Ziegler & Brown Portable Grill Questions & Answers

Have no issues with it,just do it slowly.

We had to take the first bbq back due manufacturing error with grease trap/cup. It shouldn't be hard. When we finally got complete unit, grease cup screwed on easily. My advice is go to store and play with floor stock so you can see if your bbq is faulty- was only way we could work it out.

Andrea B. I have been using my Ziggy (single burner) since October'19 and love it. I do not have a solid cast iron plate so do all my cooking on the grill it comes with. I have cooked cakes, roasts, Christmas turkey roll and they have all been cooked beautifully. I think the trick is to place what you are cooking on a rack, sit it in a roasting dish and add water to the roaster. keep adding water during the cooking time. I have not had a problem with the thermometer but it takes a little bit of monitoring to keep the temperature at the constant heat required. I think you will fill it will be easier to control by using the grill plate instead of the solid cast iron plate. Hope this helps. I could not be happier with my ziggy.

This happens when cooking butterfly chickens, etc. It's practically impossible because the heat adjustment on the Ziggy hardly works, it's either hot or hot. I used to turn the gas bottle down a bit which is very difficult and I don't think you're technically supposed to do that. A great product concept but lacks enough testing to make it a great product.

h dear. yes i just posted the same comment. dry on the bottom, raw on the top after 55mins. and couldn't regulate the temp.

I purchased the trivet kit for my Ziggy and I can boil pots, kettle etc and its really efficient

The Ziggy has a higher heat output, this can be an advantage if you're cooking in windy weather.
Best to have a good look at both in person, for the Q1200 you will have to go with the premium model if you want a thermometer in the lid.
In the end it really just comes down to personal preference, we really like how with the Ziggy you can lock the lid and plate in place so that nothing is bouncing around (if travelling rough roads).
I don't think you can really go wrong either way.

Same problem, stir frying is more like stewing.

You can buy an accessory from BBQ galore which transforms this to stove, from memory i think it was 39$ but you can use a single burner or twin, there are so many accessories for this grill

Don't waste your money on the trivets, it just takes forever to do its job. Just a shonky up sell as with the aluminium 1/2 plates. The bbq is bloody great with cast iron plate or grill other than that.

I've now taken this camping WITH the trivet set so I can answer my own question. Yes it is possible and easy to boil water on a billy, or small saucepan, and it doesn't take long at all if you put the top down (which also acts as a windshield), but your saucepan will need to have a metal (non-melting) handle or a removable handle. I also cooked basmarti rice using the absorption method (texture turned out fantastic) and even percolated coffee on this barbecue. There are two difficulties though: (1) the handle will be scalding hot to touch so you have to be extra careful (compared to using a stove) handling the hot billy, pot or pan, and (2) there is not much clearance at the top so when you slide the bbq cover down, it bumps the top of the pot lid (I ended up having to substitute a small flat metal plate for the lid.) In the end on our camping holiday we mainly used just a single burner stove (with a portable windshield) for general boiling water, and used this just as a bbq--cooking meat and veg both. (BTW every bbq meal turned out perfect.) If you have room in the car this BBQ might be the simplest way to cook meals camping IMO rather than mucking around with cast iron plates or whatever squatting over a campfire. And the same could be said of the Weber BabyQ I guess. If you do buy this one, it probably is worth getting and bringing the trivet set as a backup. I would bring along an additional separate gas or petrol single burner stove too though.

On the box of the portable one, it says net weight 11.5 kilos. I mucked around in BG seeing if I could pick up the ones on display. (I wasn't going to buy anything I couldn't easily carry myself.) I discovered the cast iron grill plate is the really heavy element in the barbecue, and if you're not strong you can just remove it and carry it separately. The aluminium metal box by itself is not heavy at all and I bought the barbecue and the carry bag. Still a bit unwieldy and cumbersome to move though, even in the carry bag.

No, gets too hot and you are forced to continually open the lid and turn off the gas

Of course you can. We have roasted full size turkey,chicken and other roasts such as lamb and pork. Great every time. Seems to me that the people who have issues either got a lemon or they are the same type who have trouble lighting charcoal Webers and getting them to operate satisfactorily.

There is a screw behind the burner control knob. It sits at about 5 o clock. A torch to see it helps and you can adjust the temp down within a few seconds for roasting. The versatility of these units is fantastic.