Weber Q - Are they worth the money?

We're thinking about investing in a Weber Q for our camper. I've ruled out the family sized one, it's not something we can afford, but we're considering the smallest one (think it's the Weber Baby Q 100). We have a normal sized Weber, but it's not practical for us to take that camping.

We don't have an oven in the camper, and only use a small gas cooker. We're looking for a bit more than a BBQ, and wondering if the smallest one of these will fit the bill for the odd roast and BBQs while we travel.

So I guess I'm asking - is it worth it? Are they good to use? Best and worst thing about it?

TIA

My dad has two of them and loves them! He originally bought the big one and was so happy with it he bought the baby one to keep at his work. He regularly gets it out and does a BBQ on a Friday arvo for the boys. But he's also takes it to the park etc for Christmas and things. It's definitely not as portable as a camper BBQ, but still pretty easy o take with you and seems to cook everything well.

Don't have one, but I had to laugh when I thought of the add:

"Weber Q is great for the home and there's babyQ for the beach house" or something along those lines. Like everybody has a beach house and it's just the norm. :lol:

Tasha - But isn't that right? I thought I was the only one who didn't have the beachhouse :ROFL:

MissE - Thank you!

DH loves his Q and we've gone from using the BBQ maybe 3 times a year to 3 times a week. You can cook cakes and pizza on it too so it'd be great for camping.

It does cook well, steaks are always juicy.

DH had the Weber ad theme as his phone ring for a while and one of Ds2's first words was Weber.

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Tasha - But isn't that right? I thought I was the only one who didn't have the beachhouse :ROFL:

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Yeah, with the countries strong economy and cheap housing prices, who wouldn't have a beach house? :ROFL:

But in all seriousness, I bet the Weber Q would be awesome. My DH would be obsessed with it also, he loooves a bbq :)

We had a baby Q, that we recently gave to my mother as I got DH a big BBQ for his birthday. I would have LOVED to get him the Family Q becuase they are just brilliant. I loved my baby Q and could cook anything in it. Replaced our oven most of the time. Roasts are OMG good in it.

Well worth the money, one day when we have the cash I'll get DH the family Q :)

Oohh, so good to see this thread. :D
We are due to pick up our camper in december and are starting to get all the kit for it now.
We are going to get the Baby Q. It is pretty exxy, $280 for the BBQ, $89 for the stand, $30-$40 for the hotplate (it only comes with the grill, no good for eggs or onions and I hate grilled sausages!) and then the trivet (i think its called?) for doing cakes and roasts is about $10 So yeah, about $400 ish, but we have searched far and wide, and there is just nothing else of comparable quality on the market.
One tip we got told was that for roasts, you need to start with the meat at room temp, anyone else heard this?
OP, what sort of camper do you have?

Sounds like a good idea idea to get one! I had no idea it did cakes! We won't be getting the stand at this point, we've got a couple of tables it can sit on.

Livinthedream - we have a 1970's Sunwagon - it's the style of the Jayco Eagle etc just lots older. Bet you're counting down the days until you get yours, it's just so much fun..

You guys are making me want to get a camper now! Sounds like fun!

Lol, sorry Miss E! I reckon everyone needs a camper :)

We love our Baby Q. We had a big four-burner BBQ years ago that we ended getting rid of because it was slow and messy to use. We bought the Baby Q because we figured it was little and potrable for the odd occasion we might BBQ - but then discovered it was so good and quick as a BBQ we wish we'd got the bigger version! It IS pretty small - my one annoyance is that I find I have to cook in batches for big groups, especially if I am using the hot plate because it is even smaller. If I had the money I would consider getting the Family Q.

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Lol, sorry Miss E! I reckon everyone needs a camper :)

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Think I might have to look into it, or at least talk DH into hiring one for a week or something so we can give it a go... Thanks for the inspiration!

Schmickers - there is only three of us. Is the little one big enough? I can't see us cooking for more than that on it.

Miss E - DH was unsure about the camper, loved going in a tent, but now he says he wouldn't have it any other way. We were going to hire one for him to see, but then this one came on the market dirt cheap so we got it.

I got DH his weber q for christmas last year and it is by far his most used present EVER! we use it at least once a week and most nights in summer, we take it down the beach and camping. We cook pizzas(the best pizzas) and I have just started making cakes in it too :lol: I made some awesome coconut cupcakes in it last week.

Nothing beats the look on peoples faces walking past our campsites smelling our roasts cooking :lol: jealous much :lol:

We just bought the small breakfast plate for ours as its big enough to do a few eggs and onions everything else goes straight on and instead of getting the proper weber trivit we just use a cooling rack.

PacRakMG,
WE have ordered a Jayco Hawk. We looked at 2nd hand ones and anything less than 4years old was only a couple of thousand less than new, so we bit the bullet and went new.
We are driving down to melbourne at xmas to pick it up.
We think that the baby Q is the way to go as it is not so heavy to lug in and out of the van and there are only 3 of us too, so we figure it will be plenty
So exciting, lol I have a whole glory box going for the new van. The BBQ is just the tip of the iceberg

P05 - awesome. I'm hoping we get stacks of use out of it.

Livinthedream - that's so exciting! Our original plan was when we sold our house we'd buy a new Hawk but then this camper popped up for $1500. DH did some work for them so the cost dropped to $1000 in exchange for the work. We've done five trips in it since our first one in Feb. Come over to the Camping Thread :)

P05 - awesome. I'm hoping we get stacks of use out of it.

Livinthedream - that's so exciting! Our original plan was when we sold our house we'd buy a new Hawk but then this camper popped up for $1500. DH did some work for them so the cost dropped to $1000 in exchange for the work. We've done five trips in it since our first one in Feb. Come over to the Camping Thread :)