A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal

[London Irish]

Figured. Living in a smallish town and no car deprives me of options

I feel your pain

Have you considered mail order?

[David Ohh]

Dave,
May be worth talking to the butcher, we have a good local one here and when I engaged him in bbq banter he was dead keen to be helpful. Whilst there were items he doesnt stock as standard he assured me he could get hold of just about anything with a few days notice.

If he is last man standing in your town I would guess it is this sort of flexible approach that allows him to survive,
Happy grilling.
Tiny

You'd think so wouldn't you but he simply shut down my questions with a "no"

They do appear to have a few specials on a friday though, can't remember off the top of my head what they were but i remember seeing stuff i dont normally see on a monday/tuesday in there.

Maybe i should scour the forum for someone near to me and find out how they get decent meat

[London Irish]

Where do you live?

[David Ohh]

Leicestershire

[aris]

I get my ribs from booker. They are about 25 quid for a 10kg box of frozen ribs. I may well buy a box today!

[David Ohh]

Figured. Living in a smallish town and no car deprives me of options

I feel your pain

Have you considered mail order?

It's the delivery costs that are the problem with that, i spent £20 on charcoal from makro and had to pay £6 delivery. Can't get meat delivered obviously as it's unlikely to be kept frozen in the back of a royal mail van

[London Irish]

Have you considered storing meat in a chest freezer, this way you'd only have to blag a lift every month or two???

[David Ohh]

Funnily enough i was hoping to find a chest freezer while im there, it's something we've talked about for ages as our freezer is pretty small and has 3 shelves - 1 for fast food crap (oven chips etc), 1 for batches of food made for my son and 1 for frozen meat and ice cream. We know that even at supermarket prices you can buy and freeze stuff when the offers are good and cover the cost of a chest freezer in no time but we keep putting it off.

Still trying to figure out a way to get a booker/costco/makro card, i've started asking around but had no luck yet. Im tempted to start a charity just so i have business details for a card

[London Irish]

Even if you bought a second hand one and stuck it in the garage etc. And you're right, it wouldn't take too long to off-set the costs if you regularly pick up bargains/offers in the supermercados

[aris]

I would recommend buying a new one - they are not expensive at all. Old ones tend to be pigs with electricity usage which can offset your savings pretty rapidly. When you do buy one - make sure it is at least A rated for efficiency.