Options for Gas BBQ on a Sail boat what do you use???

The problem I have with "real" BBQs is that most of the time there are just two of us on the boat and lighting up a charcoal BBQ is just too much effort when all we would want to do is to cook three or four sausages or a couple of burgers. It's also quite wasteful - you can't light a BBQ on three pieces of charcoal and most of the fuel we would be putting in would just end up being dropped overboard when we have finished cooking.

I have been wondering about getting a gas BBQ - more as a way of getting the cooking out of the galley than for the flavour. Having seen a few slightly older boats where the owners have fried quite a lot in the galley, I really don't want the oil and fumes in the air getting onto our nice new roof and wall linings.
 
Baggywrinkle and maby highlight the reasons we stopped using charcoal. On several occasions we needed to move the boat after lighting it, due to weather and some other reasons, which was highly inconvenient. The coals remained hot for several hours when cooking was finished, hazardous and sometimes fraught with difficulty. Nobody wants to tip ash in the sea but the alternative is to wait hours for it to cool before tipping it into a metal container.

The lava rocks gas type is great for us, especially in Greece where we try to keep galley and saloon as cool as possible. It makes no difference if it is for a full blown meal or just a snack. 5 minutes after cooking it can be in its bag stowed away.
 
GHA said:
Anyone made one?
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Been thinking about that for a while. I had a simple gas one, not unlike the Kampa one above. Worked very well, until the burner rotted. But,heh, only £13..
I have a folder, so a stainless casing is easy, as are the grills for the stones and food. The burner could be a couple of tubes with holes down each side. Might take a bit of fiddling to get the air mix right.
The hassle of charcoal tends to put one off after a long day. The gas was simple.
 
I picked up a folding portable gas BBQ in Asda for about £30 haven't tried it yet. Its raised on legs so not sure about whether it could be used on the boat in the Cockpit.

I know the Kuuma bbqs are not cheap about £200-250 inc shipping but have various base attachments including a rod holder mount which I like the idea of. Obvs there is the Magma
 
“Nobody wants to tip ash in the sea but the alternative is to wait hours for it to cool before tipping it into a metal container”.


I agree charcoal on a boat is problematic but if the bbq has a tight fitting lid (see portable Weber range for example - no links to me) when the lid is closed and vents shut it will be out and cool(ish) in about 10 mins.

What I would never want though is one of those clamp on trays that takes those disposable bbqs - an environmental disaster and everything tastes on chemicals.
 
vyv_cox said:
Baggywrinkle and maby highlight the reasons we stopped using charcoal. On several occasions we needed to move the boat after lighting it, due to weather and some other reasons, which was highly inconvenient. The coals remained hot for several hours when cooking was finished, hazardous and sometimes fraught with difficulty. Nobody wants to tip ash in the sea but the alternative is to wait hours for it to cool before tipping it into a metal container.

The lava rocks gas type is great for us, especially in Greece where we try to keep galley and saloon as cool as possible. It makes no difference if it is for a full blown meal or just a snack. 5 minutes after cooking it can be in its bag stowed away.
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I don't have a BBQ on board and I don't know what the environmentalists' view is, but I would have thought that charcoal is a perfectly inert organic substance which would do no harm if tipped overboard. At home I burn logs and peat briquettes (this is Ireland!), the ash from which I put a proportion of in my garden compost, some is spread directly on growing beds as needed and the rest goes in the brown, organic waste bin.
 
We have a magma gas bbq- on our third in twenty years. Secure and safe mounted on the pushpit but expensive new- found our second and third ones secondhand at a big saving. The burner can rust out if not kept clean and dry but parts are easily replaced.
 
Gerry said:
We have a magma gas bbq- on our third in twenty years. Secure and safe mounted on the pushpit but expensive new- found our second and third ones secondhand at a big saving. The burner can rust out if not kept clean and dry but parts are easily replaced.
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We had a Magma charcoal for a while. The pushput location can be very hazardous for sausages. Several of mine have been lost at sea after rolling off.
 
Portable barbecues are very popular for the masses around here. Typically a 2 burner cooker with attached small gas bottle. Often no regulator. People also have a stainless steel version mounted on the stern rail. Or just use a portable gas barbecue. Now unfortunately this additional gas system has all the fire potential of an installed gas system. With the danger that the small bottle gets thrown into the stern locker after use. I found at least one such barbecue bottle in my fire and safety inspections at our club matina. So really you need a gas bottle locker with drainage and all the other safeguards. In other words best to connect to the main gas system. If you have one. Or go for a charcoal barbecue. Keep gas safe. ol'will
 
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