Wood Fire in Weber?

[Mortymoose]

I'm lus for making a wood fire in my Weber, seeing that it is more mobile than my cemented braai.... I need to know if one can make a wood fire as opposed to a charcoal fire in the weber.....?

I can see what is going to happen here.... get lekker gesuiped this afternoon, make a woodfire in weber, warp thh beast and awaken the inner beast in Head Office for screwing up the weber..... pls advice before 16h00....

 

[D3x!]

seen it done many many times to braai with wood coals, unless you are talking about a bonfire?

 

[AfricanTech]

I'm lus for making a wood fire in my Weber, seeing that it is more mobile than my cemented braai.... I need to know if one can make a wood fire as opposed to a charcoal fire in the weber.....?

I can see what is going to happen here.... get lekker gesuiped this afternoon, make a woodfire in weber, warp thh beast and awaken the inner beast in Head Office for screwing up the weber..... pls advice before 16h00....

I do it all the time - Weber 15 years old now - still works fine.

Just make sure that you leave the 'bottom' grid in otherwise you will fek it up

 

[Picard]

My brother also has a Weber and makes wood fire in it all the time.

Just don't make an inferno in it.

 

[Paul Hjul]

I think the rule with this is:
You can make a wood fire in your own Weber but not in one that you've borrowed from somebody unless they've indicated specifically as much. (a) It can muck up the Weber if you go inferno etc ... (b) It does take away the shiny white elephantness of the Weber. So if your Weber is a trinket rather than a fire site - and lets face it most Weber's are - you probably don't want it to be used as the good Lord intends fires to be used.

I have a friend who is picky about her Weber not being used for wood fires whereas her sisters Weber is a free for all on the subject. I specifically don't have a Weber for a kettlebraai because I want to use the thing with impunity.

 

[atomcrusher]

I use a wood fire in my 57cm weber all the time, because wood is so cheap here e.g. rooi-krans. No visible damage / discolouration to the weber at all

 

[Arthur]

Use wood, especially a nice hard one.
My Weber's been outside for 15 years. Quite proud it's not a shiny trinket. Women may not interfere, and wussy comments from males about the lack of exterior shine brings a sharp reminder that shine doesn't affect flavour, followed by banishment to toss the salad.

 

[Paul Hjul]

Use wood, especially a nice hard one.
My Weber's been outside for 15 years. Quite proud it's not a shiny trinket. Women may not interfere, and wussy comments from males about the lack of exterior shine brings a sharp reminder that shine doesn't affect flavour, followed by banishment to toss the salad.

So your Weber is used for fires as the good Lord intends ...

 

[Arthur]

So your Weber is used for fires as the good Lord intends ...

I can't say I've had a private revelation on the divine positive will in this regard, but so far the fire's stayed in the machine and not come down from on high. I have a working hypothesis that a wood fire in the Weber is not inconsistent with the divine permissive will, and since my patriarchal religion doesn't acknowledge goddesses, my wife's opinion on the matter is discounted, though I do pay lip service. Her wrath is easily appeased by a libation offering, usually a sauvignon blanc with an ice cube to take away the heat.