Interchangeable cooking surfaces
The main advantage of the Safari Chef is its versatility. You can barbeque, grill, stir-fry, boil… even slow cook. I’ve included some videos below of how to make pizza (yes really!) or broil a Christmas gammon with the Cadac. We haven’t tried these yet.
The pot stand allows you to safely place your own saucepans, kettle, cafetiere etc. on top of the burner so you can boil things and make coffee.
For us, the fact that it folded up so compactly was a big plus. And it’s lightweight enough that we could easily take it down to the beach for hot chocolates at sunset.
The downside…
It is just one ring though. So if you’re doing pasta with a sauce for example you need to cook the sauce first, then keep it warm while you make the pasta which will double your cooking time. For meals like this, to speed things up, we dug out our basic
one-ring burner to boil the pasta. You can pick these up in any camping stores or on
Amazon.
Also, although the burner unit is fairly sturdy, it’s also fairly lightweight so could be knocked over easily with kids running round. You do need to be careful with that.