Choofers

Cooking facilities, recipes, methods, advice and opinions for those camping away from home. Can be inside the rig, outside of it, slide-outs or even over a campfire in a pit. Tell us your style and preferences!!
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Dot wrote:What about a full BBQ made with an old ?40kg gas bottle. :idea: A full length one with half grill & the other half plate? :idea:
Where do you store it for travelling Dottie? It does sound good like a good idea, wood fueled or gas burners?
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I meant for home use and gas fired... OR should I keep it as is get it refilled and fill other bottles from it? (have the correct fitting to do this safely) AND much cheaper as well...
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Dot wrote:... OR should I keep it as is get it refilled and fill other bottles from it? (have the correct fitting to do this safely) AND much cheaper as well...
Oooo, I raised this idea of filling my 4.5kg bottles from my 9kg one on another forum which didn't go down very well.

To be fair, it probably isn't practical and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

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Dot wrote:I meant for home use and gas fired... OR should I keep it as is get it refilled and fill other bottles from it? (have the correct fitting to do this safely) AND much cheaper as well...
Is it in date? You can do a quick TAFE course on LPG decanting and then you have ticket to do it legally.
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I have my friendly contacts ;) ;) in Melb with the legal qualifications and tools so don't go all ga ga on me please :lol: :lol:
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Wasn't meant like that Dottie :lol: It just gives you a piece of paper to wave under the nose of anyone who wants to stick their nose in :? or something like that. I have an LPG fitters licence so I can do gas decanting and much more, but i still get idiots trying to tell me what I'm doing is illegal :roll:
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I'd rather decant other stuff other than gas, that is Chucks field of expertise :lol: :lol: I'd rather make a BBQ out of the thing..
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I,d rather decant a good tawny port meself... :lol: :lol:
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Oi !!!

No way your gunna make a BBQ outa my freckle! :shock: :lol: :shock:

Even if it does come with it's own bona fide natural gas! :lol: :lol:
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Here's one that I made some years ago and it's still going strong
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Stainless steel top so you can cook the steak straight on top, put small pots on, or you can remove the top for larger pots.
The tags on the top take the same handles that I use for the Hillbilly oven.

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Seen here with door open and ash pan a bit out. Bottom grate is visible through the door
Only slightly smaller (at 250x250x500 high) than the 9kg gas bottle ones and weighs less.

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The sides are all hinged so that it folds up on itself.

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And it all fits in an old Makita drill box.
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Also have a fold up Aluminium and SS fire grate that is only a fraction of the weight of the steel ones.

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