Gas barbecue

Features of a gas barbecue

Having a barbecue is a dream that many people would like to achieve: those who live out of town or who have a private garden can install it outside and can choose between different models as needed, but those who live in an apartment often must give up cooking grilled food.

One option for the house is to use a gas barbecue; the advantages are many compared to classic barbecue coal, the use, maintenance and cleaning are easier and faster, and you can have different types of cooking. Generally gas models are more expensive than their coal colleagues, because of a more complex technology.

The gas barbecue is formed by a hob and a rod or the hood, the heat that cooks comes from under the floor where the tubes are fixed, one for each burner; the flame is adjusted as a normal stove.

Among the burners and grids there may be another layer necessary to increase the heat distribution. This layer, depending on its shape, radically changes the type of barbecue and distinguishes them in two families: the grill barbecue with lava rock and the one with aromatized bars, we will see them later in the specific.

When buying you should pay attention to all the component parts of the barbecue, which must be resistant to heat, preferably in steel and robust so as to show the whole solid and stable.

To have a perfect cooking you must use different burners: the gas burners can quickly reach the ideal temperature in addition to keep it constant in time and therefore allowing a homogeneous baking, unlike coal models that require more time to reach the right temperature and that are characterized by an uneven cooking of the food. The taste made from cooked food on a coal or wood barbecue is certainly different but even these types can have their disadvantages.

Disadvantages of gas barbecue are the size and weight, you have to consider a space large enough for the installation, and sometimes it is not easy to achieve in a house.

Models of gas barbecue for home

For use in the house you must carefully choose the most suitable type of barbecue, both concerning the characteristics and the size; the place is ideal for installation in the kitchen near the stove so you do not have to deviate excessively the gas pipes.

The gas barbecue can also be mounted on a trolley with wheels but in this case the power supply must be done by force with cylinders, this model has the advantage of being movable according to the need.

The gas barbecue by Weber are sturdy and of good quality. For example, the model Original Spirit E320 is characterized by a careful design, three front burners, piezo ignition, power of 9.36 kW and side burner from 3.51 kW. It is also equipped with work surfaces and a large surface area for the preparation and cooking of food.

It is also equipped with wheels and it has a compartment that can accommodate the gas cylinder; it can be equipped with various accessories such as the plate for delicate foods, support for roast chicken, a grill for browning and a wok for cooking on low heat.

The price of this barbecue is around 700-800 Euros, the accessories cost between 49 and 79 euro.

Lava rock and aromatizing bars barbecues

The main feature of the gas lava rock barbecue is just the particular stone that allows a better cooking and energy savings: lava stones are placed not far from the grid, and help the lighting and cooking, absorbing more heat and then a allowing gas savings.

With lava stones are also obtained more flavored and tasty meat; during the cooking the meat let its juices out, which end up on the rocks and produce an aromatic steam that wrapping the meat will give it more flavor and taste.

An example of a gas grill with lava rock gas is Lux's Ferraboli. It is a model with gpl mounted on a carriage in metal and wood with wheels, it is equipped with two autonomous burners in steel which serve to heat the lava rock distributing the heat evenly and faithfully reproducing cooking on charcoal, with the difference that on the stone lava are avoided flash fire as it happens with the charcoal.

The barbecue with flavoring bars is different from the models in lava rock, the burners are narrower and are protected by bars precisely inverted V-shaped; cooking is less uniform but the bars being directly invested by the flames, and becoming hot, can vaporize the liquid coming from the food on the grill.