Weber Go Anywhere BBQ
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If you're just cooking for two, then a Cadac Safari Chef is pretty good. We bought one a couple of years ago and it's still going strong. We paid £75 which included an optional pizza stone and a carry bag.
https://www.cadacinternational.com/uk/products/camping-range/safari-chef/?variant=safari-chef-lp
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Cadacs are quite versatile because you can one pot cook, stir fry and bbq . Not necessarily at the same time.
This means that you can cook outside a wide range of smelly foods that might linger in the habitation area.
Depends on your cooking style. Or copilot's ?
Rgds
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I have the Cadac Carry Chef 2. Very impressed. Had 7 years and still going strong. The range of cooking utensils are great. Can BBQ,fry and also use the Wok to stir fry. Just had someone come over and comment as to how versatile it is as have cooked everything on it over the last 10 days. No need to use the oven inside.
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DD - I don't have that model but I do have two Q1000's (or is it 100??). Over the years, I've dabbled with lots of portable BBQs and inevitably ended up binning them because they either rusted or didn't cook properly. So - bit the bullet and shelled out lots of cash for the Weber and have never looked back. Had to buy an adaptor so that it plugs into the van and the other one (bought last year when I was doing a big party for my wife's birthday while we were away in the van), I've left with the small Weber canister and we mainly use it at home.
They cook perfectly and clean so easily. The first one is now three years old and still looks like new. My only reservation about the model you are looking at - is it aluminium or steel? (I'm thinking about how long it will last if steel). The Q is heavy, stove-enamelled aluminium and obviously won't corrode like steel. That said, the enamelling is so thick, there still isn't a mark on it. I know the Q is about another £50 more than you are looking at - but well worth it in my opinion.
The only downside is that they are heavy, but I wouldn't imagine the one you are looking at is light since it seems to have the same cast iron grill plates. Other than that, I think the Weber is the nearest thing to perfection in the BBQ market! Good luck
Richard
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DD, I have the ‘Go anywhere’. It’s a well made robust BBQ as all Weber’s are and as you have heard, cooks very well- many a kebab and Coca Cola sticky ribs have come off mine and been loved by my fellow campers. However, I am talking about the charcoal version as we also wanted something that would double up as a fire pit and it fills that purpose perfectly.
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We have a Go Anywhere for the Motorhome and a Q at home. The Go Anywhere is much lighter and very portable but ONLY works on canisters (although it is possible to adapt for caravan BBQ point). Also the fat collects in the bottom of the BBQ with no outlet unlike the Q which has a drip tray. Both cook fine but the Q is a far better product if you have the space and don’t mind the weight.
Weber now do an adapter hose which will screw into the canister point but it costs £40. There is one meter of hose then a 27mm clip-on regulator suitable for patio gas or gas light. You can adapt this for a BBQ point but Weber won’t tell you how because they don’t want you messing around with gas connections. If anybody is interested I can tell you how to do it.
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There is plenty of space around the burners to get at where any fat accumulates and we tend not to cook fatty foods but it is a compromise. I should have mentioned also that the stand assembly is rather flimsy. Basically the legs flip over to secure the lid so you have to flip them down and clip together which is a bit fiddly. Obviously the Q has fixed legs.
All in all the GO is cheap and cheerful and very portable but if I had the space I would take my Baby Q with me. At least the GO has a nice heavy grill plate and burners are burners so it cooks perfectly well. Neither model has flavour bars (unless the new Q1000 model does) so in theory the juices will drop onto the burners but in practice that doesn’t seem to be an issue.
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DD - I wonder if you're getting too hung up about the weight difference? Unfortunately, the Weber website doesn't seem to indicate the weights of either, so it's difficult to say. However, since they both seem to have similar grill plates (and that's where most of the weight is), I wouldn't have thought there would be that much difference. I know that when I am cleaning the Q and pick it up without the grill plates in, it's quite light. Unlike you, though, I am able to transport it in the car, so it's not so much of an issue.
Easy cleaning was a big factor for me in deciding which one to go for. The grill plates (on both) will come clean with a pan scrubber - and with the Q, all I have to do is squirt washing up liquid inside the casing and all the grease just washes off and runs out of the hole in the bottom - simple. As I said earlier, after three years, the original one still looks like new (apart from the burners).
In terms of size - we regularly entertain friends when away and the Q will cope with about 8 chicken thighs, plus 4 beefburgers and 4 sausages (with a bit of jiggling about!).
You're right about the gas canisters not being an issue - they last for ages. As well as using it for my wife's party last year, it has been used about eight times since (I guess!) and I'm still only on my second canister.
I will try and weigh the Q later today and tell you exactly what you might be dealing with.
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DD, the canisters are standard and interchangeable. The Weber ones are about £8 and last about 4 hours. It’s an expensive way to cook but it depends how much you use it.
Not sure about the Q1200 but you used to be able to remove the canister valve assembly and get an adapter to connect a hose direct to the BBQ, by-passing the regulator. As I mentioned before, you can get an adapter to connect to the canister valve and it comes pre-assembled with a patio gas regulator.
If you want to change the fittings, watch out for left hand threads which are indicated by notches on the “flats” of the nuts. The canister threads are conventional.
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Hi DD,
I have used CADACs for about 14 years now. I have the big one which I now use at home and last year got hold of the Grillo Chef model, which is compact, light and more robust and sturdy than the Safari model. Cost £110. In addition to the standard bbq grill, we use a wok on the pot stand and have a paella pan and a roasting pan, so we can just about cook anything. It comes with its own drip tray which is very easy to clean. I use Camping Gaz 907 cylinders which you can buy almost anywhere., but Go Outdoors are the cheapest. I now usually replace mine in Spain at half the price we pay in the U.K. Hope you get what you want, happy camping and cooking.
BillC
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I can vouch for the Weber Q series. I have both a q100 and q200 and depending on how many we are cooking for depends on what we take. They are both are heavily used and can handle reheating a couple of croissants, this morning, to roasting complete joints of meat.
I have both the Weber’s converted so that they run from the vans bbq point. I sourced the bits myself from eBay and it was a lot cheaper than buying a dedicated part from Weber. The gas valve is a left hand thread and mine was very tight, I took the the valve out so I could hold it in a vice.
Some of the newer grill and go’s appear to have the control valve and regulator as one unit so they won’t be suitable for converting to larger gas bottles, not an issue if you are happy to run off the small cylinders.
Finally if yo can hold off for 6 weeks there are usually some bargains to be had as the sellers stop displaying bbqs to make room for Christmas decorations.
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As I said above, Weber do an adaptor for the Go which screws into the canister valve point. You cannot remove the valve on the Go but you can on other models like the Q.
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DD - I did weigh ours and it came in at 9.5kg but I had to balance it on a board on top of our bathroom scales so I can't vouch for the accuracy! Like Boff, I had to remove the valve completely and put it in a vice to fit the conversion pipe, because everything is so tight.
As I said, I don't have a problem using the other one with the small gas canister and it does make it more versatile because we aren't restricted to using it with the van like our original one. Again, the canisters last for ages.
I was wondering the same thing about using alternative canisters and I don't see why not. I was looking at the Coleman canisters on the internet and they seem to be the same - only cheaper so, I may well wander into Halfords with a spare Weber one and compare them. I bought my last lot in a pack of three on the internet and they were much cheaper than buying them individually from garden centres and the like.
Given your concern about weight, I was surprised that you were considering the 1200 as opposed to the 1000 which seem to be the same apart from the extra side plates - which I wouldn't have thought were all that necessary?
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You also said , the tube had a 27mm clip on regulator. I don’t believe that is correct. Sure it has a 27mm clip on adaptor that will feed unregulated gas at bottle pressure to the combined gas valve and regulator on the grill. Fine if your bottle has a 27mm fitting. Not so great if you want to use it with a calor bottle with a pol or butane fitting. Or your caravan bbq point.
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No, it has a 27mm clip-on regulator. Product Code 8511. I have one and I have also spoken to Weber and emailed them. It will fit Patio Gas and Gas Light so it produces regulated gas (30mbar). The Go also has a built in regulator so the gas passes through two regulators but this works fine according to Weber and to me because I have used it.
The Go adapter has a one meter tail with an integral nut connecting to the regulator which is 3/8 inch British Pipe Thread LEFT hand. So you can either chop off the regulator leaving bare hose which you can then fit your barbecue plug for the caravan/motorhome with a jubilee clip but the hose is short. What I did was to buy a 3/8 in to 3/8 in male adapter left hand thread on eBay from Oxford Welding for £1.60. I then bought a 3/8 in female standard left hand thread to two meter hose and fitted the BBQ point to that. A bit elaborate but I want to use it with Gas Light and plugged into the motorhome.
By the way, other than the 8511 adapter Weber do not sell any other parts and will not provide information nor sanction any modification such as the one I have done. This is for obvious safety reasons so if anybody wants to tamper please make sure you know what you are doing and that you test all connections with soapy water.
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Yes. I quoted the wrong number. Despite what they say it fits my ancient Baby Q as well as the GO and Weber assured me that passing through two regulators is fine. Seems OK.
The 8511 has the female connection which should fix straight onto the Q series after the canister valve and regulator are removed and is what I had previously, however, the web sites are a bit vague about which exact Q models it fits. The hoses are very short so OK for a stand-alone gas cylinder but not very good for plugging in to the van.
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Good choice. You will have it for ever!
I can recommend WOW BBQ for Weber advice and they can probably tell you what parts to buy. The simplest way for the motorhome is probably to remove the canister assembly and connect direct to the burner connection. Watch out for left hand threads as I mentioned earlier.
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I've tried a selection of portable gas hobs but I much prefer a bbq.
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Well done DD - and a good choice. I know you won't be disappointed. You have also answered my question about alternative canisters, since you have got Coleman ones. I thought they looked the same as the Weber (more expensive) ones and was going to go to Halfords to check.
Although I am sure it is possible, it isn't going to be easy to adapt it to fit both the canister and MH supply. I struggled to undo the pipe connection and like someone else, had to take the whole control valve off and put it in a vice. There's a danger of breaking the mounting plate if you put too much pressure on in situ, if I remember correctly. The other thing is that if you put a pipe connection to the canister with one of those push fit connectors like the one on the van, you are going to end up with a couple of metres of pipe hanging around when you run it off a canister. Not ideal.
If you want versatility, I would be inclined to stick to the canisters. They last for ages and in the great scheme of things, they're not that expensive.
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