Gas BBQs

A gas BBQ is the convenience choice: turn the dial, light the burner, ready in 5 minutes. The trade-off is the lack of wood-smoke flavour. You can add a smoke box with wood chips, but it won't match a charcoal cook. The specifications that matter are burner count (2-burner is for two people, 4-burner is the household standard), heat output per burner in kW (2-3kW is normal, higher means faster heating), and primary cooking area in square cm (the marketing number; 2,500 sq cm fits four steaks comfortably). Aosom UK, Cheap Furniture Warehouse and Cherry Lane Garden Centres between them stock £11-£2,356; the £100-£300 bracket is where domestic 3-burner gas BBQs sit. Bottle compatibility (propane vs butane vs patio gas) matters for the connection: check the regulator before ordering.