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We've been using a Cobb for a while now and it's been great, particularly for roasts. The only critiscism though was the ash from the brikettes tends to be a bit messy and difficult to clean up afterwards. Well Cobb have brought out a new product call 'cobblestones' which seem to solve that problem.
They ain't cheap but i've ordered a box to try them out as soon as the weather improves...
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We've been using a Cobb for a while now and it's been great, particularly for roasts. The only critiscism though was the ash from the brikettes tends to be a bit messy and difficult to clean up afterwards. Well Cobb have brought out a new product call 'cobblestones' which seem to solve that problem.
They ain't cheap but i've ordered a box to try them out as soon as the weather improves...
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Roll on summer
pete
Just give me a wee call and I will come to your BBQ and help you test them out. Anything for a fellow motorhomefacter I am particularily fond of chicken
They are pricey. Over £1 each. Our £4 bag of brigettes give us 20 meals. To think the cobb is named the cobb because the South African govern. deisgned it for the poor to cook their corn on the cobb and then having eaten the corn they would dry the cobb out as fuel.
We light the cobb outdoors but then it is totally safe to use indoors and it heats the van - fantastic piece of kit.
I was just going to start a post asking if anyone had used these Cobblestones- I've just seen them in the latest Lakeland catalogue. Thanks all for the useful feedback.
We find carrying bags of charcoal a pain. Our solution,disposible BBQs, seem to be expensive all over Europe ( used to be 99p locally !) so we're looking for an alternative.
Would these cobblestones work in a small BBQ like this one ? :
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We find carrying bags of charcoal a pain. Our solution,disposible BBQs, seem to be expensive all over Europe ( used to be 99p locally !) so we're looking for an alternative.
Would these cobblestones work in a small BBQ like this one ? :
Hi Chris, I'm not sure how they would fare on a conventional barbie, what with the hot fats dripping directly onto the stone, i'm not sure if it would break up or not.
With the cobb there is a cover that diverts the fat into a channel round the edge, it doesn't drip onto the coals.
We've just tried them for the first time with our cobb, they are quite difficult to light but once you get them going they heat up really quick, smoke only for about 30 seconds before the stone turns grey then ready for cooking a couple of minutes later. After cooking the 'stone' stayed intact until it was cold and was easily disposed of without the usual mess with coals.
Before we found these 'cobblestones' we used to use a product called 'heat beads'
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Homebase stock them, you could give them a try, not as messy as conventional briquettes and burn hotter so you use less coals and they burn down cleaner as well. As always, more expensive than conventional coals though.
Hi Chris, I'm not sure how they would fare on a conventional barbie, what with the hot fats dripping directly onto the stone, i'm not sure if it would break up or not.
Thanks Pete...this is not something I'd thought about. I've not really looked at a Cobb BBQ so didn't realise they were isolated from the charcoal area.
We'll have a look at the Heat Beads next time we're in B&Q. They look less messy than neat charcoal. Last time we took a bag of that - carefully sealed- we got dust all over the washroom.
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