Anyone use a Chiminea

[ladysaint]

I have just purchased one that I can also use to bbq on and just wondered if they were any good.

[Smirking_Saint]

Have done, don't fill it with twigs, bark, paper and just anything flamable as it goes up like an afterburner, then again i am a bit of a pyro.

 

Buy some big logs as they burn for longer (as big as you can fit in) and make sure they are dry or it smokes.

[BadgerBadger]

They're rubbish, nothing more than a garden ornament, they give out bugga all heat and a little hole to view the wonder of flame. I too am a pyro and recommend a fire dish - Arguus do one.

[Hatch]

Got one, rubbish, just an ornament.

[St Landrew]

I've thought about buying a large chimnea, and manufacturing a metal plate door to go on the side. Instant tandoori oven..!

 

Then again, I could just buy a proper tandoori oven. Tad more expensive, I suspect though.

[Ponty]

Or you could just cook your Tandoori in the oven.

[St Landrew]

Or you could just cook your Tandoori in the oven.

 

Not the same mate. An ordinary oven can't get up to 900 degrees, which is the region a tandoor regularly operates at. They cook extremely quickly and lock in the juices.

 

God, I'm getting hungry. I've a shoulder of pork, roast parsnips, onion and roast potatoes, in the oven as I write - with about 20 minutes to go. Then the meat has to rest. Bugger it. I've got to eat something soon. A few peanuts maybe. :confused:

[JB]

Good fun game at BBQs. Who can get the highest flame out of the chimnea.

[Truesaint]

Love my chimnea. Light it all the time, good at BBQ, burning garden waste and even getting rid of old bills, confidential waste etc. Much more fun than shredding it!