Landmann 31421 - Taurus 660 Large Charcoal BBQ

My search for a decent BBQ lead me initially to Weber. A few of my friends have a Weber and I was set to purchase one as I know the build quality of such the brand is really good. On my travels though, through several review sites Landmann BBQs kept cropping up. I decided in the direction of Landmann as the style of BBQ suits me better. I prefer the drum/tray style that Landmann do, over the Weber kettle shape. Which lead me to purchase the Landmann Taurus 660. Having read mixed reviews about the Landmann Taurus 660, I was sceptical at first. Reading through seeing that the paint peels, the charcoal grill buckling under the heat, it being scratched when it was out of box, and problems with assembly. I have had a few BBQs out of it so far and I have not had a problem with any of the issues. It was packed securely. No obvious defects on the product. There was just one little gripe with the product, but certainly not to give it less than 5 stars. The warming rack bar that connects it to the lid is too short and keeps slipping out. Now I do not know if this is by design or manufacture fault but on one side seems to have 2 inches sticking out and the other side nothing at all. It just seems to fit, barely. The paint is what looks to be a powder coating, which is good. Apart from that, it is a solid build. Which is evident from the weight of the box you get. I would recommend that it is set up by 2 people. One person can build it, but it is a struggle due to the weight of it and the awkwardness of the BBQ parts. With normal use the BBQ is fine I have used it between 2 hours to 6 hours a time and no defects explained in previous reviews happened. As the bad reviews stated they have experienced peeling of the paint and the charcoal grill buckling and warping. I decided to see what it takes to do what was described. I loaded it with fuel (about 10KG of Charcoal) then adding another 5KG about 2 hours after it. I can say that it survived for about 4 hours without any cosmetic defects. After that the paint burnt off down to the prima on the drum, then the charcoal grill warped, and the food grills have suffered minor cosmetic damage, I have no idea of the temperature range but it was off the inbuilt thermometers’ range. The morning after the next, the coals were still warm, which leads me to believe it was hot! The cooking area really is big, you can quite easily cater for 12 plus people on it. It is sturdy, with the thermometer attached to the lid you can tell when it is time to add meat and start cooking on it. Also the fact that you can move the coal up and down to alter heat is also a massive bonus, as you are not moving the food, meaning an over enthusiastic sausage doesn’t roll into the coals or worse, the ground!!! The side mounted tray feels flimsy but seems to cope will with a medium sized tray of meat on it. Also the ash removal tray is a good idea. It help keeps the BBQ lasting longer. The food grill is in 3 pieces which makes it easier to add coals while still cooking and warming food. All in all, if you use the BBQ properly it will be fine, obviously though through use you will get heat marks on the drum but that is why there are paints to treat it. It is normal, through normal uses. There is even a guide on how to BBQ included and how to look after it. I enjoy using it. I can see me having this sturdy bit of equipment for years. Buy it, you won’t go far wrong.

When I bought this item a year ago I'd give the Taurus 660 BBQ 2 or 3 stars. However with a few minor adjustments I now have a really good BBQ that produces excellent results. But be warned this BBQ gets extremely hot and can easily burn your food. So here are my suggestions: 1) Only fill the centre 60% of the fire pit with charcoal. This will create one red hot zone and two hot zones inside the BBQ. 2) Only cook using 2 out of the 3 grills. This means that you can slide each grill sideways should you have a flair-up. It also means that you can slide each grill over the centre to brown the meat then push the two grills to the edges, close the lid and smoke / cook the meat. 3) This BBQ could be improved further if I can locate a pair of handles to safely remove the grills after I've finished cooking. This will make cleaning easier the following morning. Hope this review is helpful.

Arrived yesterday so hasn't been used yet. Box felt very heavy which made me think it would be good quality. Legs and wheels are quite flimsy and made me think it was possibly going to be a bad choice, however once the drum is connected it feels a lot more solid. Need to do a bit of "adjustment" to get the whole lined up correctly in some places but overall relatively straight forward to put together. My lid doesn't close properly at one side but think once I adjust some bolts it will. Looking forward to firing it up now. Warning - do not buy the recommended landmann cover. It is cheaply made and ripped as soon as I put it on

After being tempted to buy a new BBQ at the local supermarket I decided to hold off and spend a little bit more money to get one with an overall better build quality. Unfortunately, I have to say I am very disappointed with the product overall. Aside from the fact the wooden handle was broken when it arrived, it is either very poorly designed or very poorly manufactured. When putting it together a few of the holes didn't line up, so we've had to build it with screws missing. None of the moving parts move smoothly and the whole thing feels like a budget model, certainly nothing like what I expected. My advice would be look elsewhere, you're likely to get a much better BBQ for half the price.

Nice bbq got loads of use out of it this summer easy to put together nice and sturdy and stylish... It doesn't draw as well as my old weber when lighting charcoal but it gets going

Not too difficult to put together but make sure you get the legs the right way round. First one arrived dented, Amazon replaced it but pick up old one was badly organised. Used twice up to now, once for closed lid cooking, once with lid open. No complaints with results but there are two faults with the design. Two bolts are in the base at either end, fat runs along tray and drips through these onto the floor. Had to hang can uner the bolts, but worse still, fat drips off the open lid if you store food on the rack, which hangs over it. There is, no way of stopping this and it's made a real mess of our patio. I can also see that any condensation or fat that gets on the lid would automatically run off the back edge as soon as the lid is put down, as the lip at the back hangs outside the base. Really bad design faults and spoils an otherwise good bbq.

It's only ok could have got something better for the money

What i like most about this bbq is that there are 3 separate cooking grills which are easily removed and cleaned. If just cooking for 2 then all 3 don't need to be used. Most often I use just 2 which reduces the cleaning. There is the additional rack used for keeping food warm but unless you are cooking for loads then you don't really need to use it. I only fit ours when there is loads of cooking to do and all 3 grills are in place. What I don't like is the fact that there is no real place to catch grease that collects on the front and back sills where the grills sit. If the bbq is not perfectly level then this grease will run along the back and front, runs down into the bottom area where the bolt attaches the side stay and then drips onto the floor. You could always level the bbq by packing up the legs but the grease is a slippery blighter and still sneaks down there if not perfect. Difficult to stop this happening but I partly solved the problem by removing the bolt and hanging an empty tin underneath which now catches most of the grease. If the side seam was properly welded rather than just tack welded then the grease would have nowhere to drip out. Might try an epoxy filler once the season is over and I get it ready for storing through the winter. All in all it is ok and cooks well though I would probably look again for something else next time. This was probably the best charcoal bbq that I could see from what is on the market just now as the trend seems to be going the way of gas. Once I get it adapted to the way I want it then hopefully it will last a while.

Great quality for the all structure. I could reach easily 300C to make pizza inside. Just the removable basement to put woods is a bit light and already rusty after a month. But the rest is really strong so doesn’t really matter.

Nous avons utilise ce grill cet ete pour les retrouvailles familliales dans notre maison . alors je precise: nous sommes texans d'adoption (nous vivons au Texas), pays du grill par excellence. j'etais donc curieuse de decouvriri ce grill a charbon. je n'ai pas ete decue! De design agreable, solide, facile nettoyer, excellent allumage, tres bonne capacite. Un excellent produit que je recommande. un tout petit bemol au sujet du montage...il faut un peu de patience, mais le resultat est vraiment bon, ce qui fait que je garde les 5 etoiles.

Comprato per pasquetta, usato per circa 6 ore e si è comportato bene, fa il suo dovere anche se arrivando da griglie a legna risulta un po' più lenta la cottura, ma è solo abitudine... Il bbq è fatto bene con buoni materiali e una volta montato è effettivamente robusto, un po' scomoda la ricarica di carbonella durante la cottura ma tutto sommato è un buon prodotto e lo consiglio, visto il prezzo regge il confronto con Marche molto più famose

Tengo que decir que creo que he acertado de pleno en la compra de esta barbacoa! La recomiendo totalmente, el montaje es bastante fácil y es robusta aunque fácil de manejar gracias a las ruedas que trae. Tiene el tamaño perfecto para todo aquel que esté pensando en una barbacoa y no necesite una de obra. La he probado el otro día en una barbacoa para 12 personas y tiene el tamaño perfecto para que puedas hacer una fuente generosa de una sola vez y el hecho de que tenga esa parrilla "extra" encima de las otras, permite que no se enfríen los alimentos. Además tengo que decir que en otros comentarios había leído ciertos problemas con la tornillería pero de momento, la ceniza cae en su sitio, las brasas quedan bien colocadas y la grasa que cae, lo hace sobre las brasas. Además a la hora de limpiarla, las tres parrillas son fáciles de sacar y limpiar y volver a colocarlas. Lo único que tengo que decir "negativo", por poner algo, es que la caja donde venía podía estar un poco mejor embalada y protegida aunque en el interior, cada pieza venía en perfectas condiciones; y en las instrucciones, aunque son fáciles e intuitivas, en los primeros pasos, donde se montan las patas, podían haberle puesto una inscripción para que fuese acorde a las que traen las piezas: cada pata trae una tira de color donde ponen FRONT LEFT/RIGHT y BACK LEFT/RIGHT. Salvo que alguien me corrija, se refieren a la vista de como uno ve el propio dibujo (es decir, las ruedas en la imagen es el lado derecho y de ese modo, la rueda más cercana a nosotros sería "back right" y la más alejada "front right" y lo mismo sucedería con el lado izquierdo). Sin duda la volvería a comprar, qué pedazo de barbacoa!!!!

Esta barbacoa es bastante grande y tiene buenos detalles. Lo peor el embalaje que es muy débil para el peso que tiene. Las patas están bien pero el cuerpo es de chapa muy delgada y se dobla a la mínima. Por ahora no la he probado aún solo la he montado. Las parrillas están bien y parecen fuertes. Ya después de usarla varias veces, puedo decir que va bastante bien, la función de horno cuando se cierra la tapa la hace bien sin ser maravillosa, y la pintura de momento aguanta, también porque las brasas están en una bandeja y no sobre la chapa exterior. Se controla bien el punto de la carne porque la bandeja se puede subir o bajar un poco de modo que se regula la intensidad del calor que recibe. En general se puede decir que va bastante bien sin que sea algo maravilloso, digamos que la relación calidad/precio es bastante buena.