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All the thrill and flavour of a regular BBQ minus all the smoke, right? Ben and James put a smokeless BBQ to the test and see …

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  1. @Sam-sh1hp

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Everyone check your notification settings bell. They’ve changed it.

  2. @bochapman1058

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Is James really big or Ben really small?

  3. @bochapman1058

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    To much “coffee” eh 😂

  4. @andybarth5928

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I own a Lotusgrill and I love it… it is simple fast low consumption of coal, easy to clean – I use a cast iron plate on the grill – so the heat is evenly distributed – because the middle is superhot

  5. @Bestofthebest383

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    No taste at all . Smoke is what actually makes food taste better. No smoke no taste 👅

  6. @LORDVADER357

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    You can open windows and doors. Question is how much heat can provide that BBQ? Because i want to be able to fry potatoes in a pan. To boil eggs, to cook soups in a pot. I can cook anything on ordinary BBQ.

  7. @henq

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Do NOT use the middle part (metal plate) of a Lotusgrill !

  8. @TheOmegaRevolution

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Nasty smoke from charcoal? That's what gives the food that signature flavour for crying out loud.

    45 minutes to get a charcoal grill going? Surely you're doing something wrong if it takes you that long to get it going.

    Seems like Ben just loves to whine about things he's not good at. Get over yourself.

  9. @RichardPhillips10

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Iresponsible not to mention carbon monoxide when using inside: this is very dangerous – and they didn't realise that the grilled area around the outside is used for cooking and not just keeping warm, and that will give more of a charcole flavour. Good product, dodgy review!

  10. @rooster700rr

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Its important to understand that smokeless doesn't mean carbon monoxide free. Burning charcoal produces large amounts of carbon monoxide and that it only takes a small amount of CO in the air to produce symptoms of CO poisoning and even death.

  11. @yamahong56

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    Feel really sorry for British people. No fancy food at all with this fancy grill

  12. @dtee9053

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    thank you.. this is what i needed to know. I need the charcoal flavor. if it doesn't have it then I might as well get a gas or electric grill.

  13. @barbarastepien-foad4519

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I wish he'd STOP keep saying it doesn't have a charcoal flavour….

  14. @adrianvulpe4741

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    This barbecue its useless, its a disaster . If you want to eat not kooked meat :)) i recomend this barbecue ! :))) its the baddest barbecue i ever owned !!

  15. @warribe

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I’m brazilian.. and we have very specific and different bbc from uk or america. A hot dog on the grill=a crime, a marinated meat=an heresy, a bbc without charcoal flavor=could have done in the pan on the stove, its not bbc. We have meat on the bbc with salt (the big grains one) and thats it. We can have cheese, garlic bread, bananas, sausages, chicken wings, chicken hearts or pineapple but thats just to fill people up so they dont eat as much real meat bc its expensive! Kkkkkkk

  16. @mollymelena6104

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I'm with Ben. You shouldn't be beating dead carcasses at all!!!
    What is the point of this smokeless grill? You could achieve the same results using a grill pan on the stove.
    Also, why were you worried about the smoke setting off the fire alarm?
    After all, don't you guys generate smoke when cooking food on the stove top as well?
    I LOVE BEN!!!

  17. @laurab8999

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    For smoke taste, keep out the top of coal….excuse me but I dont speak in english

  18. @usernotfound1185

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I think this barbecue gives me more of a vibe of different kinds of barbecue – james says he wants all the charcoal flavour, but this strikes me as the style of something like a Korean bbq, done inside, often over coals sort of thing without necessarily aiming for the charcoal flavour

  19. @jackjones5314

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    You can smell the charcoal, that is a huge part of flavor.

  20. @booyahinc

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    That bbq is perfect for a boat.

  21. @tom_something

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    In order to get that flavor on there, the thing you're grilling needs to be directly above the heat source. Not too far away, and not diagonally. As fat comes out of the food, it drips down onto the burning coal or wood and flares up, spraying burnt fat back onto the food. This grill seems to apply indirect heat, so you don't get those school-bus-yellow flames coming up to smack your food with that essential smoky aroma. In the middle, which is above the coals, there's the shield that keeps fat from dripping down. And off to the sides, which are open, you're no longer directly above the coals.

    It's very familiar to how the "breath of the wok" flavor comes out. Droplets of fat or oil have to separate from the food and get really really hot, and then the product of that combustion needs to be put back onto the food.

    So that's the problem. You're not going to get smoke on the food with a mechanism that's designed to prevent smoke there. A chimney seems like the only solution, because it allows the smoke to reach the food, and then it draws the remaining smoke away from people's faces.

  22. @RocSaltAndPepperMint

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    if you want to grill indoor go to korean bbq

  23. @jadedelite

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    James seeking that charcoal flavor is dead on where the gripe should be. There's no other benefit of cooking on charcoal… could be an electric griddle and get the same taste with less risk (carbon monoxide/fire), expense, environmental impact (making charcoal isn't exactly eco friendly), etc.

  24. @LeaHartmann

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I'd like to see the outer ring of the grate tested more. Other than a few of the sausages and the trout for a few seconds, nothing was cooked off of the center "plate" area.

  25. @tikblang1

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    what are the green herbs in the trout 8:17 looks very cool?

  26. @luisincorvaya2942

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    For anyone wondering about the carbon monoxide poisoning indoors thing you buy special Japanese charcoal that is meant to be used indoors

  27. @jolly1039

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I agree… a good grill must have smoke.. that's where the taste comes from

  28. @cynthialemus2591

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I’m with James. I only grill with charcoal or over a camp fire, i need that true drilled flavor.

  29. @DianeH2038

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I can't even watch this — there are people who commit suicide with charcoal grills, and it's definitely not the smoke that's poisonous (as most of us know). I can't believe this video is still up. this is incredibly dangerous.

  30. @nobogod8505

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    You don't have to use the center to grill, it's just a protection for fat>smoke. Probably better flavor around (?).

  31. @johnkristian

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I miss sassy James

  32. @jf76

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    I don't see how you can avoid a good charcoal flavour over a hot charcoal grill without some charcoal flavour. Perhaps use some good bbq wood chips too! Seems like a good grill for certain applications.

  33. @adtatatumtemporis7111

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    So gay, princess is getting too hot laying the sausages on this sissy bbq, even dropping a "Aww" … Absolutely pathetic

  34. @eightbitoni

    December 31, 2023 at 11:49 pm

    easy to use, but how easy to clean? I think that is equally important to ask

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