Topic: Trials and Tribulations of a Steel Tandoor

[Peripatetic Phil]

Well the big Seekh Kebab machine in the window at Imrans on Ladypool Road finally laid that argument to rest for me as I sat and commented on the lovely smokey taste they had to find they were cooked over a gas charcoal grill

But it's clearly gas + lava, isn't it Gav ?
** Phil.

[Gav Iscon]

It is Phil but you can get gas bbq briquettes that do the same thing. This is what I had in my bbq

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48-Penroc-Barbecue-Briquettes-Gas-BBQ-replace-Lavarock-Lava-Rock-/381231482020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item58c32ac4a4

Sorry for the confusion


AND UF... thats a proper beast. Can't wait to see some photos of it working

[Peripatetic Phil]

It is Phil but you can get gas bbq briquettes that do the same thing. This is what I had in my bbq

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48-Penroc-Barbecue-Briquettes-Gas-BBQ-replace-Lavarock-Lava-Rock-/381231482020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item58c32ac4a4

Sorry for the confusion

Yes, I imagine that any relatively inert, semi-porous, incombustible material would do, but interesting that one of the selling points for Penroc is "minimises the chance of flaring" -- I always thought that the flare was not only a part of the excitement but also contributed to the flavour ...

** Phil.

[Stu-pot]

Hi Gav.     Good to hear you're in the Tandoori club.  You've got a great summer ahead.!  There's nothing like the flavour from a Tandoor!   If you can imagine making one of Chewy's Jhal Frezi's to perfection using pre-cooked Chicken, then using Tandoori Chicken Tikka and also cooking to perfection....  Well...  Its another world again.... Enjoy.   

[George]

There's nothing like the flavour from a Tandoor!   If you can imagine making one of Chewy's Jhal Frezi's to perfection using pre-cooked Chicken, then using Tandoori Chicken Tikka and also cooking to perfection....  Well...  Its another world again.

You would say that, wouldn't you! Anyone who has invested

[Peripatetic Phil]

There's nothing like the flavour from a Tandoor!   If you can imagine making one of Chewy's Jhal Frezi's to perfection using pre-cooked Chicken, then using Tandoori Chicken Tikka and also cooking to perfection....  Well...  Its another world again.

You would say that, wouldn't you! Anyone who has invested

[Onions]

and unworthy of you.

I don't think it is

[George]

I think that is a very unfair remark

Being fair doesn't really come into it, I suggest, if one is trying to achieve the best flavours without spending money unnecessarily. I notice you didn't comment on my main argument that BIR tikka, which is usually cooked in a tandoor, is often not very good at all. Also, you make it sound as if you have a tandoor. Is that the case?

[Peripatetic Phil]

I think that is a very unfair remark

Being fair doesn't really come into it, I suggest, if one is trying to achieve the best flavours without spending money unnecessarily.

I think that fairness is a sine qua non of all civilised life ...

I notice you didn't comment on my main argument that BIR tikka, which is usually cooked in a tandoor, is often not very good at all.

BIR curries likewise (modulo the use of a tandoor, of course).  Just a sad sign of our times, in part caused by a need for economy but rather more because of the xenophobic thinking that pervades all of our political parties and which prevents qualified chefs resident in the sub-continent from applying for positions as BIR chefs here.

Also, you make it sound as if you have a tandoor. Is that the case?

I can't think how you can interpret my earlier message in that light at all; it was a comment on the behaviour that one might reasonably expect from CR0 members when reporting on their experiences, and had nothing to do with my personal experiences of tandoori food and/or cooking at all.  "If Stu-pot (or I, or any member of this forum) had invested

[Gav Iscon]

My summer bbq with all my guests gathered round the grill in my kitchen turning skewers every couple of minutes will never be the same again.

And as someone once said to me....' What's one man's tandoor is another man's XJS'