Ziegler & Brown Turbo Elite BBQ (on Cart)

this bbq is amazing – to be an ace on this bbq you must relearn everything . got mine from bbq galore the sales team spent two hours teaching me the basics of this fantastic bbq I now use it all the time . from veges to steaks .. Show details

Worst barbeque - do not buy one! This model is absolutely terrible! – I love barbeque and cook on a Barbie every day! It’s pretty much my daily diet! I thought if I use it so much i should invest in the best of the best, so I bought a Ziegler Brown turbo elite from barbeques galore for $1799 with the side gas stove burner and walked out a great huge smile! I been fighting desperately in order to not admit defeat… Read more

ever since! I’ve been trying for 4 months literally everyday cooking on this barbeque! I didn’t want to admit defeat, especially because I spend so much money! I tried everything! If you think this is a good barbeque, your wrong! You either never owned a good barbeque before or you have another reason to leave a positive review. Maybe your fighting like I did and don’t want to admit to yourself the defeat! It hurts to spend $1799 on a barbeque and then admit that it doesn’t cook well! I think there is definately a mental hurdle to cross.

Unfortunately or fortunately I realise now that I Paid $1799 aud for a very bad barbeque! I did expected it to be cooking well! It just does not cook well - especially steaks!

The heat is not consistent throughout and it doesn’t seal the steaks! For chicken where it has to be slow cooked and well done throughout its ok if you are very patient, because it takes about double the time to cook than it should! The reason is, it is very slow to heat up, and the heat, when it has finally becomes hot after waiting, will escape after you lift the lid to turn the food around and then your back to a waiting game for it to heat up. In the mean time your slow cooking your food from the second side you flipped it to! This is not the way a good steak or lamb meat should be cooked. If you cannot seal both sides, the meat even chicken won’t taste great! Also I didn’t pay $1799 to eat well done slow cooked meat! The steaks just don’t seare and do not taste like they should even if I preheat it to over 240 degrees, and it takes a while to get hot, past 175 degrees it really slows down! There must be a design problem in my view. My barbeque is 4 months old and it works like it should, there is no fault within the barbeque. Everything works perfectly. It just doesn’t cook well like you expect! I went back to the store and tested the floor Stock. It is the same as my barbeque. So I have ruled out that my barbeque is faulty. When I went back to the store where I bought it from and I got told how to turn up the heat by turning a small screw under the knobs you turn to set the heat level. I must say this improved the barbeque tremendously. However once you turn it up by turning this screw with a small flat head screw driver, you loose the ability to turn it down, of course you can go back to the old useless setting where you can turn it down, if you reset it using the screw driver. Now, I found myself cooking with an additional tool in my hand - a flat head screw driver! It lives permanently in the barbeque draw. Sometimes you need to turn the heat down low, but mostly you want it hot, so the screw driver and pulling knobs off and turning the screw is a frequent task and essential if you want the best outcome. You get used to it, till one day when I realized that this is insanity, that’s when I realized my defeat with this barbeque! It shouldn’t be like this! And it’s supposed to be a premium Bbq at a premium price! Do not buy it! There are much better barbeques out there! Better cook on a frying pan than this barbeque. To make it worse, the wheels keep leaving black marks on my beautiful tiles on my balcony! The marks are just about impossible to clean off! I wish I had just not bought this barbeque! It is definitely not worth the money. Yesterday I went to another store and bought a $450 aud gas equivalent Webber, due to the huge dissapointment with this barbeque... Wow unbelieveable and the taste, omg, too Good to be true! The cooking time halved! The heat, Wow instantly hot in comparison, the steaks perfectly sealed! I can turn it up and down without a need for a screw driver! I can’t believe I spend $1799 aud on this terrible Ziegler and Brown turbo elite two burner! Damm u people who left good reviews! I’ll never use it again after cooking on the Webber! I’d take the Webber every day of the week over this large piece of inferior junk. I will leave a proper Webber review after I cook on it some more. But now what will I do with my 4 month old Ziegler and brown turbo elite? Give it to Mum and Dad as a present? I feel sorry for them. My dad is old and my mum wouldn’t be any good with the screw driver situation! Sell it I suppose, but will anyone buy it, especially after reading this review? This barbeque is not worth more than $200 aud...and even at that I’d spend another $200 and buy the Webber! I had many barbeques at lower and similar price points in my life and this one is inferior to them all. This is an honest review and from someone who actually has owned many barbeques and is a barbeque fan and appreciates a good steak, fish or chicken everyday on the barbeque.

Turbo Elite 4 burner v Beefeater – Hi all Finally purchased a new BBQ after retiring the old girl (Turbo) after 25 years and many part replacements to keep it running like new. My project required a 4 burner natural gas compatible BBQ with a hood that could be dropped into a custom outdoor kitchen cabinet. Well let me tell you, if you don't already know, there are a lot of… Read more

BBQ's these days to choose from. My price range was around $1900 to $2100 as I figured I wont be buying another one for a long time (probably never) and life is too short to go cheap. Plus there is an old saying "long after the price is forgotten, the quality remains". So I narrowed my choices down to the Turbo elite 4 burner built in and the Beefeater 4 burner built in with full stainless steel burners and grill and hot plate. Before I go any further, both are excellent BBQ's as a few of mates have both and all are very happy with a few exceptions. So what are they? Well firstly I went with the Tubo elite as I am under cover and needed a rangehood to help with the smoke. The Beefeater bbq rangehoods are unfortunately poorly designed (Dont buy one!). If you open your beefeater hood and cook, the hood retracts into itself which is cool but sits about 90 degrees upright. So the smoke belows out the front half of the BBQ and guess what, the beefeater rangehood vents are set too far back, almost in line with where the hood opens to, so they don't catch the smoke. I have read from some people that their turbo elite wont light or dosent put out enough heat. Garbage! If you set it up correctly, they will rock. Never had so much heat. With natural gas, you need the conversion kit which I installed. You change over the jets and regul;ator/hose from LPG to Natural. Then and most importantly, you remove each knob, then remove each plate that is connected with two small phillips head screws. Now with a torch, look for a flat head screw in each hole. Each one will be set facing in a certain direction. (This is factory pre set for LPG only.) Turn each burners flathead screw anti clockwise half a turn (180 degrees). This is roughly the ideal setting for natural gas. You may need some ever so slight adjustments if you still think you have too much flame. So in summary, if you want a built in for an enclosed area, both bbqs are fantastic however if you decide on the Beefeater, don't get the matching rangehood. Buy a brand that captures the smoke out of the front of the BBQ. P.S. The Turbo Elite so far I have found fiddly to clean, but when bbqing steaks last night the grills were red got within five minutes and made perfect criss cross lines on the scotch fillets. Also cooked breakfast this morning and it had great even heat on the hot plate. Good luck with your purchases, Both BBqs wont let you down and if you read a review giving them a 1, then something is wrong with the way they have been set up. Chappo

Awesome BBQ – I used my new BBQ for the first time on the weekend. I was a bit worried in regards to the mixed reviews. It seems people either love it or hate it. It turns out I am one that loves it. I don't understand how people have trouble cooking on the grill side. The meat came out perfect. I slow cooked chicken drumsticks on one part, and cooked a… Read more

range of other meats rotating them around.

The beef came out with nice grill lines and cooked perfectly. The chicken was crispy on the outside with grill lines, and moist on the inside.

It seems to take longer to heat up than normal gas burners. To get it going I put it on full until the burners started glowing red. I then turned it down low.

There were a few minor flare ups, but this was only as the oil ran over the the glass. This is to be expected. On my old BBQ there were a number of times when I had to stop cooking as there were huge flames coming off of it. Salvage the meat I could, turn off the BBQ and wait for the flames to stop. Then throw out the totally burned meat and start again. I could not imagine anything like this happening with this new BBQ.

Some friends were impressed by it also and are looking at upgrading to it.

Summary, awesome BBQ, you have to cook a bit different (get the heat up high, then turn it down before throwing the meat on).

I suggest watching the Youtube videos on cooking tips for the Ziegler.

BBQ's Everything Beautifully – Have used for 3 months undercover. Have cooked steak, chops, rissoles, sausages and kebabs along with all sorts of vegetables. Easily the best I have used (low and slow). Enamel plate and stainless grills very easy to clean. Wheels leave black marks when moving around on our tiles. Have chipped 2 of the glass burner covers but that was operator error. Glass covers distribute the heat evenly and haven't needed to clean them yet. Show details

Incredible – This is the best BBQ I ever owned. It's 4 years old now and still looks and works as new. The optional radiant quartz burners is the best thing for someone who loves even slow roasting. It's the closest you can get to charcoal. Worth every cent Show details

Best BBQ we have ever had – We cook everything from stuffed mushrooms, steaks, whole fish, roasts, the crackling on the roast porks is fantastic. We entertain a lot and have never had anyone complain about their meals. We have had this BBQ for over two years and never had a problem, we even have had friends that have gone and bought this product as they were so impressed… Read more

by it. I don’t have a problem cleaning this BBQ, it comes apart easily. It does take a while but then so do ovens. Our BBQ is protected as we didn’t want an expensive piece left out in the weather like our previous BBQ’s.

Assembly Nightmare – Assemble stand that use inserts as nuts - stripped one bolt since alignment of bolt and nut was difficult. Not one single extra spare bolt - drive to Bunnings (20km) for extra bolt. Next fit the top part - no bolts supplied at all to bolt stand and top together. Back to Barbeques Galore (30km) - get 4 bolts without problems. Bolts only fit on two… Read more

back inserts. Two front inserts does not allow supplied (correct) bolts to line up with nut - will just strip another 2 bolts. Back to Bunnings for 2 more bolts with smaller heads. So be prepared to spent a week and drive a few hundred km's to get this thing assembled so that Ziegler & Brown can save 20 cents on the spare parts supplied to assemble the unit. For what its worth, I'm a qualified engineer and general handyman.

Horrible – If you like burnt on the edges and raw in the middle type of meat, then get this bbq. Otherwise, save your money. It doesn't cook evenly, is difficulty to clean and I've sent bbqs galorec about 11 messsges and have had no replies Show details

Absolute rubbish quality – Rubbish quality stainless. Cooks okay, but hood and cart are now rusting significantly. I have always kept it undercover. I imagine any good reviews here are either new, or fake. If you buy this product, you will need to spend time maintaining it with anti-rust treatments. Show details

Excellent quality but the lowest heat is still quite hot – Cooks well. High heat at a lowest setting. Would prefer lower heat option. Food burns easily. Definitely recommend paying for assembly by reseller. Best plastic cover. Stainless grates clean easily! Show details

Can’t believe I listened to the bad reviews – I’ve just brought the Ziegler & Brown turbo elite 3 burner model and I’ve got to admit I was one of the sceptics after reading all the bad reviews, The only reason I brought the BBQ is because the chief were i work has the older 4 burner Classic model and he said it’s the best BBQ he’s eva used. I’ve gotta admit he’s right, it cook steaks and… Read more

chicken amazingly, the heat the RQT burners gives of is amazing. NO stewing of steaks or burner going out as mentioned in previous reviews and it’s so easy to clean. I just wish BBQ galore would defend there product more online as it would have to be affecting there sales.

Very dissatisfied – If your BBQ area gets any wind at all DO NOT BUY THIS BBQ. The burners either go out or flare up in yellow flame with the slightest breeze. Bought through BBQ Galore with all settings adjusted by specialist BBQ Rescue. BBQ Galore playing innocent but BBQ Rescue admitted that they often have this problem on this type of BBQ. Go with a BBQ with conventional burners. Show details

Excellent BBQ – So we were having our kitchen redone and would be without a kitchen for around 3weeks. Option was to buy a BBQ which is what we did from BBQs Galore. I didn’t think I could cook much on it with out burning but I was so surprised. I manes to cook pizzas, fish, pies, lasagne, spaghetti bog, you name it and the BBQ did it all perfectly. Great but for sure Show details

These negative reviews are making me laugh! – I'm reading these reviews and laughing! mine is the turbo elite 4 burner built in model. first of all it's the best BBQ I have ever used. The people complaining have to understand it's not like a regular BBQ. it took me a few goes to get to know how it cooks. With that being said its amazing! I've had mine over 6 years now and it's still runs… Read more

perfectly. a few tips. get it really hot put your food on and turn off the burner under your food except steaks! steaks keep it screaming hot.

any one want some pictures of the food I've cooked on it just ask. or to see the bbq now just ask. I haven't had to replace anything on it ever!

I have been truly ripped off – This has been a disaster, being a believer you get what you pay for has bitten me big time. I now stew steaks and the after sales service from BBS galore has been ZERO. I do admin it dies sausages quite well, thus my thoughts on the good reviews only cook bangers. in short do not go near this product.  Show details

Never purchase one of these – Purchased a 4 burner turbo elite. I would say one of the worst purchases I have ever made. The burners are always getting blocked and not lighting. The self cleaning just gets more dirty Grill grids are rusty already (6 months old) Meant to not flare up when spray plate with oil, it flares up just as much as a normal flame burner So, for anyone in the market for a bbq, just stick with a normal flame bbq.  Show details

worst bbq ever – This bbq is the worst unit we have ever had. We were led to believe that bbq would be the best thing we have ever cooked on and the easiest it to clean. Couldn't be more opposite if you tried. We had rep out on a couple of occasions to try and fix up heat issues but that didn't work either. We ended up taking it to the tip.  Show details

Poor performance – The rqt has been very disappointing with not enough heat and then too much Flame when the meat starts to drip blackening it without cooking. Wish I'd stayed conventional. Salesperson at BBQ galore did well with the upsell but I wish I had had the opportunity to try one prior to purchase.  Show details

Great Ziegler BBQ – Bought a Ziggy recently from bbq galore.I was tossing up between the webber q and a ziggy.The thing i really like about the ziggy is that the burners are adjustable, so its like having a conventional bbq not just an oven like the webber.Have cooked many dishes on the zigy and cant be happier.  Show details

Worst bbq I've ever bought – I bought this bbq thinking it was going to be amazing due to the sales person's comments. I also figured due to the $1,700 price tag it would be a good bbq. I couldn't have been more wrong. Whilst the burners get hot, it doesn't sear the meat properly and often just stews it. To get the bbq hot during pre heating you need both burners on full… Read more

blast even when you just use one to cook. I recommend people stick to normal gas burner or charcoal bbq's.

Husband loving his new toy! – My husband treated himself to this new toy for Christmas. It is taking some adjusting to the different heat on this to a conventional BBQ, but we are loving the no flare ups and easy clean. The lid is heavy and does an excellent job retaining heat for lid down cooking. Fair to say I’m loving it too!  Show details

Worst Mistake I have made. Ziegler and Brown Turbo Elite 2 Burner – Cook BBQ 3-4 Times a week, had the 4 burner version for many years and it was excellent. The two burner version struggles to get High temperatures. Had them out and they increased the jet size, now gets to hot on the ends. Changed to conventional burners and still slow to cook. I believe the BBG area,plate to require a minimum of three burners. I feel like taking a $1800 BBQ to trash and treasure.  Show details

The best BBQ in the world – After our 15 year old stainless Beefmaster finalled gave in we researched for weeks. We aimed for a bigger, outdoor kitchen and first checked out the Matadors at Bunnings which were highly priced with relative lack in strength. The BBQ range at Harvey Norman were similarly overpriced for the quality. As soon as I walked in the BBQ Galore store… Read more

and saw the Ziegler and Brown range I knew it was high end quality. 416 double stainless hood and new technology burners making it one of the hottest burners in the world was the turning point. With the 20% sale we got a great deal so added the double door LED fridge and another granite kitchen bench.

The steaks cook perfectly and there is heaps of storage that created our second kitchen with ease. No more over crowding in the kitchen. Friends have commented how professional and beautiful it looks - you can’t go wrong with this model.

Fantastic – It’s just awesome, very happy with it, There is a lot of information you get with it on they best way to get the best out of your Ziegler and brown bbq Easygoing. To move around and so compact we just enjoy using it, We also bought the baking tray for roasting yah  Show details