What kind of barbeque
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You can replace it every year for 5-10 years for the same price. Anything spell marine cost lots of money.
You can replace it every year for 5-10 years for the same price. Anything spell marine cost lots of money.
mounting options?
Trev: Consider the mounting options. If you do not need to rain mount the BBQ, then you have many more options. The parts that fail on most BBQ's are the burners & regulators regardless of the materials that the unit is built from.
Trev: Consider the mounting options. If you do not need to rain mount the BBQ, then you have many more options. The parts that fail on most BBQ's are the burners & regulators regardless of the materials that the unit is built from.
Cheap BBQ
One thing to keep in mind when you are getting your BBQ the cheap Wally mart BBQ are ment to be used on a picnic table and not on the seat of a sailboat. The cheap ones are not so great if it is windy and I have found out from experiance that they tend to splater grease out the front and back vent holes. After useing my cheapy on the boat I went out and picked up a force 10 and a rail mount for my Mac 26 because the little portable BBQ just seemed a little to dangerous to use.
One thing to keep in mind when you are getting your BBQ the cheap Wally mart BBQ are ment to be used on a picnic table and not on the seat of a sailboat. The cheap ones are not so great if it is windy and I have found out from experiance that they tend to splater grease out the front and back vent holes. After useing my cheapy on the boat I went out and picked up a force 10 and a rail mount for my Mac 26 because the little portable BBQ just seemed a little to dangerous to use.
Jenni, NO grill should ever be used on a seat
Or anywhere else inside a boat...due to the risk of a grease fire if wake or anything else causes it to fall off a seat or tip over in the cockpit. Grills--except maybe a George Foreman electric one (but who wants to eat electrocuted meat anyway?)--should always be mounted to overhang the water when in use. Anyone who's handy with a drill can modify a tabletop grill to fit a rail or hull grill mount. Or, if you're not, mount one of the "fileting boards" (which you can also make, but you'd still have to buy the mount) and lash the grill sit on it. And while we're on the subject of safey...propane cylinders should never be stored below decks or in a locker. Magma sells propane storage "bags" designed to hang from rail or lifeline, but you can make your own using Sunbrella for a fraction of their price.
Or anywhere else inside a boat...due to the risk of a grease fire if wake or anything else causes it to fall off a seat or tip over in the cockpit. Grills--except maybe a George Foreman electric one (but who wants to eat electrocuted meat anyway?)--should always be mounted to overhang the water when in use. Anyone who's handy with a drill can modify a tabletop grill to fit a rail or hull grill mount. Or, if you're not, mount one of the "fileting boards" (which you can also make, but you'd still have to buy the mount) and lash the grill sit on it. And while we're on the subject of safey...propane cylinders should never be stored below decks or in a locker. Magma sells propane storage "bags" designed to hang from rail or lifeline, but you can make your own using Sunbrella for a fraction of their price.
Don't Get Burned Buying a Marine Grill
Peggy, I'm sure when she wrote "seat" she meant a cockpit bench (at least I hope she did). Electrocuted meat? You're a clever one.
Trev, if you can figure out a way to mount it to let it drip overboard, and it stays lit in a breeze, shielded by your ingenuity, I see no reason to spend the money on a marine grill for sweet water use. Jeff
Peggy, I'm sure when she wrote "seat" she meant a cockpit bench (at least I hope she did). Electrocuted meat? You're a clever one.
Trev, if you can figure out a way to mount it to let it drip overboard, and it stays lit in a breeze, shielded by your ingenuity, I see no reason to spend the money on a marine grill for sweet water use. Jeff
If a cockpit bench is inside the cockpit...
A grill shouldn't be on it...grills should ONLY overhang the water while in use or still hot. When a grill is mounted at the aft end of the boat, any breeze (except while in a slip) has to be coming from the bow. So the trick to keeping one lit in a breeze is to position it so that the lid is at the forward end of the grill. However, wind should only be an issue when getting grill lit, 'cuz anyone who knows anything about grilling knows that the lid should always be on while the grill pre-heats and during cooking except when basting or turning whatever is on it. Only amateurs try to cook even hot dogs with the lid off.
A grill shouldn't be on it...grills should ONLY overhang the water while in use or still hot. When a grill is mounted at the aft end of the boat, any breeze (except while in a slip) has to be coming from the bow. So the trick to keeping one lit in a breeze is to position it so that the lid is at the forward end of the grill. However, wind should only be an issue when getting grill lit, 'cuz anyone who knows anything about grilling knows that the lid should always be on while the grill pre-heats and during cooking except when basting or turning whatever is on it. Only amateurs try to cook even hot dogs with the lid off.
Electrocuted meat
Reminds me of a apprentice I worked with a while back, couldn't go a day without his beloved hot dog fix. He used to jam two wires in oppposite ends of a hot dog and plug them in to the 120V of the generator. Men love danger when they cook.
Reminds me of a apprentice I worked with a while back, couldn't go a day without his beloved hot dog fix. He used to jam two wires in oppposite ends of a hot dog and plug them in to the 120V of the generator. Men love danger when they cook.
Back in the 1960's
There was a little unit on the market called the "Hot Doger" and it cooked the dogs exactly as your apprentice friend used to. It had several sets of metal prongs on each side pointing towards each other. You would push the ends of the hot dog onto each set of prongs, turn it on and the current would pass through the hot dog cooking it. To me it smelled like burning flesh. They weren't on the market very long and I can see why... Happy Sailing ....
There was a little unit on the market called the "Hot Doger" and it cooked the dogs exactly as your apprentice friend used to. It had several sets of metal prongs on each side pointing towards each other. You would push the ends of the hot dog onto each set of prongs, turn it on and the current would pass through the hot dog cooking it. To me it smelled like burning flesh. They weren't on the market very long and I can see why... Happy Sailing ....
I Made One of Those in the Boy Scouts
A peice of plywood, two nails bent over, cable clamped the cut off extension cord to the nails, stuck the hot dog on plugged it in and viola a cooked hot dog. I think microwaves killed that way of cooking them. Too bad, they just do not taste the same.
A peice of plywood, two nails bent over, cable clamped the cut off extension cord to the nails, stuck the hot dog on plugged it in and viola a cooked hot dog. I think microwaves killed that way of cooking them. Too bad, they just do not taste the same.
go with the small maggma its great
The maggma is great you can cook wile sailing in the rain in the wind it cheep on gas I have mine hooked to the propain system in the boat.The grill mounts on my rail and stays there with a cover. I thought the F 10 sucked and it would go out in the wind .The grill would stink up the hole boat!I have a larg magma grill my niece gave me but it is to big .I cook for 4 on the round magma grill and it works great.You can remove the grill and make coffe if you run out of gass. John
The maggma is great you can cook wile sailing in the rain in the wind it cheep on gas I have mine hooked to the propain system in the boat.The grill mounts on my rail and stays there with a cover. I thought the F 10 sucked and it would go out in the wind .The grill would stink up the hole boat!I have a larg magma grill my niece gave me but it is to big .I cook for 4 on the round magma grill and it works great.You can remove the grill and make coffe if you run out of gass. John
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