The best compact barbecues provide maximum cooking space while taking up minimal room in your small garden, terrace or balcony – oh and before you buy one for a balcony or roof terrace, check your lease or tenancy to ensure that they are allowed, we don't want to encourage a fire hazard! The best compact barbecues should also be simple to fire up and quick and easy to clean.
Available in red, black, pink and blue, the Lotus Grill barbecue from Cuckooland should be ready to cook on within minutes of heating up, thanks to its patented bellows system. Plus, as well as using it as you would a traditional barbecue, you can also cook a pizza on it.
Weighing a manageable 3.7kg with a diameter of 35cm, it will feed up to five people and is sold with a carrying bag, a grill hood, pizza stone set, tongs and basting brush. It's not cheap, but it's super functional and built to last, which is why it makes the best compact barbecues' list.
Available in red, black, pink and blue, the Lotus Grill barbecue from Cuckooland should be ready to cook on within minutes of heating up, thanks to its patented bellows system. Plus, as well as using it as you would a traditional barbecue, you can also cook a pizza on it.
Weighing a manageable 3.7kg with a diameter of 35cm, it will feed up to five people and is sold with a carrying bag, a grill hood, pizza stone set, tongs and basting brush. It's not cheap, but it's super functional and built to last, which is why it makes the best compact barbecues' list.
This high-end Viadurini barbecue should last a life time to justify its price tag. If you can afford it, it's a beautiful addition to any garden, even when it's not in use. This stylish Italian wood-burning brazier, fashioned from Corten steel, boasts that it can feed up to twenty people on its 105cm triangular top, and you can store the wood in its base.
Measuring 20.1cm x 30.2cm x 7.5cm, this portable barbecue in a case is a great barbecue for camping trips. Pop your charcoal into the tray, your food on the grill and cook up a storm. This is one of the best portable barbecues we've seen, take it out on day trips or open it up in your garden or patio.
The BBQ Smoker Grill is a slight cheat on a traditional barbecue, because it is electric, but that makes it safer for balcony gardens, and less effort to cook on, although it does need to be plugged in. A stylish, compact grill that still offers that smoky flavour with very little hassle.
You don't get much more portable than this barbecue in a bucket from Garden Trading. Measuring just 30cm high, this galvanised steel bucket has a removable handle and large air holes in the base to help keep the barbecue burning and at £25, it is pretty reasonable for a piece of equipment you get to use again and again.
Last, but not least, the Mon Oncle barbecue couldn't be left off the best compact barbecues' list. Designed by Mermeladae Studio for RS Barcelona, this highly portable barbecue oozes understated cool. Measuring 13.6cm x 44.2cm x 31.2cm, it's large enough to cook a substantial meal on. Available in three earthy colourways, grey, green and blue, it fits on a table top and comes in a handy carry suitcase.
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