Cobb BBQ disappointment

[alahol2]

Did you have it made or was it off the shelf? I thought of using disposable BBQs like that.

We use our Cobb for camping but on the boat we have one of these... http://www.cchef.co.uk/index.html

 

[Daydream believer]

2 years ago I was in Ostend & they had the Belgian national BBQ championships.
37 Professional teams including the European spare rib champions ( No I am not joking) the food was like something out of Ready Steady Cook.
The TV was there & they made a brilliant 2 day festival including a parade of competitors.
If you are into BBQ's this has to be the event to go to.
Loads of equipment plus spices etc for sale & you can see it all working
All the food was available for sampling.

 

[Iain C]

Fair enough. The description of the problem makes me doubt it was a genuine Cobb (I don't think there is any foam between the inner and outer skins on a genuine Cobb for one thing) and wonder if you, or as you say your son, were unfortunate in getting saddled with a counterfeit product

I'm with you on that. There's no foam on mine. The inner is s/steel and the outer s/s mesh and they are just placed together and come apart for cooking. Sounds like you were either using your coolbox as a BBQ or you had a hooky product!

We absolutely love our Cobb, pretty much an essential bit of summer entertainment.

 

[abraxus]

I like my Cobb, it's great for cooking large amounts of meat and jacket spuds, although I use the disposable bbq's for smaller amounts. I find that the Heat Beads briquettes work best.

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[bendyone]

Did you have it made or was it off the shelf? I thought of using disposable BBQs like that.

I had it made, it's a bit heavyweight. I think you can buy them off the shelf but they are much thinner metal.

 

[ChattingLil]

Cobb Success!

Used our brand new Cobb this evening to cook steaks and potatoes. Remarkably quick and easy. so far so good! Massive waste of a whole cobblestone though, will get a selection of fuels for different purposes.

 

[planteater]

We have two outdoor/boaty cooking gadgets that we would replace without hesitation if lost - Cobb and Aeropress.

 

[rotrax]

This is what we use. Made from stainless steel and takes standard disposable BBQs

I made one from two oven trays, two small shackles as hinges and a Harley Davidson mirror clamp-HD's have 1 inch handlebars so it clips on the rail when we use it.

It, like yours takes a cheapo disposable barbeque.

After seeing a clip on barbie slip around a pushpit rail and dump the half cooked grub into the oggin, I clip ours to a vertical tube. It can swivel, but not tip.

It cost around a tenner for the bits-most were in stock in the house or scrap box.

Ours has the advantage that it can be shielded with the lid against the wind. The lid can be propped up with a S/S motorcycle wheel spoke or left down so it acts more like an oven.

So far so good..................

 

[Bru]

I made one from two oven trays, two small shackles as hinges and a Harley Davidson mirror clamp-HD's have 1 inch handlebars so it clips on the rail when we use it.

It, like yours takes a cheapo disposable barbeque.

After seeing a clip on barbie slip around a pushpit rail and dump the half cooked grub into the oggin, I clip ours to a vertical tube. It can swivel, but not tip.

It cost around a tenner for the bits-most were in stock in the house or scrap box.

Ours has the advantage that it can be shielded with the lid against the wind. The lid can be propped up with a S/S motorcycle wheel spoke or left down so it acts more like an oven.

So far so good..................

Now there is a good idea, I'm off to raid the kitchen cupboards (don't tell the wife!)