Best Crossray BBQs

The Crossray is a great concept but execution is lacking. I have found there is limited temperature control. It is either full hot or off and there… Read more

is no real temperature control to create a slow cook and yes I have turned the knobs down to low.

No matter what I try I just can not get a nice low heat. I end up having to turn burners off just to try and find a way around creating lower heat.

In essence it is not the best product of you want to control the temp, rather disappointing

Love it, very easy to use and clean.Meat very tender. Show details

Too many design flaws - regretful purchase – Wish I'd read the reviews first! As mentioned in other reviews, this Crossray Electric BBQ has some serious design flaws. I previously used a Weber Q… Read more

gas bottle BBQ, but wanted to try something electric. Purchased online for a significant discount at $449 (thankfully!). Comes 90% assembled, just need to insert reflector panels and plate/grill, which is a good thing, however the lid on mine was slighly warped and did not sit completely flat on it's two bump stops. Whilst the Crossray looks sleek and modern, it has some serious design flaws, the most obvious being no temperature control, it's either on of off, that's it. You can have one or two bars operating, but they are for each plate or grill, and you don't get a choice, it's back element on first and front element second. The BBQ gets seriously hot to 300C when on, so it cooks fast. Have successfully cooked up steak, chicken, fish, prawns. It's satisfactory for fast grilling, but forget ever trying to do a slow cooked roast over a number of hours, it's just not possible. Secondly, the tray basin beneath the elements is very shallow, so get used to flare ups from fat/oils/marinates igniting and spoiling the flavour of your cooking, burning oil is not the same taste as flame grilled!! Thirdly this BBQ is a nightmare to keep clean, and clean it you must, after just about every use, due again to the shallow nature of the basin tray. And as the metal rods holding up the plates and protecting the elements are fixed in place, cleaning tends to be a finger jamming nightmare, even if you use aluminium foil to cover the area to aid cleaning as suggested. Replacing that foil each time you clean is such fun! The electric cord is also very short, less than 1 metre, so you better have your power point right where you want your BBQ. Of couse you can use an extension cord, but that can compromise your all weather usage as cord joins and rain aren't a good mix. Finally the very small drip tray is accessed from the rear, which is in an inconvenient postion if you have the BBQ against a wall, and whilst the drip tray collects from a central hole, there are two other holes in the base and seam joins where liquids leak beneath the BBQ and create an oily mess. I cannot recommend this BBQ at all, I wish I could get a refund. Should have stuck with a Weber Q.