Poundshop disposable BBQ's

Bernard_Fishtrousers

Just got back from my holiday where we took 3 disposable BBQ's, bought from poundshop on a recommendation from this very website.
I'd seen them a couple of times but was a little concerned because they looked a little small & I was worried that perhaps a quid was just a little bit too cheap.
I was indeed still in two minds because Wilko had theirs on a half price offer at £1.24.
But no, I thought, Martin the Millionaire & all his hordes of followers must be right...

Not fit for purpose barely covers my experience with these things.
'Leave to warm up for 20 minutes' it said on the packet, then, 'shake to evenly distribute the charcoal'

When you shake them, they collapse like shaking a tin foil pouch & after 25 minutes they've all but gone out. I've been camping with disposable BBQ's for more than a decade so its not like I've never used one before.

This is my main gripe with this site, a 'recommendation' should be at least based on some tiny bit of experience of the product & not based solely on the fact that it is simply the cheapest.

I've effectively wasted three quid through following 'money saving' tips.

Thanks for reading & I know you think it's my first post, but I've been subscribing to the e-mail for some years, but couldn't remember my password to get back onto this forum.

parkgirl

We got some of these over the Summer - rubbish. I'd rather pay a bit more and get them from Asda (theirs are really good)

zippychick

As this isn't Old style related, ive moved this to the Praise, vent and warnings board

Zip

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DCFC79

Bernard_Fishtrousers wrote: »

Thanks for reading & I know you think it's my first post, but I've been subscribing to the e-mail for some years, but couldn't remember my password to get back onto this forum.

You use the forgot password option to get back in.

no1catman

If its disposable - does that mean you can burn it!??:rotfl:

chuckley

they couldnt even heat water past luke warm... i ended up getting a camping stone. about the same weight for 3 of those BBQ's