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Small gas grill for camping

Updated: 16.10.2026

You are packing a small gas grill for a UK pitch or a caravan site, and the product titles mention balconies, boats and caravans. A small gas grill for camping belongs on open ground, raised off the grass, never in a tent or an awning. The [small gas grills comparison](/hub/portable-grills/small-gas-grills) is the model table. This page is the place: where you must not light it, and which weight still counts as a carry. The Products Compared editorial team used GOV.UK, the London Fire Brigade, and the Camping and Caravanning Club, plus the stored listings from 15 October 2026. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are packing a small gas grill for a UK pitch or a caravan site, and the product titles mention balconies, boats and caravans.

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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 400 CV

Best overall

Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 400 CV
9.2/10about £96.01
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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 200 CV

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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill 200 CV
9.0/10about £56.01
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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill

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Campingaz Campingaz Party Grill
8.5/10about £43.92
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On this page
  1. 1.Where you must not light it
  2. 2.On the pitch
  3. 3.Light enough to carry
  4. 4.Caravan and boat claims

Where you must not light it

GOV.UK’s fire-safety-outdoors guidance says never use a barbecue in a room, in a tent, under an awning, or in a caravan. The Camping and Caravanning Club repeats that ban for a tent, an awning, a caravan and a motorhome, including while the barbecue cools, because of carbon monoxide. An open door does not make an awning into open air. London Fire Brigade leaflet F6218A, from April 2024, says do not use a barbecue on a balcony, and do not site it on decking. Several titles in this set say balcony. That word is a listing claim, not a clearance from the fire service. A 2.9 kg Party Grill is as banned in a tent as a 15 kg three-burner. The lighting order, once you are in a permitted place, is on the how to use page.

On the pitch

The Club’s camping-safety advice asks you to raise the barbecue off the ground. Its certificated-site policy limits a gas cylinder there to 15 kg or less. A 15 kg onlyfire grill is not a 15 kg cylinder. The cap is the cylinder. The Club’s six-metre gap is fire separation between units on its advice page, not a UK statute for every field. A steward can refuse barbecues. Butane fades in the cold. The Club’s figure for liquid butane is about 4°C. If the flame dies on a spring night, that is the fuel, and the cartridge or cylinder page is the matching job. Do not solve it by moving the grill under the awning.
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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Light enough to carry

Camp-light in this set means the three Party Grills. The original is 2.9 kg at £43.92, on CV300 or CV470 cartridges. The Party Grill 200 prints 2.84 kg in the bullets and 3.3 kg on the item line, at £56.01. The Party Grill 400 is 4.92 kg at £96.01, with a carry bag. Under about 5 kg is a realistic walk from the car. This page does not crown one of them. The rest of the set is a lift: the CosmoGrill at 10 kg, the Char-Broil at 10.8 kg, the O-Grill 500 at 11 kg, the George Foreman at 7.5 kg and 10 kg, the O-Grill 600 at 13.8 kg, and the onlyfire at 15 kg. They are a poor choice if you will walk them across a field. An O-Grill 500 reviewer found that four separate feet needed more than a folding camp table. The buying guide puts fuel before brand if you have not chosen yet.

Caravan and boat claims

UK reviews of the George Foreman and the Char-Broil mention motorhomes and boats. Party Grill 200 reviews mention a boat, a motorhome and a car, and the praise lines also say tent. Read those as cooking beside the vehicle, not in the cabin or the awning. A short hose, about half a metre in one Foreman review, is a pitch layout problem. It is not a reason to feed the grill from inside the van. A caravan gas point is a different job. The fitting has to agree, and a competent person takes over if you are unsure. The Foreman hose and the CosmoGrill regulator are not documented as a van outlet. The Party Grills will not fit one. The onlyfire does not name a regulator. A review about a locker is storage, not permission to light the grill under a canopy.

Common questions

Can I cook under the awning if the door is open?
No. The Camping and Caravanning Club says never take a barbecue into an awning, including while it cools. GOV.UK says never under an awning. An open door does not change that wording.
Can I cool the grill in the porch of the tent?
No. The Club includes the cooling period in the ban on tents, awnings, caravans and motorhomes, because an extinguished barbecue can keep producing carbon monoxide. Pack it only when it is cold and still outside.
Are balconies allowed if the grill is small?
No. London Fire Brigade’s April 2024 leaflet says not to use a barbecue on a balcony, and not on decking. The Party Grill’s 2.9 kg does not create an exception. A product title that says balcony is not a fire-service approval. Use level ground outdoors, away from fences and sheds.
What weight is realistic to carry from the car?
The three Party Grills: 2.9 kg, about 3 kg on the 200, and 4.92 kg on the 400. That is the sub-5 kg group. From the CosmoGrill at 10 kg upward you are lifting a tabletop onto a stand, not walking it across a field. The George Foreman prints both 7.5 kg and 10 kg.
Does a caravan BBQ point let me feed the grill and the van together?
Only if the regulator and the outlet match, and you are sure of that joint. These listings do not document a shared caravan point. If you cannot match the data plate, a competent person should take over. Do not cook in the awning while you experiment.
How far from the next tent?
The Camping and Caravanning Club’s camping-safety advice gives a six-metre gap between units as fire separation. That is club guidance, not a sentence of UK law for every campsite. A steward can set a different rule or ban barbecues.

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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)