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HelenB · Moderator

Anyone got one? Is it as good as it sounds?

chuggalugs

We have one helenb

It IS as good as it sounds - for the price of 10 brickettes you can cook for about 3hours!!

It is expensive to start but I like it.

It doesnt brown though so a shove under the grill for 5 mins is needed. We will use it in the winter - get it going and strap the top down, place securely in back of chuggs and a piping warm meal at the end of your journey Very Happy

I know this isnt the safest way of doing things but we do Rolling Eyes

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peedee

Hi Helen,
Bought mine at the Peterborough show this year. They are good, well made too. The big plus points are:

They do not get hot on the outside at all so you can move them about quite easilly, even cook in a well ventilated room if you wanted to.

They are extremely economical on fuel, don't run on gas and you can cook for at least 2 to 3 hours on 5 to six brickettes.

Their strength is doing roasts and the meat does not dry out. Roast taties are good and can be cooked the same time as the meat.

Weaknesses:

As chuggalugs ses they don't crisp up chops, steak or streaky pork too well. It is recommended you cook without the lid to crisp food up but I have not found this too sucessful because of the lack of a really big fire burning down below.

Ash has a tendency to fall/blow into the trough around the fire area and this is where you cook your tates.

peedee

Jackkelly32

They are excellent very compact and easy to use They are easily stored,in fact they are every thing the makers claimed them to be

MOTORHOMER

Hi

Where can they be bought if unable to attend the shoes. Thanks

Motorhomer

Jackkelly32

They have a Web site, I am sorry have not got the details to hand,I am sure it will come up if you do a search try this one seamarknunn.com/catalog/subcat646.htm

chuggalugs

Try this Helen:

http://cobb-bbq.co.uk

thats where we bought it from

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HelenB · Moderator

Thanks Chuggs When I did a search I came up with the American cobb site and guess what? they are the same price over there as in the UK, but in dollars. Crying or Very sad

So am trying to find a friend who is going to the states and pick me one up as it would be almost half price !

Jackkelly32

Hi Helen
Pleased you got the information you were looking for. I do not advise starting the Cobb cooker indoors, as they can be a bit smokie on startup

MOTORHOMER

[quote:9bf7d81f14="HelenB"]Thanks Chuggs When I did a search I came up with the American cobb site and guess what? they are the same price over there as in the UK, but in dollars. Crying or Very sad

So am trying to find a friend who is going to the states and pick me one up as it would be almost half price ![/quote:9bf7d81f14]

Hi

Funny.

I got the Australian site. Just shows you depends on what you put into the google search

Motorhomer