Son of Hibachi

Had a chance to try out a new BBQ last night – a smaller and more portable unit than my Bon-Fire setup. It’s called, rather amusingly, the Son of Hibachi. It’s marketed as the Grilletto in Europe, as apparently, we are too dumb to get the Son of Hibachi pun.

It is basically 2 x hibachi style grills bolted together that folds into a neat arrangement that allows quick and easy lighting.

BUT the best thing…?

Imagine you are down the beach, or your fave picnic spot, you have just had a barbie and it’s time to go home. Well, you just drop the hot unit into it’s fireproof bag – this does two things – stops your car boot from burning and snuffs the remaining charcoal so it can be reused.

 

We cooked halloumi kebabs on it last night (with the first broad beans of the year from the garden as a side – yeah!).

So far, so good. It works best if you pack it with briquettes and use a BBQ lighting gel to light it. It isn’t ready in 7 minutes as the blurb suggests – 15 is more realistic, but it cooks well and evenly and it’s very high quality.

It’ll be coming on all of our ‘big camping’ trips and days out. It’s a keeper!