Thread: The great camping BBQ debate. WEBER, or ZIGGY ?

Originally Posted by Arapiles

I've got a Genesis too, present from my wife. Works brilliantly, turns out beautiful steaks and given how hot it gets it doesn't use a lot of gas, and it's easy to clean.But .... I worked out that it was almost cheaper to ship one from the US and have it converted so it had the right gas-fittings than buying locally. It's the Weber version of the Australia Tax.

We bought ours from BBQ's galore , not the cheapest, but a natural progression from a BBQ plate and two bricks, to a 44 gal drum and grill, then a brick wood fired barbie. As mentioned in an earlier post, it is more a grill , American style, than the traditional Aussie barbie. But it works very well, we have only scratched the surface with its capabilities. Our daughter wants us to try salmon cooked on wooden slats [Swedish style ? ] , but up the recently opened pub yesterday enjoying a draught beer, I was told the mackeral are running in the bay. Time to hose the cobwebs off the outboard, and see if we can nab a couple. I'd forgotten how useful the pub was for all this type of information.

Small Ziggy for us. Can't remember why we chose it over the Weber. Spent 5 months on the road going from WA to Brisbane in 2018 and it just gave us so many more options for meals than just using the camper stove, pizzas, roasts, even did bread on it. I'm sure the Weber would be just as good.

Originally Posted by rar110

Charcoal does a nicer BBQ flavour than gas, but the convenience of gas makes it a very good choice.

Had this argument with one of the nephews
So we got the 2 Weber’s arked up, his you bute Weber Q and my old kerbside collection old school Weber kettle

Same cut of meat off the same beast cooked for the same time
Put out to the savages to try
All agreed the heat beaded meat had better flavour
After the meal, a quick sweep out of the ash and a sit down for a beer whilst the nephew and his missus spent the time polishing the inside of the Q

So 10 minutes prepping the kettle and letting it ark up whilst getting the meat and veg ready (veggies go in a tray under the meat sitting on the top grill) saved 1/2 hour of cleaning afterwards

So for new aged Toyota drivers you can keep the Q
I’ll stick to the old kettle and enjoy the flavour

Originally Posted by bob10

But it works very well, we have only scratched the surface with its capabilities. Our daughter wants us to try salmon cooked on wooden slats [Swedish style ? ].

A Canadian friend does cheese souffles on his ....

Originally Posted by bob10

We bought ours from BBQ's galore , not the cheapest, but a natural progression from a BBQ plate and two bricks, to a 44 gal drum and grill, then a brick wood fired barbie. As mentioned in an earlier post, it is more a grill , American style, than the traditional Aussie barbie. But it works very well, we have only scratched the surface with its capabilities. Our daughter wants us to try salmon cooked on wooden slats [Swedish style ? ] , but up the recently opened pub yesterday enjoying a draught beer, I was told the mackeral are running in the bay. Time to hose the cobwebs off the outboard, and see if we can nab a couple. I'd forgotten how useful the pub was for all this type of information.

I have used everything from a shovel to a 4 burner hooded BBQ when camping But none of them can hold a candle to the WebberQ.
I got my Baby WebberQ with the points saved on my credit card So it cost me nothing and I only got it on a Whim anyway.
It WAS a pretty steep leaning curve to learn how to use it correctly But it is by FAR the best portable BBQ I have ever owned.
I use it 100% of the time for cooking and baking when travelling/camping and even at home I still use it 90% of the time.
As for spending half an hour cleaning/polishing it after use, Well that NEVER happens as i usually just switch it off and forget about it after use and every now and then I will hit it with some oven cleaner then gurney it off.

If you have a caravan then the best bbq/hooded cooker/oven is a Sizzler. Marine rated, works in gale like winds, higher btu at full throttle and cooks as a bbq or as hooded cooker. I was going to get rid of mine when I purchased my van. Went to a bbq place and he convinced me to stay with what I had. Glad I did.

Originally Posted by dirvine

If you have a caravan then the best bbq/hooded cooker/oven is a Sizzler. Marine rated, works in gale like winds, higher btu at full throttle and cooks as a bbq or as hooded cooker. I was going to get rid of mine when I purchased my van. Went to a bbq place and he convinced me to stay with what I had. Glad I did.

Which Sizzler bbq did you buy?

Cooking meat on a plate is frying. Barbecue is what the Argentines and others do on a mesh surface, a parilla, over hot wood coals. Best wood for coals and bush cooking is gidgee. It burns with fierce heat and right down to a fine white ash. Of course one has to be in Western Queensland for a supply of gidgee. A parilla and an iron camp oven is the duck's guts for bush camps.