering that Marine name adds about 50% to the pricing .. we can avoid that side. Now we look at other factor - stainless steel ... well it just so happens that some DIY / supermarkets do garden Stainless steel BBQ's at quite reasonable price ... I saw a "hinged drum style" - small but good in Somerfields last time UK ... in stainless steel. Can't remember price - but think it was about £15. It had mountings in the base - so wouldn't be too hard to fix clamps to rail ... the drum type top being hinged allows you to close of the whole affair avoiding accidents etc.

Have I done it yet .... nope ............. Why ? I like to take my cheapo BBQ ashore ... sit on the grass / at picnic tables and enjoy company. Not hard to get a few others from boats to join in - soon you have a nice little party going ... Not so easy when you are doing it of the stern rail of you boat !! It's far safer too.

If I was richer - the Cobb would be considered ....... untill then the Hob / Grill and Oven combo I have in the galley will do !! with the £5 BBQ for outside entertainments !
 
Another vote for the Cobb

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We've also used ours on the cockpit table - the outside just doesn't even get warm.
 
But....But.....thats not a boat BBQ it's a pontoon one!

We have a full sized house type gas BBQ on our pontoon, bought (cheap on offer) between five of us liveaboards, thats great for dock parties! Cost us about 25 euros each.
 
Got a Cobb this year and it is the Mutts bits.......it cooks food to perfection unlike most barbi's...even squid is effortless and comes our nice and fleshy rather than like rubber........prawns , fish , chicken , veg what ever is a doddle....if it has a down side it's that they have to be 'washed' like any other pots and pans really and the oil/grease catcher complicates ash disposal, but otherwise tip top and yes they run on almost nothing !............a kilo of prawns , acouple of nice chops and then rum soaked banana's done in their own skins ! mmmmmmmm and not a bit of burnt food all night !

p.s. 83 quid off a lad who trades in them on e-bay for a full Premier set up including bag and cook books !
 
Yet another vote for the Cobb. Very economical on the briquettes and you can pick it up and move it whilst lit! (probably not recommended though) All round best of the bunch IMHO. You can pack food, briquettes and firelighters into the bag provided throw the whole thing into the dinghy and go BBQ on the beach. Great bit of kit.
 
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We have a Force 10 which we use with a disposable pack as fuel, they just fit into the drum nicely. B. great, the pack catches all of the fat that would otherwise drip onto the transom or deck. Then you just trash the pack, no cleaning, just simple cooking.

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What a brilliant idea! I have a Force 10 - gonna try that this weekend - come rain or hail!

/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Cheers Chris!
 
I've got 3 of the Somerfield jobbies, the one on the boat is now into its 3rd season and still going strong, although a bit rusty and grimy! Yes they were £15 or less. Seen the exact same bbq offered elsewhere for between £35 and £50.

Haven't seen them for sale this year but they are excellent.
 
We have three on board - two charcoal we had before, and one gas we inherited with this boat.

we use the gas one which is on the stern rail quite often just to avoid cooking down below. It is a Magma (which got some stick by YM/PBO recently) and because its circular we have a paella pan which fits perfectly on top. Thus you can use it for stir-fry in the evening, or a Sunday morning fry up or even a paella.

Without the pan, and with the lid is good for bog standard barbequeing.

We also have a Cobb which is great, for use aboard or for taking ashore and using on rocks or whatever. (recently proven on St Vaast harbour wall).

The third one was a cheap and cheerful Carrefour thing with legs which dismantle and go inside, and the whole thing looks like a brief case. Wouldnt dream of using it on board though.
 
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