Baking With The Q

Nomad · December 2015

I guess I could have just thrown the meatloaf slices on the raw grill but it was dark out so did everything indoors.

cbarnhill · December 2015

This looks wonderful. Weber owes you one. I hope you make it to tabazona.

Nomad · December 2015

Cookies...

Now the challange - Trying not to eat them all in one sitting.
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Since I had the grill preheated, baked a couple potatoes also.

Photomom · December 2015

Everything looks great. We have an older portable grill and I may have to try out your technique.

Nomad · December 2015

The other nifty thing is both cookie sheet, a large and small muffin pan fit inside while traveling...

Traildale · December 2015

Christmas quiche and cinnamon raisin scones in a solar oven in the valley of the sun. Mmmmmmmm.

Nomad · December 2015

Honey-Glazed, Stuffed Chicken Breast...

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Me now stuffed - Must be nap time.

Photomom · December 2015

Oh, now you're just showing off! :-)

Nomad · December 2015

I'm just so tickled it works - Camping food is for weekenders, gets old if you're out on an extended basis. I want to eat what I always did. Smores and weenies around a campfire just don't cut it :-)

Normfun · December 2015

Agree completely. Looks mighty good and I just ate.

Mercator · December 2015

PXLated said:

Didn't know there were two sizes - Evidently I'd just seen the bigger ones in campgrounds & that's what the stores I visited had.

There seems to be many different sizes (8,500; 12,000; 21,700 BTUs) available. Can you tell me what size is your Q grille?

Nomad · December 2015

Mine's the WeberQ-2000

jcfaber1 · December 2015

I was never one to eat marginally tasting food while camping unless backpacking and the weight restrictions. We want to eat well when we are enjoying one's self while camping. I am following this thread, but feel a little bit conflicted since I have a bit of charcoal snobbery and have avoided gas grills. The simplicity of the gas grill for baking is obvious. What to do....

John

jkjenn · December 2015

I am a little confused. Do you always bake on top of both cookie sheets as opposed to putting food in between them? I am assuming no space for food in between them.

Nomad · December 2015

jcfaber1 - I'm a charcoal guy too. Prefer it. Found it to be somewhat of a hassle carrying charcoal/fluid/chips so ditched it in favor of this. Now when I want that flavor I stop at a good charbroil burger joint.

Nomad · December 2015

Jenn - Yep, on top. It's all about deflecting the heat around. Found with just one tray it still gets too hot and burns the bottom of whatever you're baking.

Photomom · December 2015

The (ingenious) tray arrangement uses indirect heat (baking/roasting) instead of direct heat (grilling.)

Ratkity · December 2015

Photomom said:

The (ingenious) tray arrangement uses indirect heat (baking/roasting) instead of direct heat (grilling.)

I don't care what you call it! Every time I open this thread and see that yummy stuff bird, I start drooling. LOL.

ScottG · December 2015

jcfaber1 said:

I was never one to eat marginally tasting food while camping unless backpacking and the weight restrictions. We want to eat well when we are enjoying one's self while camping. I am following this thread, but feel a little bit conflicted since I have a bit of charcoal snobbery and have avoided gas grills. The simplicity of the gas grill for baking is obvious. What to do....
John

I've got five outdoor cookers, including charcoal, gas, and electric. They all do certain things well, but I can't say the food is better just because it was cooked by one fuel vs. another. The Q is a quality unit, and using gas is clean, compact, and convenient--high priorities for me when camping. YMMV!

ChanW · December 2015

PXLated, this research you're doing is greatly appreciated! Wow, looks delicious!

We, also, like to eat well when camping - what's the point otherwise, if we're towing a kitchen?

But of course storage seems to be the stumbling point for us. Our cooler and fridge end up a chaotic mess by the end of a trip. What do you use for refrigeration?

Nomad · December 2015

ChanW - Just using the 3-way fridge. I always stay within a reasonable distance of a decent grocery store. Drove 35 miles yesterday and restocked the fresh stuff. I usually tie my grocery run to some kind of adventure. Yesterday it was an old, abandoned copper mining town.

ChanW · December 2015

Sounds like a good plan!

Nomad · December 2015

ChanW - I do carry some prepared food, canned soup, pastas, etc. so I can go for a week or so on that but prefer being able to get fresh meat/poultry, etc. so kind of plan where I'll be in relation to a decent grocery store. Was in NE New Mexico last year where the closest grocery store was 75 miles (and not really a great store) and the next closest was 125. After that, I paid closer attention :-)

libertyo · January 2016

And here ya go, for a mere pittance ($499) you can bake a cake while boondocking
http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/07/the-gosun-stove-cooks-with-just-the-power-of-the-sun/

Nomad · January 2016

$199 + acouple cookie sheets and you can do it all :-)

Mercator · February 2016

PXLated said:

Mine's the WeberQ-2000

It is time to get a Weber for the summer. I was looking on-line and the Q-2000 doesn't have a temperature gauge, but I see that yours does, so I just wanted to do a double check. Could it be the Q-2200 that you have.

Thanks.

Nomad · February 2016

Could be - Doesn't say on it and I threw the manual ... Got it at either Home Depot or Lowes.

Nomad · February 2016

FYI - When I bought mine I wasn't thinking of baking - My objective was to get a grill that would stay lighted in wind - Had wind for three weeks and no matter how I tried to shield either the grill or campstove they'd blow out. Got the WeberQ and just lucked out getting one with the temp prob/gauge. Gave both the old grill and campstove way. After that experience I don't know how people with the outside kitchen manage.
One of the best investments I've made - Meatloaf going on here in a minute followed by lemon cookies.

DeeDee · February 2016

Mercator said:

PXLated said:

Mine's the WeberQ-2000

It is time to get a Weber for the summer. I was looking on-line and the Q-2000 doesn't have a temperature gauge, but I see that yours does, so I just wanted to do a double check. Could it be the Q-2200 that you have.

Thanks.

Maybe even the 1200, which comes in T@B colors? 1200 is about $199 and 8,500btu. The 2200 runs about $249 and 12,000btu. I'm guessing btu is important when you are trying to bake. So tough trying to keep up with @PXLated ;-)

Nomad · February 2016

Paid ight around $200 for mine in Nov. at either Lowes or Home Depot in Lake Havasu City

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