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Has anyone got one of these, or used one, or has any advice on one please? I was considering getting one as an addition to my proq.
Thanks in advance.

I havent used one of these but ProQ used to offer something similar, most of my experience was with a Brinkman smoke and pit and I used to set the coals and wood at the side allowing indirect cooking, they are always a good alternative to the upright smokers. I couldnt comment about the build quality of the landman, although the ProQ chargriller was pretty poor. Brinkman seems to be pretty consistant even though it doesnt have an offset firebox.
good luck
Toby

British Bulldog BBQ wrote:I havent used one of these but ProQ used to offer something similar, most of my experience was with a Brinkman smoke and pit and I used to set the coals and wood at the side allowing indirect cooking, they are always a good alternative to the upright smokers. I couldnt comment about the build quality of the landman, although the ProQ chargriller was pretty poor. Brinkman seems to be pretty consistant even though it doesnt have an offset firebox.
good luck
Toby

Thanks for that Toby.

I don't have any experience with these either but I think it's the model Makro sell and now Tesco have started selling.

I think that they're pretty cheap so I wouldn't expect them to have any kind of longevity, cheap usually means thin steel which can oxidise quickly.

Best thing to do is to try to have a look at one to check out the quality and if you do go for one be prepared to possibly modify it a bit to improve it. Some tuning plates and a bit of tin foil can work wonders with these kind of things but in the end you do tend to get what you pay for.

Steve wrote:I don't have any experience with these either but I think it's the model Makro sell and now Tesco have started selling.

I think that they're pretty cheap so I wouldn't expect them to have any kind of longevity, cheap usually means thin steel which can oxidise quickly.

Best thing to do is to try to have a look at one to check out the quality and if you do go for one be prepared to possibly modify it a bit to improve it. Some tuning plates and a bit of tin foil can work wonders with these kind of things but in the end you do tend to get what you pay for.

thanks again Steve I will take a look at makro

I think Uncle John (Chicago Jack) has used these before, try sending him a PM.

Name one q on the circuit that is insulated?

British BBQ Society wrote:Name one q on the circuit that is insulated?

Yours

Organiser not competitor unfortuantley, but was thinking more along the lines of traditional Q's charcoal and wood burners rather than pellets, it would be great to see someone specialise in insulated stick burners, I would love to see peoples face with a London to Brighton BBQ trailer run!

I ran an insulated Pro Q Excel on Saturday actually.

Unfortunately the foil insulation you can buy from B&Q doesn't stand up to the heat The bubbles pop and you end up with little bits of foil stuck to your BBQ.

I've been looking for heat shield like they use in the states to try to make my ProQ a little more efficient and resilient ot the wind, unfortunately the stuff that's rated for decent temperatures is too expensive.

For the interest of other ProQ Excel users though, I used an IR thermometer to check the surface temp of the Excel in different places and found that around the stack joins it was a lot hotter from the heat that was escaping. Next cook, I'm going to try lining the joins with tin foil to see if it improves the heat loss situation.

Opps this is getting a bit off-topic