BBQ stuff UK prices

[BigM]

why is UK stuff so expensive compared to US
if it was cheaper like in US then more people would do more BBQ
nearly everything i google is double price of US
wish we had a ACe hardware or a lowes over here.

was lookin at rib rks i know 20£ aint much but there like 6$ in US
Char grill kamado in us 299$ uk 450£cheapest.


anyways rant over.

[Toby]

Alot to do with minimum wage, shipping and just general high overheads I am affraid I feel your pain

[keith157]

I'd hazard a guess at supply & demand, plus import duty, govt taxes and every other way the UK tax payer gets screwed over by whatever govt is in power. We don't have a low n slow bbq culture mostly, I'd hazard a guess due to our lack of a summer. The best most UK families have as a bbq is a few part cooked burgers and some blackened and raw sausages.
To misquote the bard...."We few, we happy few this band of bbqers"
You may as well ask why we have north sea oil and pay more for petrol & diesel than any other first world country?

[BigM]

Ah well what can u do ! all i can say is toby when u got to LA bring us bk a kamado Joe for 350£ plx

plus when weather is like this in march !! 17c at min in sheffield then carnt wait for june july when its pissing down muhahah