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Small gas BBQ buying guide

Updated: 16.10.2026

You are choosing a small gas grill for a UK garden, a car boot, or a weekend pitch, and the titles all say portable. A small gas BBQ buying guide starts with the fitting, because a hose that does not match the bottle wastes the whole order. The nine amazon.co.uk listings stored on 15 October 2026 run from £43.92 to £329.00. The [small gas grills comparison](/hub/portable-grills/small-gas-grills) ranks those rows. This page is the order of decisions: fuel, then burners, then the figure you can ignore. The Products Compared editorial team used those listings and public UK sources, with no lab cook. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are choosing a small gas grill for a UK garden, a car boot, or a weekend pitch, and the titles all say portable.

Our top picks

Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 400 CV

Best overall

Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 400 CV
9.2/10about £96.01
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CosmoGrill CosmoGrill Compact 2 burner

Alternative

CosmoGrill CosmoGrill Compact 2 burner
7.6/10about £119.99
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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill

Best value

Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill
8.5/10about £43.92
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On this page
  1. 1.Start with the gas you can buy
  2. 2.One burner or more than one
  3. 3.Plate, lid and weight
  4. 4.When the specification contradicts itself

Start with the gas you can buy

The first split is a Campingaz cartridge against a UK patio-gas bottle. The Party Grill at £43.92 and the Party Grill 200 at £56.01 name CV cartridges and do not list a patio hose. The Party Grill 400 at £96.01 names a CV470 Plus, and the title also names an R907. That is not a Calor 5 kg or 13 kg bottle. Hamilton Gas Products states 37 mbar for propane and patio gas, and 28–30 mbar for butane. The data plate wins if it differs. Two listings put a hose in the box. The CosmoGrill at £119.99 includes a propane regulator and hose. The George Foreman at £125.00 includes a UK hose and regulator, and UK reviews say it does not fit a small screw-on cylinder. The Char-Broil at £157.97 wants a 16.4 ounce disposable propane cylinder, sold separately. The O-Grill titles say dual gas use and do not name a fitting. The onlyfire at £229.99 does not name a regulator. A cartridge stove will not take a patio-gas bottle by adding adaptors. The cartridge or cylinder page is that choice in full. A balcony claim on a title is not permission to cook there. The limit sits on the camping page.

One burner or more than one

One burner is one heat zone. You can slide food toward a cooler edge. You cannot hold food on a low flame while you sear on a second burner. The three Party Grills, the George Foreman, the Char-Broil and both O-Grills are single-burner listings. The CosmoGrill lists two 2.2 kW burners, 4.4 kW in total. The specification field Number of Power Levels says 1, so those lines do not agree. The onlyfire lists three burners and 7 kW, at 15 kg, with the fuel still unnamed. Stop at one burner for one or two people who already have the right cartridge. Move to the CosmoGrill when the table stays put and you want a hot side and a hold side.
Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 400 CV

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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 400 CV
9.2/10about £96.01
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Plate, lid and weight

Non-stick Campingaz plates take a pan as well as a grill, and one low review of the original Party Grill calls the plate convex and easy to mark when the lid is levered off. Char-Broil and George Foreman reviews include rust after indoor storage. A lid is listed for the 200, the 400, the Char-Broil, the CosmoGrill, the onlyfire and the original Party Grill. The George Foreman page asks about a lid and does not answer. The O-Grill 600 page asks and the bullets do not answer. Bullet weights run from 2.9 kg to 15 kg. The best-of set page names who should skip the dearest plate.

When the specification contradicts itself

Several cards print two figures for one fact. The Party Grill 200 bullets say 2,000 W, and the specification also says 2000 Kilowatts. Do not treat 2,000 kilowatts as the output. The Party Grill 400 prints 1.51 cm² against a 36 × 42 cm stand. The original Party Grill prints 100.48 cm² beside a larger dimension line. The Char-Broil prints 220 V AC without a mains-cooking bullet. None of these is a UK socket appliance. Trust a number when the bullet and the specification agree, as with the CosmoGrill’s 1,287 cm² or the Char-Broil’s 1,232 cm². When they disagree, use the figure that matches what you can see, such as a stand footprint rather than 1.51 cm². A 4.8 from six reviews on the O-Grill 600 does not outrank 4.6 from 4,208 on the Party Grill 400. If the fuel line only says Gas, you do not yet know what to buy.

Common questions

What should I choose first on a small gas grill?
Choose the fuel you can refill in Britain, then the number of burners, then the plate and the weight. The Party Grills take Campingaz CV cartridges. The CosmoGrill includes a propane hose. Dual gas on an O-Grill title does not name a fitting.
Do I need two burners?
You need two burners when you want a hot zone and a holding zone at the same time. In this set that is the CosmoGrill at £119.99, or the onlyfire at £229.99 if you accept 15 kg and an unnamed regulator. Every Party Grill is one burner.
What should be in the box?
Read the included-components line, not the title. A carry bag is named on the Party Grill 400. A propane hose is named on the CosmoGrill. A UK hose is named on the George Foreman. The Char-Broil box line is a user manual, and the cylinder is sold separately. A lid is confirmed only where the bullets or that components line say so.
Can I trust the cooking area?
Use it when the bullet and the specification match. Do not use the Party Grill 400’s 1.51 cm², or the original Party Grill’s 100.48 cm², as the plate you will cook on. Those figures sit next to much larger dimension lines.
Are these grills for a balcony?
No. London Fire Brigade’s April 2024 leaflet says not to barbecue on a balcony or on decking. GOV.UK says never in a room, a tent, under an awning, or in a caravan. A title that says balcony is not a clearance. The place rules are on the camping page.

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Sources

Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings recorded on 15 October 2026. Retrieved 15 October 2026.

  1. GOV.UK fire safety outdoors (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  2. GOV.UK gas appliances guidance for Great Britain (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  3. BSI, BS EN 498:2012 (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  4. London Fire Brigade barbecue leaflet, April 2024 (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  5. Calor hose and regulator (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  6. Hamilton Gas Products regulator guide (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  7. Camping and Caravanning Club camping safety (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  8. Camping and Caravanning Club, gas for tent campers (retrieved 15.10.2026)
  9. amazon.co.uk listings for the nine ASINs, snapshot 15 October 2026 (retrieved 15.10.2026)