Gas or Charcoal?

This being the first blog of December also makes it the first blog of summer.

With all the the lengths of timber cut to size, and nicely angled (no swearing thus far...) I realised that i would need a BBQ to go with it.

Here starts the great debate over gas or charcoal...

The Kiwis are fans of gas, yet i have always been a charcoal BBQ man. So what do i do? Charcoal is fairly hard to come by over here, and when you do, it is the lump wood rubbish, not the briquettes. So the odds are stacked in favour of gas before i even start.

There are some shiny examples of gas BBQs out there. You can get a six burner stainless steel monstrosity with variable this, that, and the other. Where does one begin?

I leave the forum open to you lot, to have your say.

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