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Why Mastertouch? A basic £200 kettle has worked well for years for me. Not sure I can see the justification for the double price of the master touch.

Also - Dawsons always has a sale on. May be cheaper.

https://www.bbqworld.co.uk/weber-barbecues/charcoal/weber-charcoal-bbq.asp

Because shiny

But you're totally right, I will go for a cheaper weber

£250, has thermometer and hinged grill - worth it bargain!

https://www.bbqworld.co.uk/m/weber-barbecues/charcoal/weber-original-kettle-e5730-charcoal-bbq-57cm.asp

The Napoleon Pro 22k is a brilliant Weber alternative. Have had one for 5/6 years and it's been a great low and slow cooker and good for feeding a big crew too. Cast iron grill FTW!

Will probably go with this given how much we'll probably use it.

https://www.bbqworld.co.uk/m/weber-barbecues/charcoal/weber-one-touch-original-47cm-charcoal-bbq-black.asp

I would recommend the 57cm, enough room for a couple of butterflied chickens or what have you when you've got guests...

Yup 57cm and the built in thermometers are useless; you need the temp just grills, not 2/3 of the way up the dome, cuz that's where the meat is.

Personally find the thermometer quite useful, just to gauge roughly whether it's at medium, hot or kin hot in there. But have also worked without one without any problems.

57cm is definitely the right size unless all you want to do is cook a couple of sausages.

Getting a 47cm is the only thing I regret about my Weber. Get by, but more space would be nice.

The Mastertouch is only £300 so not double.
I mainly went with it as it had some useful extras like hinged grate and charcoal baskets. I think the lid hook is a bit better too.

I got a Kamado Joe from the London Barbecue School who sell them off discounted at the end of the summer.

I also quite like the look of the new Kettle Joe as a sort of kamado that costs a decent chunk less.

Actually after watching some reviews of the Kettle Joe maybe I'd wait until they've released a few revised versions

Another problem with the kettle joe is that at that price point you can get a kamado from a brand other than BGE or Joe which will be a lot better.

Yolo'd it on the Master Touch from John Lewis.

Yolo'd it

Never a bad justification. I have some amazing cherry wood for smoke if you want to try it at some point. With lamb shoulder.........

Waiting for a couple steaks to come up to room temp before firing them into hell

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Needs "after" pics.

Is that grate just resting on the wood, and are you gonna move it before you put the steaks on?

I'm curious as to how this works...

Yep. They are only little flat iron steaks so didn’t need long

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Turned out alright

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Sea bass and pork marinated in a citrus/ ancho marinade.

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The pineapple didn’t work out so well unfortunately, need to figure that out next time.

I love your setup! Spectacular...

I don’t need this bbq but I want it

We did pineapple last weekend (cheap kettle BBQ) - just a couple of thickish slices, heated through on indirect heat, then moved over the coals for a few minutes each side to caramelise a bit. Worked fairly well, though the embers were dying - would have been better if we'd put them on 15 mins earlier.

I'd thought that for the next time, I might quarter (or sixth) the pineapple down the long axis, but again use indirect heat for a bit before marking them on each side over the coals. Probably keep the skin on too, just for the look of it.