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Subject Topic: Heat Beads for Cobb
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Personemgin
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Does anyone know where we can buy Heat Beads from these days? We live in Nottingham. They used to sell them in Tesco but not any more it seems.... Thanks folks!

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Personsuns
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There was a massive post on this earlier this year.Someone started a thread and everyone added to it,but the search is down at the moment so i cant help you search.


PersonCharlies Mummy
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I buy them online from Woolies.

See link, its 19.99 for 4 x 4Kg, with free delivery !

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PersonFred + Wilma
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The Range has them in Romford, so if you have one of those near you...


Personmadelinew
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Woolies had them in my local shop the other day so it's worth looking in yours


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Personrattyhorses
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woolies have them online but also homebase have them in as well £4.99 for a 4kg bag. brought 2 bags a month ago


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We got two bags on Saturday from Go Outdoors.

Karende


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We got our's from Go-outdoors as well....

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and failed MISERABLY.
The lesson is : NEVER TRY .


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Waitrose now sell heat beads, Kath


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Thanks folks. We bought them off Woolworths on-line. Ordered on Thursday and arrived today. Cool - just in time for our first camping trip of the year at the weekend.

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PersonTassie
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Hi Folks,

Following on from a previous thread, I phoned our local Garden Centre in Bridport and asked if they stocked Heat Beads. Yes sir, £6.49 for a 4kg. bag.

You can well imagine what I told him to do with them, one by one.

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Personwireweaver
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I got mine from B&Q. but forget how much i paid for them. the woolies price seems good.

 I have just been packing one of my bags up into small ziplock bags.  Have put 11 beads in each bag and added a few fire lighter cubes that way if decide to go away for weekend will only need to pack 3 small ready to go bags.



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Make sure your heat beads are in an air tight bag or container as they can absorb moisture from the air and be difficult to light. Consider buying a charcoal chimney for faster lighting. The one from Homebase will fit on the Cobb fire basket with a slight modification to the handle.


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do heat beads make a difference to flavour vs charcol?


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Not that I've noticed. It's just that they're so much better than anything else heat wise. They beat the rest hands down. We would never go back to normal charcoal now.

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I agree there does not seem to be any difference, after all i think they are made from compressed charcoal. Because of the rising fuel prices (gas,electricity and oil) we are using the Cobb more frequently at home. On Sunday I cooked a 1.4Kg chicken on the roast rack with the moat full of potatoes and parsnips. I used just 7 brickettes.Time cooking was 2hrs for the chook and because the potatoes were new 2hrs 15 mins. Total cost was 42p. The brickettes were still very hot so i doused them in water and will use them at a later date.



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