Cadac Carri Chef

[Thingy]

I guess a lot all rather depends too on what you are cooking. Im sure a Chilli or Curry would be fine, but I would steer clear of things that spit fat around, expecially in an expensive awning. We tried it once, I was cooking sausages and burgers and half way through the heavens opened. I moved the Cadac quickly into the awning to carry on..............................and we damn near choked. No chance of food poisoning, smoke inhilation was far more a possibility.

 

[Gagakev]

Phew that was a close one.........thought I was going to be slaughtered :lol:

Thanks for the replies folks, just hope it's windy as well when I get the bangers and burgers going :lol: :lol:

 

[saint-spoon]

something worth noting is that a few months back whilst cooking outside on the Cadac with the awning and caravan doors open, the carbon monoxide alarm inside the van went off and I didn't have the gas connected to inside the van as we had ELU. The breeze must have been just so to get sufficient gas onto the alarm to set it off. Anyway the key thing here is ventilation, if you have plenty of ventilation then you have no problems unless you are being dense and bringing barbecues into you sleeping area and so on.

 

[Mel]

Back when the children were little we had a trailer tent. One of those enormous Conway jobs. It had a kitchen ( cooker plus sink unit) that was fixed to the trailer for towing and which you unfixed and took inside the trailer tent once it was up. Happily cooked on gas without a carbon monoxide alarm in sight in the trailer tent.
However CO in a tent is clearly deadly as recent tragedies have shown. Suppose it is about a properly serviced cooker so that the gas is burning properly and good ventilation like others have said.
Mel

 

[Hutch]

We borrowed a Friends Conway, lovely trailer tent, 30 years ago and got lost in the first 10 miles leaving Milton Keynes, It only had about 150 roundabouts then.

 

[crazyguider]

I use the cooker in the van. No extra weight. If I want a bbq I use a ... bbq :evil:

 

[Gagakev]

I use the cooker in the van. No extra weight. If I want a bbq I use a ... bbq :evil:

We dont BBQ.....we cadac :woohoo: :lol: :woohoo: :lol:

 

[Hutch]

I have on old oblong tabacco tin, that I fill with wood chips, a couple of holes in the top, put it on the grill, while your cooking your meat, and with the lid down for a 5 or 10 minutes, lovely smokey smell and flavour. :lol:

 

[Gagakev]

I have on old oblong tabacco tin, that I fill with wood chips, a couple of holes in the top, put it on the grill, while your cooking your meat, and with the lid down for a 5 or 10 minutes, lovely smokey smell and flavour. :lol:

That means I'm going to have to go to the shed, get a baccy tin, empty the small screws out and buy some wood chip.....Thanks for the tip Hutch.

 

[Hutch]

It was a spare one, moved all my nuts bolts washers and split pins ( cotter pins) into one of those fancy plastic comparmented boxes.

http://www.thehomefurnisher.co.uk/outdoor-living-products-c6/barbecues-c78/barbecue-smoker-boxes-c577/landmann-selection-smoker-box-p927/s986?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=landmann-selection-smoker-box-1810017&utm_campaign=product+listing+ads&gclid=Cj0KEQjwmpW6BRCf5sXp59_U_ssBEiQAGCV9GuRzlFtp9vFnejhzU7C5nwvHtPsku8JQqCV1-BFvQfkaAudA8P8HAQ

 

[Gagakev]

It was a spare one, moved all my nuts bolts washers and split pins ( cotter pins) into one of those fancy plastic comparmented boxes.

]http://www.thehomefurnisher.co.uk/outdoor-living-products-c6/barbecues-c78/barbecue-smoker-boxes-c577/landmann-selection-smoker-box-p927/s986?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=landmann-selection-smoker-box-1810017&utm_campaign=product+listing+ads&gclid=Cj0KEQjwmpW6BRCf5sXp59_U_ssBEiQAGCV9GuRzlFtp9vFnejhzU7C5nwvHtPsku8JQqCV1-BFvQfkaAudA8P8HAQ

http://www.thehomefurnisher.co.uk/o...U7C5nwvHtPsku8JQqCV1-BFvQfkaAudA8P8HAQ[/quote
Will try the baccy tin first , but ta for the link

 

[saint-spoon]

not so long back I found my old backy tin with all of my bits of packing for under my lathe tools, still covered in the original oil from my apprenticeship (finished '89). One can never underestimate the handiness of a backy tin.
As for the smokey taste, you can get the woody smell if you use tin foil instead of a backy tin, but I always think that the barbecue taste comes from a combination of wood and the burning fat off the meats (chicken fat being the best IMO). The Cadac comes into its own for me for breakfasts and making sure that the chicken portions are cooked through.

 

[Hutch]

And of course, you can throw the tin foil away, I like applewood for chicken or pork, with a nice lemon and black pepper marinade. Oooooh. The thought, but Chilli tonight.

 

[saint-spoon]

we've got fish and chips as our traditional tea after we go and give the c-van a pre-deployment check at the storage.

 

[Pedr01800]

Anyone got one to dispose of. Am in market to buy for future family weekends.

 

[Dustydog]

Quite a few on ebay now

 

[Pedr01800]

Only couple of used ones, but plenty new at full
price of over £100

 

[GrahamE]

And always miles away for 'buyer collects' so cost to you ends up not far off new price. Google shop for it if you go for new.

 

[WoodlandsCamper]

Could also try Preloved and Gumtree.

Edit - used ones appear to be about £50 on both sites.

 

[Thingy]

If buying used, I would always advocate changing the gas hose for safety. I change mine every year anyway.

 

[GrahamE]

There's a cadac on preloved that comes with a gas bottle hmy: Best not go there.

 

[Hutch]

I wouldn't pay more than 50 p for an old baccy tin or am I missing something.
And who mentioned Advoca, . Eggs and Brandy. Hic,

 

[Craigyoung]

Anyone got one to dispose of. Am in market to buy for future family weekends.

Hi Pedro , we are trying to sell ours for about £80 cos we're after the bigger one but as suggested your probably just better off buying a brand new one for the price it would cost to package it up and send !!