*Gas* BBQ/Grilling

7 year / start of its 8th season Sahara started first time there - heating it up to burn off anything built up over the winter and knock out some burgers for tonights dinner.

Its stored outdoors all the time, under the official cover, which does fly off every so often in the wind and needs replacing due to UV damage every few years.

I've replaced the 'flavour bar' baffles due to rust, and the grill structure because I wanted the newer type - it could probably have done a year or two more.

There was a mint one on Adverts yesterday for 100 euro. Went quickly. If you setup a search alert for Weber, am pretty sure you'll get one quickly enough.

B&Q currently have 20% off all BBQs.

I got a Sahara S350 in woodies last week, 10% off first online order brought it down to €405. Got a few accessories and a nice awning to keep it dry. Very happy with the S350 so far. Went with Sahara as they are very responsive to problems and parts.

Did a cook tonight on my S350. Into my 3rd summer with it and still loving the timber side trays. Super handy for loading up in & out of the kitchen. Also I have the griddle pan and use that for frying up veg - esp onions. Top tray great for keeping everything warm. Havent had an issue with anything - but I do keep it tidy enough and in the garage when not in use.

Is this legit? Have you actually received the cashback?

Off course it's on several sites.

Still have to collect and need serial number to process cashback. Will probably take a few weeks to come back.

Seems to be a limit to how many redemptions can be made - currently just over 7000 left

Just a ribeye and fillet steak to test it out, very pleased with it up there with the best bargains I've got. Very convenient and clean, will get a smoker box or try with aluminium pouch.

Good sized cooking area but it is pretty portable as you can take the grill off the legs/base. With the 6kg Flowgas Gaslight cylinder it would make a good camping BBQ for a family.

Got a 11Kg cylinder, our kitchen is going to be out of action for a couple of weeks later in the summer so it's going to get a fair bit of use.

Aldi wagyu burgers, honestly best store bought burgers I've ever cooked. I'd actually only say mincing my own ribeye was better. Kimchi relish was very good also.

They flared up a bit but not badly, was only a couple of table spoons of grease in the tray and a good bit of that would be from the rashers and some from the cheese. 3 mins each side on full blast. Put the cheese straight on after I turned them. Could have waited another minute or cut the cheese thicker.

To semi update my own post, still not sure if its a good idea or not, but that is not the right regulator for here:

This (probably) is:

https://shop.calorgas.ie/calor-essentials/gas-regulators/calor-37mbar-propane-screw-on-gas-regulator-2m-hose-clips-kit-roi.html

This is a great short video on how regulators work.

The main difference between our regulators to the one in the video are;

(i) the pressure relief vent is a just small hole rather than a screened opening and

(ii) ours do not have an adjustment screw (i.e. fixed pressure).

Good stuff. Tip - If you are going to use the same hose as supplied in the box, make sure its long enough to reach the cylinder valve before swapping regs over as its a fairly tall bottle. My guess is it should be ok.

The size of the connection on UK bottles is different to Irish ones.

I'd be avoiding Amazon.

On connectors, can the 11kg bottle be used with the correct connector? We use bottle gas for cooking.

DIY (or buy) a smoke box and some wood chips I would think is the best bet

https://www.weber.com/US/en/grill-skills/mastering-smoke/smoker-setup/smoking-on-a-gas-grill/weber-34484.html

Yeah for the calor.ie regulator in the end. They didn't have the quick release in stock though.

My setup will eventually be

Regulator → female quick release → male quick release → bbq

And gave a different connection made up with male quick release → pizza oven

One of the issues with the big cannisters is you can't easily remove the regulator to store the BBQ. The quick release allows us to leave the regulator screwed on while disconnecting the device. Adding one to the pizza oven means we can swap them in and out fairly easily. We'll be shutting the valve off on the tank when not in use

This is all the theory, I guess we'll find out soon enough how it works out. Will definitely be doing a lot of checking for leaks!

I've a question in relation to regulators.

I just bought the Q2000 and I wanted to swap the propane regulator for a butane one so I don't have to have two different gas bottles at home. The hob in the kitchen is run from a Butane bottle, I'd prefer to have two of the same type instead of having one of each.

I was planning to take the regulator off an old bbq and swap it with the one on the Q2000. Any reason I shouldn't do that?

If only I hadn't butchered the hose trying to get the other regulator off the old bbq 🤦‍♂️

If the old hose was fairly old or weathered, they stiffen up and are liable to splitting, so a new hose is cheap insurance!

Successfully connected up to the 34kg cannister (not sure why I thought it was 47kg) with the linked regulator and quick connectors.

All went to plan, although it was quite tough to get the hose on the regulator but eventually got it and no sign of any leaks.

Also added the quick connectors to the patio gas regulator and the ooni so can chop and change between them

We were even did this and it was still tough! The hose from the weber was ok, the hose from the ooni was very easy, but the new one from calor was by far the hardest. Eventually got it between using the boiling water a few times and just keeping at it.

We had a camping stove that needed a regulator so we said we'd throw on a quick release on his too. this was the hardest thing to get the hose on cause it just had a right angle connector coming out the back so the unit itself was kind of in the way of getting a good grip to push it on. Someone on YouTube recommend a small bit of wd40 on the connector , and in fairness it worked very well

Hi All

Looking to get a 4+ burner gas BBQ, the Webers are coming in at +1K so they're out of my price range. I'm looking at maybe a Sahara or an Outback - any able to recommend one over the other?

Are you sure you need 4 burners?

Is it far from the kitchen? Do you need those side burners?

My Broilking is just 2 burners and has loads of effective cooking area.