I have always used a large george foreman grill outside for cooking our food on as I hate the cooking smell inside the van, however I have just been introduced to a beauclaire!
Wow it seems to cook so much faster and has just one round plate to clean!
Am I missing something or is this beauclaire maybe the way forward?
I know I will need to buy gas instead of using the free site hookup but I think it's maybe worthwhile??
I have searched ebay and nobody seems to have one for sale at the moment, Maybe this is a good sign?
I would not willingly part with my Beauclaire! And nor would anyone I know who has one. I have had mine for many years now and we modified the original (with advice from the company)to give a fat drainage hole and bought longer height adjustable legs, but I think these now come as standard. Its a great piece of kit.
Im selling my club sized Beauclaire with Paella pan and carrying case, will consider any reasonable offer, its the big one thats no longer made in this size, over 30ins in diameter. We never bought the cast iron griddle for it though as it was just too bloomin heavy!
If anyones intrested in it then im open to any reasonable offer, it cost £170 new and has the extra long legs.
Julia
------------- Just love to be out amoungst Nature and Wildlife
Celebrating 37 years of Caravanning in 2019, Recently Considered Retiring, but Totally Addicted for Life!
We have 2 Beauclaire cookers in our Scout Group and they are great pieces of kit. The only down side to these are that with the big pans its difficult to remove fat during cooking. They are comparable to the Cadac in that they are both pan/griddles over a gas burner, however the Beauclaire is significantly bigger. To give a guide on the volumes that can be cooked, we do a full english breakfast for 30 using 2.
------------- Nigel
March 2012 - Dove Meadows
6th July Moving to Hayle
nigel, do you use the pealla pans or the griddles? If its the griddles we had the problem with fat removal too. However a simple to drill drainage hole solved the problem. We use a little hook on metal holder (supplied by Beauclaire but easy to improvise I`d think) to collect the fat.
Our Beauclaire too has been used many time by the scouts whilst my boys were active members and did a sterling job feeding what seemed like the 5,000!
Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 26/4/2011
What do you have instead of the cast iron gridle? the one i've seen had the cast iron gridle. Any chance of some pictures?
Im selling my club sized Beauclaire with Paella pan and carrying case, will consider any reasonable offer, its the big one thats no longer made in this size, over 30ins in diameter. We never bought the cast iron griddle for it though as it was just too bloomin heavy!
If anyones intrested in it then im open to any reasonable offer, it cost £170 new and has the extra long legs.
Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 26/4/2011
What do you have instead of the cast iron gridle? the one i've seen had the cast iron gridle. Any chance of some pictures?
Im selling my club sized Beauclaire with Paella pan and carrying case, will consider any reasonable offer, its the big one thats no longer made in this size, over 30ins in diameter. We never bought the cast iron griddle for it though as it was just too bloomin heavy!
If anyones intrested in it then im open to any reasonable offer, it cost £170 new and has the extra long legs.
Julia
Post last edited on 26/04/2011 23:42:13
Im sorry but i dont have a clue how to put piccies on here, im a bit old fashioned and havent really caught up with the digital age of photography yet!
The beauclaire has two circles of gas jets on separate control knobs, as its the big one, and indeed was first bought for a charity fund raising party at home, as well as feeding our 5 daughters and their friends when they were living at home, but was never used more than about a dozen times in total, so is still in very good condition.
We used the Paella pan as a giant frying pan, and it even doubled as a hob for putting saucepans on to steam veg ect. TBH at the time i bought it, my daughters now ex partner also bought a Beauclaire, and he bought the griddle with his, hence i know just how heavy and awkward these were to handle, and his was a size smaller than mine, so i didnt bother buying one for ours to save on the weight for when we did want to use it on site. I have cooked and served all kinds of things on it, even a hog roast once using pre-roasted legs of pork with the Beauclaire used as a hot plate to keep it warm along with the stuffing and apple sauce to go with it. likewise you can do jacket spuds using it to keep them warm in foil for serving from pre cooked by adding a galvanised new dustbin lid over the lot!.
On one occasion we even did a soup kitchen and bread rolls for a Tramps Supper charity bash!
Julia
------------- Just love to be out amoungst Nature and Wildlife
Celebrating 37 years of Caravanning in 2019, Recently Considered Retiring, but Totally Addicted for Life!
we have a multi cooker (think large hot pan/plate) which runs off the electric but still fine for cooking outside as long as your lead is long enough or you have an outside plug socket.
We can cook breakfast for 8 on it all at once including eggs, bacon, sasuages,tomatoes and mushrooms, but with the use of the lid it is also suitable for small roasts, stews, paella etc and can even do pizza so is very versatile if on ehu.
I had never heard of beauclaire so I googled it. It seems a heck of a price to me! The webbers too - £200 for some models - I didnt pay much more than that for my camper!
For me personally, with only myself and my daughter to feed (and the dogs when I burn things!) I have a little cadac safari chef, which i find great to use, but I don't love cleaning it! It's dead easy to use, pack, carry though. I take it on picnics, use it in the garden etc. It is very controllable, mine runs from a campinggaz cylinder, not the cartridge type and seems to use very little.
I just found it on line for less than I paid (although i didnt check the p&p costs) on this site (which I am not promoting in any way and have no known connection to!)
I posted it because they have some of the other things mentioned on the forum thread at what seem like good prices too. I have a george foreman electric grill at home and use it often, it's nowhere near as versatile as the cadac though. The cadac does have a 'fat run off' in common with the foreman grill that others say the beauclaire lacks.
It's all part of the fun for me though, spending hours trying to work out which product will fit in best with our way of camping!
------------- August - Carsington Water CC Site. Don't know where else yet - only picking up the caravan on Friday!
Yes the Beauclaire is pricey, and quite heavy, but you tend to get what you pay for. We have had ours for around 10 years now. It has been carted all round Europe, used in all kinds of places and for all sorts of gatherings.
Its done a sterling job providing for family, friends, and our local scout group. It will be used again today for a neighbourhood barbecue.
I believe we bought a bargain all those years back.
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