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- Hi guys, Mike from Kiravans here,
and this is a video all about gas barbecues.
It's going to be a sort of a compare
and contrast video basically
we've narrowed down the CADAC range
to these four different models that you see here.
And we've done that
because our audience is going to
be a camper van based audience.
So these ones are compact
they're very versatile CADAC
they're really well made,
and they're backed up
with a really good aftercare after sales service.
So there's one crucial difference
between these gas barbecues
that you need to know you get high pressure gas
and low pressure gas.
So the high pressure gas is
in the small disposable cartridges and the low pressure gas
is in the sort of the blue camping gas kind of cylinders,
and also patio gas in the bigger cylinders.
So in our range,
the little CADAC Safari Chef 2 runs exclusively
on high pressure gas
and the other three,
the Grillo Chef, the Cook 2-Cook Pro Deluxe
and the Safari Chef 2, the normal one,
all run on low pressure gas.
Now there is a caveat to that.
You can make all three of these run
on high pressure gas with the addition
of the correct regulator and hose,
which is also available on the website.
So let's start off with the Safari Chef 2.
This is sorry, the is Safari Chef 2 light.
So it's a great compact little barbecue
as you can see the lid on top doubles up
as a cooking pot,
which is very, very versatile
and then you have the ceramic coated barbecue grid here
with little holes in it so
that the fat can drain away.
Now, the fat drains down into
this fat pan here,
which doubles up as a windbreak.
Top tip when using this is to put a bit of water
in the recessed area,
in the fat pan,
which does two jobs.
That means that as the fat runs into it,
it's not going to bake on to the bottom
so it makes it much easier to clean
and it also,
as you're cooking generates a lot more moisture
to keep your food in a better condition
as you cook it,
you also have with this one,
a pot stand,
which just slots in like that.
So you can use it
as a normal gas ring,
put your kettle on there,
put a saucepan on there, whatever you want,
which makes it very versatile.
So it's kind of like an addition
if you've also got a hob in your camper van,
you can do some of your cooking inside,
some of it outside,
it makes it a lot more flexible.
So as I said,
this one runs on the high pressure cylinders,
which just screw into the bottom,
very easy to operate.
None of these barbecues need a match
or a lighter.
They've all got the Piezo ignition
so you basically just turn,
turn the gas on yYou'll hear it, come out, click that
and that's your BBQ lit.
And then to turn it off,
you just turn it off there.
And then for storage,
you just unscrew your canister
and then underneath each
of the legs has got a number
so you just pulled them up in the correct order.
One, two, and three,
and then you've got a carry bag
just to show you what size
this does actually go down to for storage.
So we'll pop that in there.
Put our gas ring on, put our lid in.
It's quite nice just to see these
on a video to actually see what size they are
in real life
and then a little storage porch there for your gas.
So that's it basically a very compact
and lightweight solution.
Ideally, if you want to take it away
from your van,
if you're going to take it down the beach or something,
'cause it's all included, you don't need
to take another big gas cylinder.
So that's the Safari Chef 2 light.
If we look at the Safari Chef 2.
This is very, very similar
with two main differences
one obviously being the gas cylinder when I wanted
to the low pressure system
so it's got it's,
different regulator on there and a hose you need
to buy the hose and the regulator separately for this.
Now this type of gas,
you probably already running your camper van
it's available widely.
You can obviously cook for a lot longer with
this quantity of gas than you can with the disposable ones.
Again, same lid and cooking pot, same barbecue grill,
pot stand, windbreaker with the additional one
with this is the flat,
the flat grill plate here,
which is great for,
doing your cook breakfast and your eggs
and things like that.
So it just gives it a little bit more flexibility.
And as I said before,
with the addition of this accessory,
you can convert this
into a high pressure stove.
So which could be useful actually,
if you've got this in your van
and you're in the middle
of your European Odyssey,
it's a Sunday afternoon and this runs out of gas.
If you had a couple of disposable canisters in the van
and you had one of these,
you'd be fine
you could keep cooking.
So that's that one.
Now there are a couple more accessories
that you can buy for
this Safari Chef range.
One of which is the pizza stone
and to use the pizza stone,
you would put your pot stand on there,
put your pizza stone on top,
put a pizza on and then put your lid on
and in five or six minutes,
you'd have a really nice pizza.
You can also make little mini pizzas with Pitta breads
and that kind of stuff.
I've actually used one of
these for the last few years
it was a previous model
and it's a great little barbecue
I haven't had any problems with it at all.
And the other accessory we sell is the paella pan,
which comes in its own little bag.
I'll just quickly show you that.
And it's got a lid
so it's really nice it's quite big actually.
It's really nice nonstick surface got its own lid
so you can cook up all sorts of stuff in there.
So that's the Safari Chef 2 range,
low pressure and high pressure.
I'll put this away and then we'll move
on to the Grillo chef.
Okay, moving on to the Grillo chef
now this is a step up in size.
I might not be able to show you
this very well on this bench,
but as you can see, it comes, it's a sort
of a standup barbecue,
the little one do you need to put them
on a table top or cook on the ground.
This one, you put it on the ground
you can stand up and cook on it in comfort.
It comes with three legs which are detachable
and then you can take out this section here.
So it all folds up quite small.
If I just lift this off,
then I can show you better on the video.
I'll put that to one side.
So obviously you've got a nice lid with a handle
and a temperature gauge on there.
So you really can,
you can roast things in this
you can roast a chicken in this for example, very easily.
So it's got a bigger surface area for cooking on,
same setup with the fat pan, et cetera,
gas burner, Piezo ignition.
This one comes with a bigger pot stand again.
So now you can have your boiling kettle,
but you could also have bigger pots on there.
And it comes with the Grillo Chef 2 chef pan,
which it says is 36 centimeters.
So that is plenty big enough
to chef up something nice for the family.
And again, really nice ceramic nonstick surface on that.
We also sell a pizza stone accessory
for this barbecue, which is, as you can see,
it's a really good size.
So you could cook a normal sized,
but fairly large pizza on there
to be honest
and Rob, my brother
and the other half Kiravans uses one of
these regularly in his patio
and says this is his preferred way of making pizzas now
so I haven't tried it myself yet.
So that's the accessory you can buy for this one.
So let's have a quick look at how this one packs up.
So I've read a few things online saying,
how on earth do you get the lid
and the BBQ into the bag provided?
I have had a quick play with it
and I did manage it.
Whether I can remember how I did it
or not I'm not sure.
Yeah, there you go
so that will fit all in there
and then actually they do provide this rubber
or this elastic strapping,
but I discovered
that the lid doesn't fit very well in there
and then with the legs,
you can put them through there.
So this bit folds down,
you unscrew here,
move that up and then you can take your legs off.
It's a very clever design.
So yeah, that is the size
of the Grillo Chef packed up
and that is the size of the Safari Chef packed up.
A bit of a weight difference,
a bit of a size difference,
but both pretty compact for the amount
of versatility you get.
In a slightly different vein,
not strictly a barbecue,
but it's getting quite close is
the 2-Cook 2 Pro Deluxe.
Again, really short and sweet naming policy
from CADAC there.
This one is more like your traditional twin burner set up.
So you've got two good sized gas rings there again,
Piezo ignition, controls on there,
will run off the low pressure cylinders
or with the adaption,
the high pressure cylinders,
but where this actually becomes a lot more versatile
is you can take off the hot plate rings
and put on these griddle plates.
This is the one's got the griddle.
This one has got the flat surface.
So in theory,
you've kind of got the best of both worlds with this.
Although maybe the cooking surface isn't quite as big
as on a normal barbecue,
but you can cook your meat and your veggies
and your eggs and breakfast and everything on here.
You can chop and change
you could have a pot going on one side,
and your whatever on the barbecue side.
So again, that's really nice.
It's really nicely made
I've used a few twin ring burners in my time,
using the combi van and stuff,
quite often they're pretty flimsy,
but this one is actually it's good quality
It's got a nice stainless steel surface
on really nicely machine burners
so yeah, I was impressed with this.
Okay, so packing up the 2-Cook 2
is very straightforward.
Put your cooker unit in there,
zip it up.
And then you've got these handy little pockets
for the grill plates to go in with a little central divider.
Okay, so that is the size of the 2-Cook 2
with a hand carry strap.
So hopefully that will help.
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Hopefully that'll help you make your decision.
Thanks very much for watching
and I'll see you next time.
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