Cadac Replacement (1 Viewer)

[Drexxer]

Having finally had enough of cleaning our cadacs, both safari and carri chef, safari left over from our camper van

I can't take anymore from what would otherwise be a nice bit of kit, it seems unless you cook sweetcorn on them all the time I seem to spend more time trying to cleaning the bloody thing!!!

I know they are effectively hotplates so I'm going to go back to using our folding charcoal bar-bie for barbeque's and want to find a replacement that is more user friendly

come on folk's please save my sanity and no the missus won't clean it as she's a veggie

Andy

 

[Feltwell]

Is it a charcoal barbecue you're after, or a hotplate?

If it's a folding barbeque, I've just bought a "Son of Hibachi" - and so far, I'm impressed. Heats up quickly, great to have grids on two sides that you can set at different heights, doesn't use much charcoal and the "snuff-out pouch" really works - makes it easier to light next time as well, as the half-used charcoal seems to light more easily. Plus when you close it up the fat burns off the grids, no cleaning!

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[Drexxer]

Sorry, it's the hotplate Cadac replacement that I'm after, looks a nice product though

Andy

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[Jim]

Keep the Cadac Paella pan and buy a simple gas cooker for £10. We use just 4 of these to cook bacon breakfasts for 300+ people. Its all we carry these days, great for outdoor cooking by the van or on the beach. The Paella pan wipes clean with a towel, the gas is cheap.

 

[Manic]

Don't know anything about them but how about this to replace the Cadac, we've also been through the washing of the Cadac Just had a better look on there web site and it looks like it would be the same hassle to clean.

 

[Sundowners]

If you are happy carrying the Cadac around just use it with a paella pan, as Jim said EASY to clean----------we soon dumped all our cadac 'bits'----then got fed-up carrying and assembling it all-----we now use a prehistoric (simpler) cadac and our paella pan-----easy to carry/assemble and CLEAN

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[Manic]

This looks better, we use something similar.
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[Drexxer]

So the Cadac piella pan, is it easier to clean than the griddle etc, I havn't got one but would consider one if easier to clean than there other products

Andy

 

[sdc77]

That Son of Hitachi grill looks pretty good tbh

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[Mikey RV]

So the Cadac piella pan, is it easier to clean than the griddle etc, I havn't got one but would consider one if easier to clean than there other products

Andy

Andy I know where your coming from about cleaning the Cadac, we bought one a few years ago with our Tesco vouchers so it never really cost us much, got all the bits with it. Used the BBQ grill once and I said then I will never use it again as it took longer to clean than ever. We use the grill plate now which is ribbed on one side and smooth on the other with a small lip. When using the ribbed side if any juices etc go in the moat baby wipes sort that out. We still have our trusty ol Cobb but again takes some cleaning or the one burner grills. The best one is just go down the pub let them do all the washing up.

 

[The Wino]

WE wipe ours down with a handfull of grass while still hot gets most of the grease off before washing

 

[Drexxer]

Morning Mikey,

it's the ribbed griddle thats a pain!, little flecks of burnt whatever seem welded to the thing!, tried every chemical known to man, dishwasher also doesn't touch it,

Maybe I'm expecting too much wanting it as good as when I started cooking on it?

Andy

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[St Piran]

We use a non stick frying pan and/or griddle pan on our Cadac. Easy to wash up afterwards. As said before the BBQ grill is a pain to keep clean.

 

[MikeandCarolyn]

After 2 uses I was ready to get rid of Cadac-then I discovered the Paella pan
Now all the cadac bits are in loft and we use Cadac + Paella pan with no worries.No matter how dirty it is-just put a squirt of washing up liquid and some water in it,let it heat for couple of mins-bingo,it's clean again.
Because of it's size no grease gets down into the burner unit.

 

[peterc10]

Clean a BBQ? Why?? takes all the taste away.

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[Adbt]

Teflon sheets cut to size , Lakeland do them , never have to clean the BBQ again , simples !

 

[knokinonabit]

Keep the Cadac Paella pan and buy a simple gas cooker for £10. We use just 4 of these to cook bacon breakfasts for 300+ people. Its all we carry these days, great for outdoor cooking by the van or on the beach. The Paella pan wipes clean with a towel, the gas is cheap.

I've had one of those for years.
It was used in my lorry driving days and has cooked many meals.
Last week we had a BBQ at home and used it with a wok to do side dishes.
Great bit of kit.

 

[gibbon]

Keep the Cadac Paella pan and buy a simple gas cooker for £10. We use just 4 of these to cook bacon breakfasts for 300+ people. Its all we carry these days, great for outdoor cooking by the van or on the beach. The Paella pan wipes clean with a towel, the gas is cheap.

We bought one of these from Aldi a couple of weeks ago, cant wait to use it for cooking freshly caught fish on the beach.
Senior management wont let me cook fish in the van, bless her

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[jockaneezer]

Maybe worth trying to season the griddle with a high temperature oil before you next use it ? Mr Google is your friend

 

[denisejoe]

We don't bother with the ribbed side of the grill but the plain side is easily cleaned. Neither of us are bothered whether or not we have lines on our steaks, chops etc; also it's really hard to do things like onions on the ribbed side as they keep disappearing into the grooves!

Denise

 

[Cobweb]

Keep the Cadac Paella pan and buy a simple gas cooker for £10. We use just 4 of these to cook bacon breakfasts for 300+ people. Its all we carry these days, great for outdoor cooking by the van or on the beach. The Paella pan wipes clean with a towel, the gas is cheap.

Hi . This is exactly what we have ended up with . We also have 2 cadacs in the attic at home ! We will use one of them at home where hot water and proper kitchen sink is available but not in the van anymore . However hubby forgot to bring spare gas cartridges and
now in France we wonder where to look for replacements....help needed!

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[scotjimland]

Keep the Cadac Paella pan and buy a simple gas cooker for £10. We use just 4 of these to cook bacon breakfasts for 300+ people. Its all we carry these days, great for outdoor cooking by the van or on the beach. The Paella pan wipes clean with a towel, the gas is cheap.

These are all we use with the Sea Scouts..

Bought one last night from Halfords with six cans of Butane..
Cooker £10 , Butane was £1.50 a can .. buy two get third free ..

total = £16
almost cheap enough the throw away when they get dirty


The Cadac Carri Chef lies abandoned behind the shed.. unloved and now covered in moss

 

[Cobweb]

We have one of these simple gas cookers with us here in France ....husband forgot to bring spare cartridges. Any idea where we could buy some here ?

 

[scotjimland]

We have one of these simple gas cookers with us here in France ....husband forgot to bring spare cartridges. Any idea where we could buy some here ?

have you tried any of the big supermarkets .. Le Clerc etc ?

they stock all sorts of camping kit including regular LPG bottles

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[mid4did]

I love being a Non-Veggie,the smooth side with the lip is all I use for the morning fry up.
Leave to cool and wipe with a kitchen towel.

 

[The Wino]

The small cookers are on sale at aldi at the moment

 

[klaus Knaus]

We got rid of our Cadac a few years ago and replaced it with a beauclaire - never regretted it

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[jezport]

here you go
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORTABLE-...878?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item233db595b6

 

[whoa]

This looks better, we use something similar.
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As total novices, and only just recently been allowed out in the real world, we have a cadac Safari chef deluxe, shows you what a lack of knowledge can do, anyway I have to say I was impressed with a couple of similar bbq's like this one, being used by people pitched near us, steaks and the works, one cooking a Chinese meal, the food smelled good, and looked very edible, oh we haven't had time to use our cadac yet, but it will be used with the gaslow installed system, via bbq point on the van.

Edit also saw on a caravan weblog, with the cadac in the bottom deflector put some water and keep topping it up as you cook as the fat runs into it the water keeps it from burning onto the pan and makes for easier cleaning, not had time to try it yet, so don't know if it works, but if anyone has tried, would be interested in your experience of it

 

[whoa]

Hopefully a link that will work to the blog I read.

http://ourlifeinacaravan.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/roasting-on-cadac-our-experiences.html


The entry I was referring to was posted by hannahhp on 20/4/2012 About the tenth posting, hope it helps

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