Was the Q Line of Grills Designed for the Australian Market?

[John Morton]

Just curious -

While surfing the web, I notice that I find more accessory items for the Weber Q grills available in Australia than in the US. Some examples include the roasting trivet (which I really want to get for my Q320), a cookbook you can purchase, and a much better initial cookbook that I think you get when you purchase a Q. I downloaded a .pdf file copy of the last item. So, I wonder if the initial target market for the Q grills was Australia?

Oh, and I did find a 16 page cookbook that I also downloaded written by Phil Hartcher

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[Phil Hartcher]

John
No the Q line was not specifically designed for the Aussie Market.

Glad you found my cookbook, it is designed to show you different methods of cooking on the Q.

In Australia gas grilling is the most common form of BBQ and that is why you see a lot more. The Weber Q cookbook was written by Ross McDonald who is the of R McDonald and Co who are the Australian Distributors of Weber and trade under Weber Australia.

Mate, any advice you want about cooking on the Q fire away only too happy to help. I am a power user of the Q Series and also Demonstrate cooking on them. I Just bought a RV (Motorhome) so the first addition to it was a Baby Q.
For the trivet on the 320 you can use a rack out of a stove grill or a cake cooling rack and sit it on 4 balls of aluminium foil.

In case you missed this post here is a link Cooking on the Q It explains to Susie how to grill on the Q

Cheers

 

[Jon R]

Do you have links for the cookbook and manual you downloaded?

Thanks in advance

 

[John Morton]

Jon R,

I found both electronic cookbooks by doing an Internet search for Australian Weber Q stuff. Here are the links:

1. For the cookbook that one gets if buying a Weber Q in Australia: Australian Cooking with the Weber Q or baby Q

2. For Phil's Weber Q cookbook: The Gourmet Cabernet

This is my first attempt at including URL links, so I hope it works

 

[Chris S (Tucson)]

Just thought I would update this thread with new links to the PDF cookbooks, since the original ones are busted.

Here's the Ross McDonald one that I believe comes with the Q when purchasing:

http://www.classicfireplaces.c...er_Q200_Cookbook.pdf

 

[TOM BAUER]

When you said "the Ross Macdonald" book, I had to take a look!! The Ross Macdonald I knew wrote mystery novels here in the USA..