If you are on a budget, charcoal barbecues could be a better choice, as gas does tend to be quite a bit more expensive; but perhaps you may consider the added features and convenience of a gas barbecue to be worth the extra price. Portability: If you're hoping to take your grill on the go, look for a model that's lightweight and easy to transport. The Valiant BBQ Starter will make you look like a BBQ king! You simply fill the chimney with charcoal and light the bottom using newspaper or a firelighter and you have hot charcoal in no time at all. There is a shielded handle that stays cool, allowing you to tip the hot charcoal into your BBQ base and start cooking for your loved ones. You can also buy charcoal that is in one session paper bags that can be lit in the corner and your coals will be ready in no time. It is quite well known that charcoal BBQs burn hotter than their equivalents and allows you to cook scrumptious meat that is perfectly crispy on the outside, but still yummily tender on the inside!

Heat thermometers: Not a standard feature on many models, but particularly handy if you're cooking meat joints and wanting to reliably achieve the same cooking results over and over. Soak the coals: To make sure the coals are extinguished, you can also pour water over them – be sure to use lots of water so you've completely saturated them. Once you've decided which barbecue to buy, the style will depend on how many people you want to cook for, what you want to do with it, the space you have, budget and how often you will use it.Reliability – The Weber Go-Anywhere is the most reliable due to its long warranty, sturdy design, and ease of use as it uses coal, not gas. The weather proof handle and fire and rust-resistant lid and bowl will allow it to last for a much longer time in many types of weather, as opposed to an average barbecue. The rust resistant cooking grate is triple-plated which adds to its durability. American-style grills or domed kettles: These barbecues are more versatile. By using the hood and air vents, heat can go from hot and fast for cooking over the coals (known as direct cooking), to long and slow for smoking or cooking large joints of meat or whole fish. Some barbecues have vents that can be adjusted to feed the coals with air The first thing that you need to consider when planning camping barbeques, is to decide what type of cooking will be best for you. In our camping BBQ section, Camping Barbecues, we offer you the possibility of gas or the more traditional charcoal BBQ and different options like grills and even pizza ovens. Let’s have a look at the benefits of different options….

Number of cooking grills: Using inserts or shelves to move food away from the main heat (known as indirect cooking) is for more delicate dishes. The closing of the hood helps the food to cook evenly without too much fuss so lessens all the turning and moving, and means you are free to socialise Whole aubergine: We recorded how long it took to grill whole aubergines until soft all over and the skin was blisteredLooking for a discount on one of the portable BBQs on this list? Cyber Monday is today and the perfect time to snap up a bargain on one of these tried-and-tested products. A gas camping barbeque, like the Sahara Rapid Assembly 2 Burner Plus Gas BBQ, is much easier to clean than similar sized charcoal ones. There are no ashes mixed with fat to scrape away and the porcelain enamelled cooking grill is easy to keep ship-shape. It is a very convenient piece of kit as it can be assembled in minutes with no tools required. It is also fast to reach the cooking temperature and then it is easy to control the temperature evenly across the whole grill for an extended period of time. You can literally be cooking your yummy dinner within minutes, instead of waiting for the coals to heat up and the initial large flames to calm down. Lots more time to spend playing with the children or relaxing with your favourite tipple in hand! Space Saving – The Zogin grill is the ideal space saving barbecue as it already has fairly small dimensions of L35cm, W27cm and H20cm but it goes the further mile and is foldable into a small, rectangular, thin design. You can easily slide this somewhere in your garage, or somewhere outside that will keep it safe from the elements. Portable BBQ Buying Guide