Let’s take a look at different types of portable BBQs and grills and which ones are best suited to your needs.

Thousands of Kings Folding Camp Fire BBQ Plate & Grills get sold every month, and for good reason. You won’t find a simpler, more versatile folding BBQ plate, and you can always pick them up for less than a carton of beer!

They are super portable – the fold into an included heavy duty canvas carry bag, and take up about the same room as a couple of magazines side by side. That means they’re so portable you can fit them nearly anywhere – under your seat, in your Titan Rear Drawers, stacked in the boot, at the bottom of a mess kit, etc. The heavy duty bag will stop grease and ash making the inside of your car dirty to and from camp, which is obviously a huge bonus, and many similar models don’t come with this bag as standard.

To use all you have to do is fold out the two legs and light a fire underneath! For rapid cooking, use a lot of flame but be careful not to charcoal your meat (unless your name is Darryl Kerrigan). For best cooking, shovel a bunch of hot coals under the hotplate away from direct flame, and cook off the heat of those. That’ll be more than enough and it’s much easier to regulate heat from coals than sticks with flames. If you’re cooking something that needs 20 minutes on the portable grill, you can always add a new scoop of coals halfway through, which is much more consistent than having flames die down from small sticks, leaving your steaks half done!

With half a hotplate and half a grill on this portable camp BBQ, you can cook all your camp favourites including bacon and eggs, steak and onion and more. This portable BBQ is also good to put over the flames and boil a billy on – this provides a stable base for you to boil water without risking it tipping over.

If you’re after a gas-powered portable BBQ or grill, 4WD Supacentre sell a couple of real winners. The Voyager Grill by Gasmate is one of the most compact, portable gas BBQs on the market. With easy to assemble sturdy legs that can be removed for transport, you can fit the whole BBQ in its easy to carry case.

A great thing about this type of portable BBQ, apart from its easy to start Piezo ignition which means you don’t need to carry matches, is it has a totally reversible grill/hotplate. That means you can cook grill-side-up for some nice charring on steaks, or flip it over to do a dozen eggs at once to feed a big crew.

Another great thing about this portable gas grill is it sits up away from the ground, so you won’t get sand in your food if you’re cooking on the beach. Lightweight and portable, this easily fits on an Adventure Kings table, the top of an esky, on a tailgate – anywhere you want to cook!

Another popular Voyager Portable BBQ in the range is more of a traditional BBQ you’d use at home, but in a very compact size, similar to a Weber Baby Q. This includes a temperature gauge and lid which makes it versatile enough to do anything from snags to roast dinners. Many people are now using these at home and while camping, saving the need to buy an extra unit for the balcony or backyard.

With a stainless steel burner, satin enamel cast iron grill, rotary ignition for effortless lighting, this portable BBQ has all the features you’ve come to expect (and love) from your big BBQ at home, but in a unit small enough to carry easily with one hand. Like the other portable BBQs from 4WD Supacentre, this is also very easy to store in the back of your car or ute.

The Adventure Kings BBQ tool set has proven to be a winner with any of our portable camp BBQs and grills. With a stainless steel spatula and tongs as well as a scraper/brush for cleaning, this kit has everything you need and comes in a tool roll pouch. The best thing is they’re super affordable and stop you having to raid the kitchen drawers at home when you want to head bush for a night or two – that’ll keep you in the good books!