Gas bbqs are cheating and not nearly as much fun as making a fire. But in this weather and if you aren?t used to making fires it is the sensible option. Plus playing with the flames is fun. To be honest the most important thing is the quality of your food. The main reason British bbqs are often so crap is because burgers and pork sausages aren?t really even meat. A good selection of salads and breads and stuff, sauces, salsa etc and even if you burn the meat a bit no one will mind. Personal advice on food would be to get some boerewors from William Rose, make some skewers of you own and do a vegetarian option as it ingratiates you with the ladies (good easy vegy options are thick sliced aubergine rounds soaked in olive oil with some salt and pepper and/or haloumi skewers with peppers or onions or something. Don?t make your grill too hot, unless you are just doing 1 kind of meat on it like steak or jerk chicken. Otherwise you need to cook most things a bit slower to get them properly cooked through and avoid getting them burnt on the outside. Alternatively invite an American, Australian, South African or some such person around and get them to do it. But they will probably just drink all your beer and leave with one of your lady friends.