portable campfire/BBQ

Hi Heather. There was also a display at the Penrith show with a stainless Bar B Que and campfire. I didn't take too much notice but maybe if you could find a list of exibitors it may give you a bit of a comparison. Regards,Bob

Heather, I have a portable fire place, folds up, can be used in caravan parks etc, comes in a canvas cover etc. You can use your barby plate on it etc, cost $175.00, but I think it is worth it. Will take some pics if you are interested. John

We had a little wombat - it was great and is versatile but found the weight a bit of an issue and it does take up some space in the camper or car.
We went to BBQ galore and bought one of their little pot belly BBQ's for $50 and use that.
We use it to cook on using the grill or our hillbilly fry pan, also fits our hillbilly camp oven on perfectly and when done we can have a small camp fire in it

Being cast iron it is tough, not as heavy as the wombat and the heat radiates to keep your feet nice and warm.

The little pot belly packs up nice and compact as well and keeps all the ash in the bottom for easy cleaning, I found that getting ash out of the wombat catches in the lip


I believe there is also a flat pack one now
http://flatbrazier.com/index.php

but not checked it out as yet

Also check out ... http://www.ozpig.com.au/

Dear Heather,

I have attached a photo of my home made contraption. We use it for open fires and I also place a grill / plate on the top that we BBQ on. The legs unscrew and pack into the body of the BBQ & I just made a basic canvas bag that it all fits into with the plate.

Don't ask where the keg was sourced.....

Just another option that works really well & is relatively light.

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Heather,

We have used the 9kg gas bottle as below. The base fits inside the the unit when you pack it up and the grate, (you can see it to the left) fits over that. The grate allows you to use kettles etc on top. What you cannot see is a piece cut out on the other side from the top to feed wood into.

I had a canvas bag made up for it, so for me is easy to carry around.

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It is also good if you only have limited timber to burn throws out sufficient heat to keep a small group warm.

Hi Heather,

It weighs 16kg including the two cast iron plates and the rotisserie.
My wife bought me one for my birthday in January this year and it is excellent. We love it. We must have cooked 20-30 meals on it. The best part is the rotisserie. On that alone we have cooked chickens, lumps of beef, legs of lamb, lamb shanks, pork. It is just the best. We have even used a small camper oven in it to cook a leg of lamb. Not to mention all the meals which have been cooked over the grill and hot plate.

When we use the rotisserie we use heat beads to keep up the good solid heat. One time we cooked 2x2kg chickens which were the juicyest chicken I have ever had. We have even cranked it up at home on our back deck.

The only negative is that when sitting around it as a camp fire, it doesn't throw out a lot of heat out the sides like a real camp fire. But you still get to sit around it.

As you can tell, we love our little wombat.

I hope this helps

Shaun.