GRILLER TACTICS

Take three – our pick of the best portable grills

1 Great for couples

Bodum Fyrkat Grill Price £120 › bodum.com Bodum products have a slightly premium price, but you certainly get what you pay for. These well-engineered, compact charcoal grills simply ooze quality and are lightweight, portable and easy to use and clean. There’s plenty of room on the grill to cook for two, more at a push, and you can do all of the ‘hard work’ while sitting down. The silicone handle stays cool, while silicone clips lock the lid in place for transport. The leg design has been tweaked for the newest model.

2 Ideal for the beach

Grill-2-go Price £39.23 › amazon.co.uk A clever idea from Calor – a single burner and hotplate, which clips onto a Calor 5kg Patio Gas bottle. It’s ideal for picnics and beach fun, and lets you boil, grill and fry quickly and cleanly. The reversible porcelain enamel, cast-iron cooking griddle is quite heavy, but it’s nothing like lugging a full barbecue set around with you, and you get more control and quicker cooking than you would with a disposable. The Grill-2-go comes with a five-year limited warranty. A 5kg Patio Gas cylinder costs £20.50.

3 When space is tight

Lotus Grill

Price Mini £130, Std £150, XL £225, XXL £450 › lotusgrill.co.uk

This neat unit features a battery-powered fan that blows air across burning charcoal briquettes to speed up the process and reach cooking temperatures more quickly (three to five minutes). It’s a compact (3.7kg), very ‘designer’ device, in cool colours. A metal cowl prevents dripping fat from flaring up and burning your food, and for big eaters, there are XXL models with more cooking surface.