| In the traditional sense I think that if you asked most | | | | meat are directed to the side of the Cobb BBQ into a |
| boat owners this question, they would have | | | | 'moat'. This prevents meat juices from dripping onto |
| reservations about safety, and rightly so. For the most | | | | the coals and the smoke typical of every other BBQ I |
| part they would not know about the Cobb BBQ but | | | | know of, is absent. |
| tend instead to think in terms of the traditional open | | | | If you do use the Cobb BBQ on your boat, like any |
| BBQ, red hot to the touch and smoke everywhere. | | | | other cooker, make sure that you have adequate |
| My own boat is sixty years old, mahogany on oak, and | | | | ventilation. I fitted a six inch extractor fan to clear |
| the Cobb BBQ is used on a regular basis. I would | | | | cooking fumes from my own galley. There is a double |
| probably not recommend the Cobb BBQ for use at | | | | benefit to this. First of all any fumes caused by burning |
| sea, unless a Gimbal arrangement was in place. For | | | | either gas (my other cooker) or the charcoal briquettes |
| anyone that doesn't know what a Gimbal is. It is an | | | | used by the Cobb BBQ, are whipped away. The |
| arrangement that keeps a supported object upright | | | | second benefit of forced ventilation is that cooking |
| with respect to the horizon despite the pitch or roll of | | | | smells are also removed. The size of boat I have is a |
| the vessel. My own boat very rarely sees salt water | | | | comparatively small space and as we know, some |
| and I never use the Cobb BBQ except in flat | | | | cooking smells linger. Not now. |
| conditions or when moored, which answers safety | | | | So back to the original question. Yes, the Cobb BBQ is |
| concerns. | | | | safe to use on a boat, providing common sense and |
| One of the beauties of the Cobb BBQ is that due to | | | | care is used. Safety should be a boaters' main |
| its design the outside (apart from the lid) remains cool | | | | concern, but this has also to include things like not using |
| to the touch. Also it is never normally necessary to | | | | open fryers and protecting ourselves and others from |
| use more than eight charcoal briquettes. This makes it | | | | open pans that contain any other sort of boiling |
| very easy to light the Cobb on the stern deck and | | | | substance. The basic design of the Cobb makes it |
| then, when the coals have turned grey, easily carry it | | | | inherently safer than either of these other methods. I |
| inside to the galley. Another design feature is that | | | | have also to point out that the Cobb does much more |
| when you start to BBQ, any juices from the cooking | | | | than just BBQ. |