In message >, Lou
> writes
>
>"sam coleridge" > wrote in message
...
>> In the far east recently I saw tiny barbeques about ten inches square, the
>> base being made from what i think was some kind of clay and had a
>stainless
>> steel rack to sit on the top.
>>
>> They could easily be placed on a kitchen hob, so that you could have an
>> indoor barbi.
>>
>> They were too heavy to bring one home. I'm wondering if anyone has seen
>> them for sale in the u.k.?
>>
>> Or if anybody had adapted anything to make a miniature barbeque that one
>> could use indoors in the kitchen placed on the gas hob?
>>
>If by barbeque you mean something that burns charcoal, there's a couple of
>things to beware of. First, charcoal fires produce carbon monoxide, which
>can be deadly. Second, a charcoal fire consumes oxygen, and in an enclosed
>room the oxygen can be depleted below the concentration necessary to sustain
>human life. In the US, about 25 people are killed each year from burning
>charcoal indoors.

That's the most positive reason for indoor BBQs I've come across yet

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geoff