Once
you have decided on choosing a new BBQ grill for your patio or garden,
you need to start thinking about the different styles of BBQ grills
that are available.
Mainstream
barbeque grills are available with either, fuel, charcoal or gas fuel
types, and the selection of this is vital to you making the first step
in choosing your new barbeque grill.
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The Charcoal BBQ - Great taste
and flavour
The
main draw to the charcoal BBQ is the classic flavour and taste that the
smoke infuses onto the food during cooking.
Adding charcoal to the
grill is straightforward and any type of charcoal can be used,
including briquettes and lumpwood, both of which are available commonly
from most stores.
It's advantages aside, the charcoal BBQ does
generate considerable mess when compared to a Gas or Electric BBQ, as
the charcoal residue and fat drippings tend to create a mess that has
to be dealt with after cooking.
Charcoal grills heat up
relatively slowly compared to Gas and Electric BBQ grills, and despite
this, charcoal remains the most popular type of domestic BBQ grill that
is available today thanks to the flavour and smell that is associated
with "real BBQ".
Find out more about the hugely popular charcoal
BBQ.
The Gas BBQ - Inexpensive to
run and easy to use
The
Gas BBQ has a great deal going for it, and portable Gas grills are
available with miniscule footprints that make them perfect for use on
camping trips, weekends away and meets etc.
Gas
BBQ's are inexpensive to run when using propane gas, and to get the
ultimate in cost-effective barbeque food, conversions to natural gas
via gas conversion kits makes them a highly popular option
for DIY
and budget concious buyers.
This
type of grill is also considerably easier to clean than a charcoal
fueled grill and obtains cooking temperature instantly when cooking
using direct heat, and within a few minutes if cooking using indirect
heat.
These BBQ's are
great all-rounders, and capable of delivering BBQ good that tastes
every bit as good as it's charcoal burning sibling without the smoke
and aroma, the gas BBQ
has a lot to offer.
The Electric BBQ - Pure
convenience
Electric
BBQ grills are nowhere near as popular as Charcoal and Electric fuelled
barbeques, though it has to be said that despite this, the Electric
grill certainly fills the gap where a small footprint and extreme
simplicity is required.
Needing virtually no servicing or
maintenance other than cleaning the griddle plates, the Electric BBQ
requires the least attention of them all.
Startup time is moderate though faster than a charcoal BBQ, but not
anywhere as fast as a Gas grill.
The
biggest advantage of using an Electric grill over the others, is the
fact that due to its lack of gas cyclinder or requirements of bags of
charcoal and firelighters, means that it is perfectly suited to being
used outdoors, in trailers, and anywhere else there may be an electric
hookup within reach meaning that the electric
BBQ is a no-nonsense, go anywhere grill.
