View Full Version : BBQ's anyone?
greenpete
08-07-2005, 22:31
Guests and/or villa owners,
Do you consider having a BBQ (Gas) by the pool :
DisneyDreamer
08-07-2005, 22:39
I love to have BBQ's by the pool it's great to sit back with some grub and a nice chilled glass of vino while the kids splash about in the swimming pool.[8D]
Nice to have, not nice to clean!!!![msnwink]
Cruella DeVilla
08-07-2005, 22:56
Difficult choice now due to new legislation on the rules of BBQs!
agree with you lucy, hate cleaning it. barbara
mollymoo
09-07-2005, 00:20
Nice to have a barbie, hubby does all the cooking![msnwink]
dolphinv
09-07-2005, 00:48
New legislation on BBQ's? please CDV tell us more!!
Cruella DeVilla
09-07-2005, 01:45
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by dolphinv
New legislation on BBQ's? please CDV tell us more!!
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Have dmd you[8D]
luckylady
09-07-2005, 01:56
Yes they are an advantage , that's what I voted but I hate them
The guests never clean them like they should
LiesaAnna
09-07-2005, 03:25
on our first trip to florida we "hired" the villa one, and used it once, didnt see the point as we had to use it away from the pool fly screen, to far to keep running back and forth, so have put Not Bothered in the way of it wasnt nessecary nor will we hire one again i dont think?[msnwink]
I suppose it is a pain that they are never cleaned properly and agree that it is a nuisance that they have to be outside the pool screen, but it is one way of getting hubby to do all the cooking[msntongue]
Karen
jolliffee
09-07-2005, 13:01
In the context of Hotels and SRT Villas
This poll need to take acount of:-
In certain counties the local fire chief ruled that BBQ's were dangerous; not to be had under pool screens, not to store gas or fuel in the garage/villa.
Now there is a new ruling covering all hotels and SRT homes from 1/7/05 that ban BBQ's from under pool screens and the storage of gas or fuel in the garage/villa. This is anticipated being a state wide law shortly.
This could mean that only fixed BBQ's external to the property will be acceptable...
Newhomebuyer
09-07-2005, 13:37
We have a fixed large gas BBQ on an area just outside our pool screen, It seems popular with American guests but we would not have had one put in for our use.
We tend to have salads and cold cuts in the pool area.
At home in the UK we have BBQ's in the garden because we do not have a pool so it makes a good outdoor social activity.
Love the food, hate the mess afterwards!
A must for us - will be interested to see what state our one is in when we go in 2 weeks[msnscared]
christhear
09-07-2005, 17:52
It seems the american all like BBQ's. I let my guests hire one from my MC if they want one. No problems with people not cleaning them then.
when i went in june the bbq was disgusting, took over 2 hours to clean. i have now said to clean after use or we will deduct $50 for a clean. barbara
Voted for "never use one".
Not because we don't want to, but because every Villa we have stayed in has had a really clean, pristine bbq available for us and we didn't want to be the ones to mess it up.
If it was obviously well used we'd be more relaxed about it.
Tonish
Ray&Sarah
10-07-2005, 13:12
I voted not bothered, we don't have one at the villa but can hire one through our MC for guests that would like one, don't fancy having to clean one up when we visit if it was in place at the villa all the time.
floridadreamvilla.co.uk
10-07-2005, 13:25
Us too!
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Ray&Sarah
I voted not bothered, we don't have one at the villa but can hire one through our MC for guests that would like one, don't fancy having to clean one up when we visit if it was in place at the villa all the time.
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Some people want them but they are a pain to clean, and we never use them.
The Willsons
21-07-2005, 15:40
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS"></span id="Comic Sans MS"><span style="color:black"></span id="black">[:P] We love BBQ's for ourselves but for guests too many problems: risk of accidents, cleaning, damage, no gas! So I think that when we get a new one we shall get a lock up storage cupboard for it.
pieman790
21-07-2005, 16:26
We dont have a gas one but have a large George Forman electric grill which can used inside or out. Comes on it own stand and takes less than a few minutes to clean. Granted you dont get the smoke but you dont get the mess as well.
chrisreiduk
20-08-2005, 19:31
Agree that the American guests love the fixed gas BBQ's. We made friends with an American family from Michigan who cooked on theirs most days.
E. Cosgrove
20-08-2005, 20:17
We recently rented a home in CA which had a BBQ. We used it ( and cleaned it[msnwink])because it was there. It wouldn't have bothered us if there wasn't one.
DisneyDreamer
20-08-2005, 23:58
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by pieman790
We dont have a gas one but have a large George Forman electric grill which can used inside or out. Comes on it own stand and takes less than a few minutes to clean. Granted you dont get the smoke but you dont get the mess as well.
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My parents have one of these out in Spain and they are excellent. We have a baby one that I use at home and I wouldn't be without it.
tony2000
30-08-2010, 11:44
We like to go to the beach and have a BBQ
Tracy
We love BBQs at home, but they are a swine to clean and when in Florida we buy a cheap griddle pan from Ikea and use that for our steaks always works well.