Home grilling

[migrant]

It's Sunday evening here and I just opened up a nice California merlot and prepped a rather large porterhouse steak for the grill and thought about Thailand

I like to cook but particularly like a nice evening, bottle and a home grill better than at restaurants in fact.

Do any/many of you grill/bbq/smoke (food you guys) at home?

Where do you find those great cuts of beef? Knowing many Thais do not eat a lot of beef.

I remember seeing some nice steaks and ribs at Villa, and the night markets had good seafood/pork ribs/ chicken, but I didn't see much good looking beef.

I don't eat as much red meat as I did when younger, but still enjoy a good steak periodically.

Thanks

[PeteC]

Yeah, for the really good cuts of beef I'm afraid we're restricted to places like Villa and Foodland. Carrefour used to have them but don't know what will happen now under the Big C banner. Having said that, speciality shops like JD's Ham & Bacon have access to prime and choice cuts through their distributors.

You can find Weber Kettles over here now also. I've only seen them at True Value Hardware though and they cost about double the USA price. The wife likes to crank it up from time to time but then we mainly end up with BBQ squid and kabobs. Pete

[migrant]

The wife likes to crank it up from time to time but then we mainly end up with BBQ squid and kabobs. Pete

Yes, when my better half wants to grill that's what we get, squid, beef balls and fish!! I like it, but not the same!

I would hope on our move we would bring the bbq's over (one gas one smoker) under my wife's citizenship.

The gas is a propane bottle that can be refilled many places here, do they have that over there?

[PeteC]

.......The gas is a propane bottle that can be refilled many places here, do they have that over there?

Actually, I should punt on that issue as not sure about gas type. I believe what we use to cook here is labeled as LPG, not Propane. Perhaps they are one and the same?....I don't know. The bottle you have could be refilled, but the practice seems to be to simply swap them for an already filled bottle at a distributor. They come in a variety sizes from small (about 14"), which would fit for your BBQ, up to about 6' tall for commercial kitchen use. The normal home kitchen cylinder is about 2 1/2' tall. Once other forum members straighten out this gas issue, you may find best to leave your bottle there when you move, and just bring the regulator and hose. Pete

EDIT: There is also a full range of gas BBQ's available here in stainless. Both local made and imported. I think HHF is in the known on this subject.

[migrant]

Sounds similar Pete, I think it's a simple conversion. I am planning out an outdoor kitchen and when I asked about incorporating the bbq to the house gas (lpg I believe) the tech said a simple conversion unit would do it!!

[Nereus]

Sounds similar Pete, I think it's a simple conversion. I am planning out an outdoor kitchen and when I asked about incorporating the bbq to the house gas (lpg I believe) the tech said a simple conversion unit would do it!!

Cooking Gas, also called LPG , Auto gas and a couple of other names is a mixture of Propane and Butane. The ratio of the mix can, and does, vary. In cold climates the mix is usually changed to suit the season, but as far as I know it remains the same ratio in Thailand.

Do not bring the bottle, your shipper would probably refuse it anyway. Your BBQ will work here but it MAY be necessary to change the burner nozzles, or jets.

There is an importer of Australian built BBQ`s, and I believe he has an agent in Hua Hin.

[hhfarang]

Yes, you can get good bbq grills here, but they are damned expensive. I wish I had shipped one in my container coming over as similar are four times the price here than they were in Florida. As for cuts of meat, yes Villa Market is the place in Hua Hin but Makro down in Pranburi has some good quality meats as well.

[pharvey]

Initially I thought this thread was concerning the ''morning after'' lecture by the Long haired General...

Anyway, a link I was looking at previously on BBQ supplies in Thailand: -

http://www.thaibbqgrill.com/index.html

Seems a little pricey to me, but haven't seen much in the way of alternatives in Hua Hin.

Meat-wise, I'm told a fairly decent fillet steak is available (early morning) at the market in HH.

[PeteC]

I think that propane is odorless, which is perhaps why they put the butane in that gives us that whiff of gas smell when we have a leak or leave a dead burner on? Pete

[STEVE G]

If you go to that road behind the day market where all the hardware shops are, you can buy locally fabricated barbeque grills of pretty much any size you want of a similar type to the ones used by food stalls and they're very cheap.
They also have some small rectangular ones that are handy for taking out for beach barbeques.

[Nereus]

I think that propane is odorless, which is perhaps why they put the butane in that gives us that whiff of gas smell when we have a leak or leave a dead burner on? Pete

Yes, it is odorless, but that is not why Butane is added. It has more to do with the vapour pressure and "boiling" point of the mixture. (and therefore why there are different mixtures for different applications)
The smelly stuff is usually ethanethiol, although there are a couple of other chemicals that are sometimes used.

[migrant]

Thanks Guys!

Interesting about the gases!

[pharvey]

Go to Big Kiang (the one over the flyover on the right) and get the charcoal BBQ...... solid enough and cheap enough in comparison to everything else I've seen in HH......

You want gas...... get a Thai table top gas stove and plonk it outside with a grill above it!!

[migrant]

Go to Big Kiang (the one over the flyover on the right) and get the charcoal BBQ...... solid enough and cheap enough in comparison to everything else I've seen in HH......

You want gas...... get a Thai table top gas stove and plonk it outside with a grill above it!!

Great!! I'd hate to give up grilling and chilling!!

[PeteC]

As if by magic, a True Value booklet showed up in the mail today with BBQ's in it. Here's an idea of price. You can reference the model number on Weber's site outside of Thailand for price comparison. They seem to be listed from top of line >:

Weber Summit S-420 Stainless LP, cart style 125,000

Weber Spirit SP-310 Stainless LP cart style 54,000

Weber Performer kettle cart style (no Model number here down) 29,500

Weber 22 1/2" Gold Series kettle 13,850

Weber 18 1/2" Silver Series kettle 6,650

I would think almost double the price compared to the USA. Pete