Friday, August 15, 2008

The ultimate (car) camping BBQ?

The Bon-Fire barbeque set-up is just perfect! Beautifully made, Danish design and very 'pioneer'. This will be great when we camp with the Lavvu.

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A heavy steel tripod holds a brazier / fire pan off the ground. There are three chains that hang from the legs that hold either a large stainless steel grill or a huge skillet / Paella style pan. From the top of the tripod comes another chain attached to a rotating handle and from this hangs a 6 litre enamelled stew pot (filled with Fasolia Yahni - Greek Bean Stew, in this photo)

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But that's not all... there is a long handled pancake pan with... wait for it... a popcorn attachment. The kids love it. Lastly, it comes with an array of terrifying BBQ utensils, that look like tools for killing the cow as well as cooking it.

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You can use firewood, lump charcoal or briquettes. I love this so much!

We tried it in the garden tonight - a practice run - just in case August should throw up two dry days in a row and we can go camping.

This set up is called the Bon-fire Complete Deluxe Package if you are tempted. Check out their gear at www.bon-fire.dk

7 comments:

Alan Sloman said...

Brilliant Chris: That should fit nicely in the tent, and give you a nice central heating system when its chucking it down outside!

Lovely bit of kit...

How much??!!!!

Chris Cowell said...

Well, I figured that as we aren't going away 'proper' this year, the money I would have spent on a grotty cottage in the Lakes would be best spent on some nice camping gear.

Sarah isn't entirely convinced, but I think she'll come around in the next year or two :)

Anonymous said...

C'mon Chris - How much?
As a guess, assuming it is strongly built I would say you would have done well to pay anything less than £400?
Superb piece of kit - time spent sitting around a fire in good company is time stolen from the eternal darkness....Fred

Chris Cowell said...

A lot less than that!

Chris Cowell said...

Well, a bit less than that!

Dave said...

Can I cook some proper Jalepeno Burgers on that too !

Chris Cowell said...

Feel free Dave! I am renting it out by the hour.