Home Cooking Away from Home: The Portable Gas BBQ

Cooking is perhaps one of the most fulfilling and satisfying forms of recreation, as well as necessary means of surviving. One may not cook any edible food as it is, but the increase of health related sickness due to contamination of uncooked food has made cooking an important process of daily living. Usually, people eat the basic three square meals, accompanied with three cooking session before that. It may be a tedious chore for others, but for some it becomes a hobby.

Different styles in cooking are done, from the simple boiling to the outdoor barbecuing to the more complex gourmet cooking. For people at home, Cooking is at the convenience of all the available equipment and utensils. For BBQ enthusiasts, a grill or a gas stove is their gadget. It would definitely be uncomfortable to bring any of these gadgets when they have to go on outdoor trips, let alone the awkward looks on the companions' faces as these equipments are lugged around.

It was not difficult for some ingenious minds to create a smaller and lightweight version and come up with a portable gas BBQ. This small wonder in cooking meant that anyone could enjoy a good BBQ even when they are away from home. A portable gas BBQ was not only an advent of a better cooking experience, but was a good way to continue enjoying the feel of home away from home.

In a Nutshell

The idea of a portable gas BBQ is simple. It had a smaller gas tank to provide fuel for cooking. Secured into the side of a portable gas BBQ, the gas tank unfortunately had limited time for cooking due to the limited volume it could carry fuel. Nevertheless, the portable gas BBQ's canister like gas tank could be refitted with extra tanks at the convenience of portability.

The whole housing of a portable gas BBQ is made from lightweight materials. Usually in the form similar to that of a small pizza box, much of the surface of the portable gas BBQ is used for the placement of food to be cooked, while a small portion is for the heat resistant fuel canister. Again with its smaller size, the amount of food which can be cooked at any given time is greatly diminished and would not be suitable for large group feeding. Nevertheless, the portable gas BBQ is a very nifty and wonderful addition to things to be brought along camping trips for personal consumption.