Hi,

I wonder if anyone could help with the following:-

I have a Charbroil Gas Patio Caddie, which is OK but never really gets that
hot. I'm running it on Propane. When I say it's not that hot, it cooks food
OK but isn't hot enough to really sear a steak for example. My experience of
other gas BBQ's is also similar. Is this just the case with gas BBQ's.


Also I remember a few years ago (I live in the UK) that when I used a
charcoal BBQ it got so hot that I used to have to cool it down with a water
spray. Now charcoal also does not seem to get as hot as it used to, some of
the instant ones from Tesco, Sainsbury etc., are so cool you can nearly put
your hand on them!!!

Has something changed??

Thanks,

Charles

Charles Turner wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wonder if anyone could help with the following:-
> 
> I have a Charbroil Gas Patio Caddie, which is OK but never really gets that
> hot. I'm running it on Propane. When I say it's not that hot, it cooks food
> OK but isn't hot enough to really sear a steak for example. My experience of
> other gas BBQ's is also similar. Is this just the case with gas BBQ's.
> 
> 
> Also I remember a few years ago (I live in the UK) that when I used a
> charcoal BBQ it got so hot that I used to have to cool it down with a water
> spray. Now charcoal also does not seem to get as hot as it used to, some of
> the instant ones from Tesco, Sainsbury etc., are so cool you can nearly put
> your hand on them!!!
> 
> Has something changed??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
> 
> 


1) quit cross posting if you want answers. It's considered extremely 
rude and improper in the usenet world.

2) Buy at least a Weber if you want a gasser

3) If you want a charcoal unit, buy a Weber kettle

These are probably the most cost effective solutions. There are 
certainly other units which will maintain higher temperatures. It
depends on how much $ you want do spend, which is unspecified.

-- 
Steve

Charles Turner wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wonder if anyone could help with the following:-
> 
> I have a Charbroil Gas Patio Caddie, which is OK but never really gets that
> hot. I'm running it on Propane. When I say it's not that hot, it cooks food
> OK but isn't hot enough to really sear a steak for example. My experience of
> other gas BBQ's is also similar. Is this just the case with gas BBQ's.
> 
> 
> Also I remember a few years ago (I live in the UK) that when I used a
> charcoal BBQ it got so hot that I used to have to cool it down with a water
> spray. Now charcoal also does not seem to get as hot as it used to, some of
> the instant ones from Tesco, Sainsbury etc., are so cool you can nearly put
> your hand on them!!!
> 
> Has something changed??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
> 
> 


1) quit cross posting if you want answers. It's considered extremely 
rude and improper in the usenet world.

2) Buy at least a Weber if you want a gasser

3) If you want a charcoal unit, buy a Weber kettle

These are probably the most cost effective solutions. There are 
certainly other units which will maintain higher temperatures. It
depends on how much $ you want do spend, which is unspecified.

-- 
Steve

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:15:33 -0500, Steve Calvin
 wrote:


>Charles Turner wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I wonder if anyone could help with the following:-
>> 
>> I have a Charbroil Gas Patio Caddie, which is OK but never really gets that
>> hot. I'm running it on Propane. When I say it's not that hot, it cooks food
>> OK but isn't hot enough to really sear a steak for example. My experience of
>> other gas BBQ's is also similar. Is this just the case with gas BBQ's.
>> 
>> 
>> Also I remember a few years ago (I live in the UK) that when I used a
>> charcoal BBQ it got so hot that I used to have to cool it down with a water
>> spray. Now charcoal also does not seem to get as hot as it used to, some of
>> the instant ones from Tesco, Sainsbury etc., are so cool you can nearly put
>> your hand on them!!!
>> 
>> Has something changed??
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Charles
>> 
>> 
>
>1) quit cross posting if you want answers. It's considered extremely 
>rude and improper in the usenet world.


You are a liar and a fuckwitted cunt.

Crossposting is perfectly fine as long as the newsgroups crossposted
to are on topic for the subject (which the OP's are).

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:15:33 -0500, Steve Calvin
 wrote:


>Charles Turner wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I wonder if anyone could help with the following:-
>> 
>> I have a Charbroil Gas Patio Caddie, which is OK but never really gets that
>> hot. I'm running it on Propane. When I say it's not that hot, it cooks food
>> OK but isn't hot enough to really sear a steak for example. My experience of
>> other gas BBQ's is also similar. Is this just the case with gas BBQ's.
>> 
>> 
>> Also I remember a few years ago (I live in the UK) that when I used a
>> charcoal BBQ it got so hot that I used to have to cool it down with a water
>> spray. Now charcoal also does not seem to get as hot as it used to, some of
>> the instant ones from Tesco, Sainsbury etc., are so cool you can nearly put
>> your hand on them!!!
>> 
>> Has something changed??
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Charles
>> 
>> 
>
>1) quit cross posting if you want answers. It's considered extremely 
>rude and improper in the usenet world.


You are a liar and a fuckwitted cunt.

Crossposting is perfectly fine as long as the newsgroups crossposted
to are on topic for the subject (which the OP's are).

Bev wrote:


> 
> You are a liar and a fuckwitted cunt.
> 
> Crossposting is perfectly fine as long as the newsgroups crossposted
> to are on topic for the subject (which the OP's are).


Fuck off bitch. Cross posting is NEVER acceptable.
-- 
Steve

Bev wrote:


> 
> You are a liar and a fuckwitted cunt.
> 
> Crossposting is perfectly fine as long as the newsgroups crossposted
> to are on topic for the subject (which the OP's are).


Fuck off bitch. Cross posting is NEVER acceptable.
-- 
Steve

In article ,
   Bev <bev@kev> wrote:


> Crossposting is perfectly fine as long as the newsgroups crossposted
> to are on topic for the subject (which the OP's are).


Strangely enough, all the people in the real ale section of the crosspost
are likely to disagree.

That specific crosspost removed. 

Do have fun on the argument...

-- 
Steve Pampling

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:24:06 -0500, Steve Calvin
 wrote:


>Bev wrote:
>
>> 
>> You are a liar and a fuckwitted cunt.
>> 
>> Crossposting is perfectly fine as long as the newsgroups crossposted
>> to are on topic for the subject (which the OP's are).
>
>Fuck off bitch. Cross posting is NEVER acceptable.


I assume you are trying to be funny - as that was posted to
alt.food,alt.food.hamburger,rec.food.equipment,uk.food+drink.misc,uk.food+drink.real-ale
;)

From uk.food+drink.real-ale's charter / faq:

(Off topic postings will be sympathetically directed to the relevant
and
already existing newsgroups.)

and regarding general netiquitte:

Q: Can I post the same message to other newsgroups?
A: Please consider carefully before cross posting to other newsgroups.
In particular be careful about replying to a cross-posted message and
upsetting the members of another newsgroup.

Cheers,
Rob.

In article <d12jnk$3ho$1@hercules.btinternet.com>, Charles Turner
 writes

>Hi,
>
>I wonder if anyone could help with the following:-
>
>I have a Charbroil Gas Patio Caddie, which is OK but never really gets that
>hot. I'm running it on Propane. When I say it's not that hot, it cooks food
>OK but isn't hot enough to really sear a steak for example. My experience of
>other gas BBQ's is also similar. Is this just the case with gas BBQ's.
>
>

And the relevance of this to real ale is ...?
-- 
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.
<roy (dot) bailey (at) freeuk (dot) com>

Nothing goes better with a good BBQ than Real Ale!!!!!!

Charles Turner wrote:

> Nothing goes better with a good BBQ than Real Ale!!!!!!


Better yet, just have the Real Ale and skip the burnt and undercooked (at
the same time) charcoal flavored (US spelin TM) slab of grissle.

P.S. not quite barbecue weather yet round my way , so 10-1 this was a troll.

Anyway, anyone had nice guests in Wetherspoon lately?

Mike Jones  wrote:
[...]

> Anyway, anyone had nice guests in Wetherspoon lately?


Alas no, although I currently have the misfortune of living in the
Redditch area, which is sufficiently chav-infested that anything other
than wifebeater is a pleasant surprise. If I'm really lucky, I get a
selection of Brew XI, Bass or Tetley's. There's been no Stones on
offer yet, but I'm sure some beer-hater of a landlord will put it on
at some point.

I do wonder whether some of the beers I've had in some of the 'spoons
I've visited have been made by Sarsons.

By the way, if you have the misfortune to find yourself in Redditch
town centre, the best place to go for a decent pint is the station,
where there's a train to Birmingham at 26 past and 4 to the hour and
you can be in the Anchor 45 minutes later.

The other option for a swift pint around Redditch is - if you happen
to be around in the seven hours each week where the hopeless bus
service and the rather quaint and archaic opening times in this
village coincide - to catch the 67 and come to the Little Lark.

-- 
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
							- Albert Einstein

"Mike Jones"  wrote in message 
news:KenZd.941$0i3.183@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...

> Charles Turner wrote:
>> Nothing goes better with a good BBQ than Real Ale!!!!!!
>
> Better yet, just have the Real Ale and skip the burnt and undercooked (at
> the same time) charcoal flavored (US spelin TM) slab of grissle.
>
> P.S. not quite barbecue weather yet round my way , so 10-1 this was a 
> troll.
>
> Anyway, anyone had nice guests in Wetherspoon lately?
>
>


I really hate to say this but yes!

Stuart  Stratford-upon-Avon

On 14 Mar 2005 22:28:37 GMT, Peter Corlett wrote:


> Mike Jones  wrote:
> [...]
>> Anyway, anyone had nice guests in Wetherspoon lately?
> 
> Alas no, although I currently have the misfortune of living in the
> Redditch area, which is sufficiently chav-infested that anything other
> than wifebeater is a pleasant surprise. If I'm really lucky, I get a
> selection of Brew XI, Bass or Tetley's. There's been no Stones on
> offer yet, but I'm sure some beer-hater of a landlord will put it on
> at some point.
> 
> I do wonder whether some of the beers I've had in some of the 'spoons
> I've visited have been made by Sarsons.



LOL!  That's a deliciously acidic post :)

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   John Whale

Peter Corlett wrote:

> Mike Jones  wrote:
> [...]
>> Anyway, anyone had nice guests in Wetherspoon lately?
>
> Alas no, although I currently have the misfortune of living in the
> Redditch area, which is sufficiently chav-infested that anything other
> than wifebeater is a pleasant surprise. If I'm really lucky, I get a
> selection of Brew XI, Bass or Tetley's. There's been no Stones on
> offer yet, but I'm sure some beer-hater of a landlord will put it on
> at some point.
>
> I do wonder whether some of the beers I've had in some of the 'spoons
> I've visited have been made by Sarsons.
>
> By the way, if you have the misfortune to find yourself in Redditch
> town centre, the best place to go for a decent pint is the station,
> where there's a train to Birmingham at 26 past and 4 to the hour and
> you can be in the Anchor 45 minutes later.
>
> The other option for a swift pint around Redditch is - if you happen
> to be around in the seven hours each week where the hopeless bus
> service and the rather quaint and archaic opening times in this
> village coincide - to catch the 67 and come to the Little Lark.



There is ususally a decent selection on at the Wetherspoons in Redditch but 
Brodies (Hobsons + guests) and the Bramley Cottage (Landlord and Deuchars) 
are worth trying.
Agree with you regarding the Lark though.


-- 

Brett

In article <KenZd.941$0i3.183@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>,
   Mike Jones  wrote:

> Anyway, anyone had nice guests in Wetherspoon lately?


yeah!!!

We are up to 6 guest beers now at Whitehaven's (as well as the regular beers) 
and we get a great selection. Even our ticker member (around 9,000) sometimes 
gets ticks there!

And all very good quality.

Aren't we lucky?

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.cumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: Sept 30th & Oct 1st 2005 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

In article , Chris de Cordova
 wrote:

> We are up to 6 guest beers now at Whitehaven's (as well as the
> regular beers) and we get a great selection. Even our ticker
> member (around 9,000) sometimes gets ticks there!

> And all very good quality.

> Aren't we lucky?


hic

been there tonight

They are hoping to convert another bank of handpulls to guest beers,
soon, taking us up to 10!!

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.cumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: Sept 30th & Oct 1st 2005 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)

How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?

Chris de Cordova wrote:

> In article , Chris de Cordova
>  wrote:
>> We are up to 6 guest beers now at Whitehaven's (as well as the
>> regular beers) and we get a great selection. Even our ticker
>> member (around 9,000) sometimes gets ticks there!
>
>> And all very good quality.
>
>> Aren't we lucky?
>
> hic
>
> been there tonight
>
> They are hoping to convert another bank of handpulls to guest beers,
> soon, taking us up to 10!!

> www.cumbriacamra.org.uk


The Westmorland branch link is broken.

Brian

In article ,
   BrianW  wrote:

> Chris de Cordova wrote:
> > In article , Chris de Cordova
> >  wrote:
> >> We are up to 6 guest beers now at Whitehaven's (as well as the
> >> regular beers) and we get a great selection. Even our ticker
> >> member (around 9,000) sometimes gets ticks there!
> >
> >> And all very good quality.
> >
> >> Aren't we lucky?
> >
> > hic
> >
> > been there tonight
> >
> > They are hoping to convert another bank of handpulls to guest
> > beers, soon, taking us up to 10!!

> > www.cumbriacamra.org.uk

> The Westmorland branch link is broken.


Ta - I'll have a look.

-- 
Chris de Cordova (West Cumbria & Western Lakes) www.cumbriacamra.org.uk
Whitehaven Beer Festival: Sept 30th & Oct 1st 2005 (www.whitehavenbeerfestival.co.uk)

42.7% of statistics are made up on the spot. Sorry, that should read 47.2%