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#1916850 11-Dec-2017 16:21

A cheap pellet smoker (US$25) along with cheap dome BBQ and you can smoke stuff - I smoke jalapenos in apple wood to make chipolte. I could look up where I got the pellets if anyone wants to know, but I just googled it.

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#1916853 11-Dec-2017 16:26

Geektastic:

Start with a good BBQ.

We have a Canadian made Broil King and it's excellent. I can heat the grill to well over 300 C - it produces restaurant quality char grilled steak in about 4 minutes! Good quality, heavy gauge stainless too, not the flimsy weak stuff commonly found on the Chinese made ones.

@Geektastic I was looking at these when upgrading from my Masport, but the one I liked was out of my budget and I ended up going charcoal instead. But can I ask what one you got?

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#1916855 11-Dec-2017 16:33

Paul1977:
Geektastic:

Start with a good BBQ.

We have a Canadian made Broil King and it's excellent. I can heat the grill to well over 300 C - it produces restaurant quality char grilled steak in about 4 minutes! Good quality, heavy gauge stainless too, not the flimsy weak stuff commonly found on the Chinese made ones.

@Geektastic I was looking at these when upgrading from my Masport, but the one I liked was out of my budget and I ended up going charcoal instead. But can I ask what one you got?

It's a Baron 3 burner. Found a guy from Chch on Trade Me a couple of years ago who was importing them cheap. Think it was $800 or so.

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#1916857 11-Dec-2017 16:36

Geektastic: It's a Baron 3 burner. Found a guy from Chch on Trade Me a couple of years ago who was importing them cheap. Think it was $800 or so.

That is a good price.

I was salivating over the big double-hooded 6 burner monster. Would've had to (re)mortgage the house though.

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#1916860 11-Dec-2017 16:46

I'd really like one of the double hood jobs, so I can cook stuff like sausages, mushrooms, corn on the cob, bacon etc on a hotplate or grill on one side while leaving the other lid down on the indirect cooking slab-of-something.

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#1916958 11-Dec-2017 20:24

Paul1977:

Do you use the TS8000 AND a chimney? I just light the lump directly in the fire pit.

I got Mitre 10 to beat the Bunnings price on the TS4000, so was about $118 in the end as I decided I couldn't wait for international shipping! Considered the TS8000, but from what I had read the 4000 is easily hot enough and I didn't think I'd ever have a need for the flame adjustment to justify the NZ price for the higher spec model (quite a big price difference here).

Agree they both very pricey here, amazon must have scrubbed my search history as I only saw by chance while I was browsing and thought heck! that's heaps cheaper than NZ!

Yep I use the chimney as well, I light the coals from underneath with the blow torch, works quite well.

May give it a go directly next time, need to buy some new coals first :)

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#1916994 11-Dec-2017 20:50

dt:

Paul1977:

Do you use the TS8000 AND a chimney? I just light the lump directly in the fire pit.

I got Mitre 10 to beat the Bunnings price on the TS4000, so was about $118 in the end as I decided I couldn't wait for international shipping! Considered the TS8000, but from what I had read the 4000 is easily hot enough and I didn't think I'd ever have a need for the flame adjustment to justify the NZ price for the higher spec model (quite a big price difference here).

Agree they both very pricey here, amazon must have scrubbed my search history as I only saw by chance while I was browsing and thought heck! that's heaps cheaper than NZ!

Yep I use the chimney as well, I light the coals from underneath with the blow torch, works quite well.

May give it a go directly next time, need to buy some new coals first :)

Just put the chimney on the side burner of a gas BBQ if you have one, lights it up quick.

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#1917081 12-Dec-2017 06:28

I can recommend this if your after a product to clean your bbq . It works very well .

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#1917099 12-Dec-2017 08:02

Paul1977:
Geektastic: It's a Baron 3 burner. Found a guy from Chch on Trade Me a couple of years ago who was importing them cheap. Think it was $800 or so.

That is a good price.

I was salivating over the big double-hooded 6 burner monster. Would've had to (re)mortgage the house though.

Occasionally I wish for a 4 burner just for the extra space but since there's only two of us 9 times out of 10 it's not usually a bother.

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#1917137 12-Dec-2017 09:06

@Paul1977

Thanks for the tip!

As for 'baking dish', what do you recommend? Shall I go for a thow away foil dish to use on top of the trivet and indirect tray or do you recommend I splash out on something more serious.

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#1917139 12-Dec-2017 09:07

marlinz:

I can recommend this if your after a product to clean your bbq . It works very well .

I find the selleys bbq wipes are super fantastic on just about anything BBQ.

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#1917154 12-Dec-2017 09:25

If I am cooking anything "messy" on the BBQ such as spare ribs slathered in sticky sauce, I always put down one of these:

http://www.magiccookingsheet.com.au/product.aspx?productid=117

Saves a lot of cleanup as you just hose the sheet off.

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#1917156 12-Dec-2017 09:31

Goosey: @Paul1977

Thanks for the tip!

As for 'baking dish', what do you recommend? Shall I go for a thow away foil dish to use on top of the trivet and indirect tray or do you recommend I splash out on something more serious.

All it's really being used for is to contain the mess, so I'd just use a throw away one on top of the trivet. I'm big on making it as easy for myself as possible, so throwing away rather than cleaning is my preference where possible.

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#1917159 12-Dec-2017 09:34

kryptonjohn:

I'd really like one of the double hood jobs, so I can cook stuff like sausages, mushrooms, corn on the cob, bacon etc on a hotplate or grill on one side while leaving the other lid down on the indirect cooking slab-of-something.

Do it. we have the broil king one. I don't know the model sorry. It has a 2 burner hood and a 4 burner hood.

We call it King Sir Cooks-a-lot and it's fantastic. As well as having two zones for different temperatures, you can use either or both hoods depending on how much you are cooking.

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#1917173 12-Dec-2017 09:44

throbb:

Just put the chimney on the side burner of a gas BBQ if you have one, lights it up quick.

Thats a great idea !

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