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Cali1 · Nov 21, 2014

Ive been working near a bike park for a few weeks,shame not to take the bike.The van has been ideal.Awning out,cobb on with stew,hour half blast round the trials ready to come back to a good hot meal!
Brilliant!!Yep van needs a bit of a clean.

mucksmuff · Nov 21, 2014

Nice bike Cali1 :thumb

Dave bee · Nov 22, 2014

Great van being used rather than polished!
How much do you use your Cobb and how do you find it? Probably going to be on the Christmas list!

Cali1 · Nov 22, 2014

Yes,van does get used.

I use the cobb a lot,it works for the food I like to eat.Stews,jacket potatoes event the odd roast.Its easy to set up and use.Im not the worlds best chef but would recommend one.
I usually put a stew or something on,go for a ride or takes the dogs for a wonder by the time i come back the stews ready.
It split and stored under the kitchen units,I have a stir fry pan that goes with it,its ideal with the dogs (or young kids) because the outer does not get hot.
I have cooked once inside the cali but would not advise on that!!!

Cali1 · Nov 22, 2014

mucksmuff said:
Nice bike Cali1

Thanks,I seem to be heading towards german engineering!

Dave bee · Nov 22, 2014

Thanks for the advise, I have young kids and dog so great that its not hot to touch.cheers

AlanC · Nov 22, 2014

A word of warning.
The Cobb lower body does keep relatively cool and can be placed on a table while in use.

But lid gets very hot.
Burningly so, as I found out when I burnt my hand picking it up this year. The lid is not insulated and sits only a matter of a few inches above the hot coals

So do keep your kids at a distance while you are using it.

A

Dave bee · Nov 22, 2014

Thanks for that I will, cheers

Jody Taylor · Apr 16, 2015

Hi Cali1.

Question on the Cobb.... Are you using charcoal? Or the recommended Cobbles?

Fozzy · Apr 20, 2015

What's a Cobb !!!!???

Splitrich · Apr 20, 2015

I use the cobbles. Any idea where's the cheapest place to buy them from

shambly · Apr 21, 2015

Splitrich said:
I use the cobbles. Any idea where's the cheapest place to buy them from

We bought our latest batch from campervantastic(.com) at volksworld. They do mail order...

Romke · Apr 21, 2015

Fozzy said:
What's a Cobb !!!!???

Google it !!!!!!

blakeley · Apr 21, 2015

shambly said:
We bought our latest batch from campervantastic(.com) at volksworld. They do mail order...

Bought some from here last summer (online) and must of been old stock as they would not light !! when buying check the batch date as I think they have a very short shelf life.

snowy55 · Apr 21, 2015

blakeley said:
Bought some from here last summer (online) and must of been old stock as they would not light !! when buying check the batch date as I think they have a very short shelf life.

If you have trouble lighting Cobbles with their inbuilt ignition coating, then put half a firelighter underneath, I know this kind of defeats one point of buying Cobbles but at least it gets them going. :thumb

Tactical · Apr 29, 2015

snowy55 said:
If you have trouble lighting Cobbles with their inbuilt ignition coating, then put half a firelighter underneath

A top tip I was given is simply to light the cobblestone (in its wire fire basket) on the Cali gas stove and then just pop it into the Cobb. The lifting fork makes this an easy manoeuvre and the Cobb can be held close to the stove while you make the transfer.

MichaelB · May 2, 2015

shambly said:
We bought our latest batch from ***************(.com) at volksworld. They do mail order...

I've seen suppliers names being "*" out a few times lately. Is this a new policy of the forum?

snowy55 · May 2, 2015

MichaelB said:
I've seen suppliers names being "*" out a few times lately. Is this a new policy of the forum?

Some names seem to get xxxxxx out and some don't I've read the T's and C's and still can't understand how it works.

Cali1 · May 10, 2015

Jody Taylor said:
Hi Cali1.

Question on the Cobb.... Are you using charcoal? Or the recommended Cobbles?

Sorry Jody,not been on the site for a while.I use the cobbles,generally use twenty in a month.I tend to light it whilst in the basket,if its extremly windy i light them from the stove in the van!Ive used charcoal to create the BBQ effect when out with the wife and dogs (dogs prefer BBQ sausages )

Cali1 · May 10, 2015

blakeley said:
Bought some from here last summer (online) and must of been old stock as they would not light !! when buying check the batch date as I think they have a very short shelf life.

Yes,I've had a couple of boxes that would not light no matter what I tried,ended up having to use fire lighter to get it going.However that was a couple of years ago,not had any issues since.

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