Disposable Barbeques - Where to get cheap cheap

vicwatson

Hope this is the right forum.

Paid 3.99 for one of these today (was sort of railroaded !) but won't do it again.

Anyone know where to pick them up cheaper than 3.99 a pop?

I heard Lidl do them every so often but haven't seen them recently.

TIA

slowburner

DIY! A steel bucket with a chicken wire grate will do the trick

jack of all

I bought one for €2 in one of those eurosaver ("pound shops") stores, not fantastic but did the job.

vicwatson

DIY! A steel bucket with a chicken wire grate will do the trick

Yes but the reason I like them is that they have charcoal in them and the touch paper that lights the charcoal really handy, the lump bricquettes just take forever to light.

slowburner

vicwatson wrote: »

Yes but the reason I like them is that they have charcoal in them and the touch paper that lights the charcoal really handy, the lump bricquettes just take forever to light.

Peg in an ordinary firelighter or two, then the charcoal. Every bit as quick as the disposable ones and you are being more environmentally friendly. And a bag of good charcoal will only cost you a fiver. And you will get about 6 barbies from a bag. And you will have a DIY, portable, reusable barbecue.:p

vicwatson

Peg in an ordinary firelighter or two, then the charcoal. Every bit as quick as the disposable ones and you are being more environmentally friendly. And a bag of good charcoal will only cost you a fiver. And you will get about 6 barbies from a bag. And you will have a DIY, portable, reusable barbecue.

Is barbequeing per se environmentally friendly ?

I don't want to do this as those compressed charcoal take forever to light. Disposable - 20 mins to cooking, Normal Barbie - up to 1 hour.

So it's Disposable for me !:)

slowburner

vicwatson wrote: »

Is barbequeing per se environmentally friendly ?

I don't want to do this as those compressed charcoal take forever to light. Disposable - 20 mins to cooking, Normal Barbie - up to 1 hour.

So it's Disposable for me !:)

Charcoal is a carbon neutral way of cooking, although the firelighters wouldn't be carbon neutral.
Less than 20 mins with the method above. Guaranteed. Race yah

Buford T Justice

vicwatson wrote: »

Is barbequeing per se environmentally friendly ?

I don't want to do this as those compressed charcoal take forever to light. Disposable - 20 mins to cooking, Normal Barbie - up to 1 hour.

So it's Disposable for me !:)

I've found it to be the other way around in my experience.

LimerickBishop

Anyone know who sells the best value charcoals? I was thinking since the summer is more or less a washout, shouldn't the big chains like woodies, b&q etc be cutting their prices and selling off stock cheaply?

slowburner

LimerickBishop wrote: »

Anyone know who sells the best value charcoals? I was thinking since the summer is more or less a washout, shouldn't the big chains like woodies, b&q etc be cutting their prices and selling off stock cheaply?

You would think that, but it has increased in price lately €5 up to nearly €7 :eek: