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G'day everyone,
Thought id throw in my 50c worth into this topic. Recently my wife n I have been using a little charcoal cooker when out camping and the results have been, well mouth watering to say the least.

The cooker is 650mm long x 400mm wide x 350mm high. The rotisserie section runs off a little motor that requires 2 d cell batteries which last for approx 6hrs in total and can turn 4 kgs of meat.

As we are a family of four, 3 of us with big apitites we normaly put on a 1.5kg beef roast and a 1.5kg chicken at the same time. These take about 2hrs to cook, we then add potatoes and carrots wrapped in alfoil and drizzeled in olive oil, these take about 40mins to cook.

We normally get the charcoal underway about half hr before we put the meat on to get enough heat to cook with.
Once its all up and running we just kick back drinking beers and wild turkey and let the food cook itself apart from adding a small amout of charcoal at about the 1hr mark to ensure there's enough to last.

When cooked, enjoy a lovely roast and vegies meal around the campfire, happy days.

I dont have enough posts up to add pic's but when I do I'll return to this thread and post them up for all to see.

Cheers
Brian.
 
always good to have Aussies around the forum. And the campfire, obviously...


Ah, didn't know you guys were interested in Bourbon down there. Dontcha have your own good stuff?
 
always good to have Aussies around the forum. And the campfire, obviously...

Ah, didn't know you guys were interested in Bourbon down there. Dontcha have your own good stuff?

Hi there, great to be apart of the forum.
Yeah we love Bourbon down here, Jacks and Turkey would be my fav.
Yeah we have some good stuff down here for sure, one nasty one is Bundaberg rum, I get shivers down my spine just typing those words, haha. It can be a great drop but can also be very nasty, especially the next day, you need a good feed before you get on it and about a liter of water before you go to bed, otherwise you wake up praying for death, hahaha.

Cheers
Brian.
 
Charcoal cooking is the goods...I recommend a big green egg, kamado cooker or similar. Those things are the best invention since sliced bread. Cook anything from roasts - pizza like a charm. (Don't try butterscotch pudding, that doesn't work - I wonder how I know that :doh:)
 
Charcoal cooking is the goods...I recommend a big green egg, kamado cooker or similar. Those things are the best invention since sliced bread. Cook anything from roasts - pizza like a charm. (Don't try butterscotch pudding, that doesn't work - I wonder how I know that :doh:)

Hey mate,
Havent seen one of those kamado cookers before, got any pic's ?

Hahaha, thanks for the tip, no puddings, lol.:-).
 
Sorry, I can't find any of mine now (Grr, where did they go?)
I'll take some in the next couple of days and post them up, but for the time being, this one here's nearly identical to the Feast-Master

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LARGE-CE...door_Living_BBQs_Cookware&hash=item43c19babcf

Mine's called a Feast-Master, specially branded for a school fundraiser. Made in the same factory as the Kamado Cooker, and they look pretty much the same as all the green eggs I've seen (apart from colour)

They are so good because they are 100% ceramic. If you've used a Weber before, it's kind of like a weber but way more controllable. It has the fire kind of in the middle of the inner shell on a grate. There are vents top and bottom to control the fire. They can get up to over 300 C very quickly. If I use it one evening, it will still be at around 100 C at breakfast time the next day. They work very well. A bit pricey, but worth it in my opinion.
 
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Wow they do look good mate and yeah bit pricey.
Mines nowhere near as fancy as that, lol.
So you could easily cook breaky on it the next morning with it retaining heat so well.
If my rebuild wasn't costing me nearly 8k id look into one of those, maybey tax time next yr unless I gotta spend that money on my trucks aswell haha.
 
Yep, brekky next morning could be done.
Phew, 8k for a rebuild...Far out...
Seriously, I thought hard about spending that much money on a cooker when we already had a perfectly good barbecue, but man, that thing is good!
 
Yep, brekky next morning could be done.
Phew, 8k for a rebuild...Far out...
Seriously, I thought hard about spending that much money on a cooker when we already had a perfectly good barbecue, but man, that thing is good!

Yeah that's kinda what im thinkin too, got 2 good bbq's, will have to talk the wifie into it when the time comes,lol.
Yeah its a big hole in the pocket but gotta be done if I want my 105 back on the road,
Ahhhh, the things we do eehh.
 
Damn straight on the kamado. I got the Big Green Egg a couple months ago. See my logic here... https://forum.ih8mud.com/campfire-cuisine/766999-maybe-i-am-stupid.html More and more people around here are spending money on these things. BGE even makes a receiver hitch mount for the damn thing if you wanna carry a $1000 grill to a tailgate! I smoked a duck on it this past week. Temp control is great. The fuel is pricey but lasts a long time.

The pic in post #21 also shows the Weber Smokey Jr that is just an awesome little grill for so many things.

--john
 
This is the little sucker we take away camping.
In pic 2 you'll notice a green shade cloth type bag, the little cooker disassembles and fits nicely into that so takes up minimal room in the 4b.

I got it on evil bay for $120 so nice cheap little cooker that has made camp cooking more enjoyable for my family and I.

Cheers
Brian.

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Hmmmm,,seems 1 photo got a little excited and decided to make a few appearances. Lol.

Cheers
Brian.
 
Is there a brand name on that? I like it. probably not safe enough to buy here in the States.....
 
Hi fellas, cant remember the name of the mob I got mine off and cant seem to find him on ebay but there is a seller on ebay with one's similar to mine, priced around $160.
There called Ezy Spit flat pack chorcoal cookers,they look decent enough for the price.
Hope this helps.

Cheers
Brian.
 
Since we're talking rotisseries: Here's another great source for all things rotisserie related: http://www.onegrill.com/

No relation other than I did recently purchase a couple of their motors and Performer Basket kit for my kamado...muy bueno.
 
Thanks BWD, I like the looks of your charcoal box better than the ez spit but I like the simplicity of the ez spit. I figure I could have a couple of plates cut with a plasma cutter and then buy one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Grill-Rotisser...+rotisserietes

And I'd have one of my own.

No probs.
A couple of the guys we go camping with made their own, they came up quite well and did what your thinking of doing, bought the little motor , rotisserie and meat prongs. They work very well and the flat pack design saves so much room.
 
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