cockpit BBQ

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I have an electric cockpit griddle/bbq on my new boat. I've never used it yet but i guess it's only good for when you're on shore power as it'll drain you're batteries pretty quickly. How do you guy's use yours? do you use a generator when you're on the hook somewhere away from shore power or are they really too power hungry to use away from shore power?
any advice welcome...

 

[Magnum]

Never used my last one. Hope to use the next one.

 

[l'escargot]

BBQ's are best used on the stern when at anchor - you know where the smoke is going to go then. They can make you unpopular in a marina and even without upsetting anyone else, you don't want the smoke blowing back into accommodation

 

[Nautorius]

The Only BBQ to use on a boat is a COBB BBQ

They are fab, No smoke, clean, tidy and safe...and makes great roast chicken and all veg on a Sunday!

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Nick_H]

Its unusual to have an electric BBQ but no genny, it kind of defeats the purpose of having the BBQ. Don't think you could really run it off the batteries, would need huge inverter, lots of battery capacity, and it still wouldn't run for long.

I don't understand the comment about upsetting people in an anchorage, even SWMBO's cooking isn't that bad /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. Seriously, if people get upset at some BBQ smoke and food smells, then they are destined to spend their life being upset at one thing or another, and you should leave them to it.

 

[Moody]

Have used ours quite a few times already this year, and we think it's great.

Use shore power if available, if not we run the genny.

As Houghn says it wouldn't really be practical to power it through an invertor as I guess they pull about 2Kw.

Neil

 

[l'escargot]

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...I don't understand the comment about upsetting people in an anchorage, even SWMBO's cooking isn't that bad /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. Seriously, if people get upset at some BBQ smoke and food smells, then they are destined to spend their life being upset at one thing or another, and you should leave them to it.

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Probably because you didn't read it right - it says marina not anchorage. I think most people would object to clouds of BBQ smoke drifting across their cockpit from the boat the otherside of a finger berth.