This is not simply a small barbecue. It comes with a charcoal bowl, a burning plate, a roasting pan, a roasting mesh and a pot stand, which means you can run it as a straightforward grill, as a Korean-style tabletop barbecue where everyone cooks their own, or as a stand to boil a pot on.
At about 35 cm across it is sized for a table rather than a backyard, which makes it the right scale for a campsite, a balcony or a small courtyard where a full barbecue would be absurd.
Two side vents let you adjust the airflow and therefore the heat, so you can run it hot for searing and then bring it down to finish things off without burning them. That is the difference between cooking on charcoal and simply applying charcoal to food.
It is made from food-grade stainless steel built to take the heat, and it dismantles for packing and cleaning. Being able to take the whole thing apart is what stops it becoming the greasy object nobody wants to put in the car.
This suits campers, caravanners, people in flats with no room for a proper barbecue, and anyone who likes the social business of cooking at the table while everyone else sits around it. The Korean barbecue setup in particular turns dinner into the evening's entertainment.
Two practical notes worth passing on: charcoal needs time to come up to temperature, so it rewards starting earlier than feels necessary, and it should be used outdoors or somewhere properly ventilated. Add a bag of good charcoal and a pair of tongs and the gift is complete.
✔ Includes charcoal bowl, burning plate, roasting pan, mesh and pot stand
✔ Works as a grill, a Korean-style tabletop barbecue or a pot stand
✔ Around 35 cm across, sized for a table or campsite
✔ Twin side vents to control airflow and heat
✔ Food-grade stainless steel that dismantles for packing
