Love it! It's SO true! We used to be relegated to salad duty or beer gofers!

I have a photo somewhere of my dear departed husband at the BBQ, under an umbrella while the rest of us stayed inside. Ian used to moan if people didn't want to come outside to eat, as he said that was the whole point of it. In fact we used to get frog-marched outside! That's why I bought the chiminea in the first place - we used to get really cold sometimes.
I'm actually going to one tonight, with cool weather and showers over our part of the UK. However, it's always the same at this one, with meat of the chop/sausage/burger/kebab variety. I usually eat a couple of pieces and stick to the veg!

Today's Independent has a "10 best barbeques" page in their Life section today - and the Cobb is featured. It's so blooming expensive, about £99, but I mean to have one someday. It runs for 3 hours on just a few briquettes. T'was invented in S. Africa, I believe.

Andrea