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BBQ Donut Is a Boat With a Grill

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Totally awesome name. Not so awesome concept. That is our final verdict on the BBQ Donut, a circular pontoon boat that has an interior that is based around a centrally -ocated grill. Apologies to Homer Simpson.

On pape, it sounds great. You and your friends, lounging on the water somewhere...grilling meat. Mmmmmm. There are, however, a few issues we could not overlook.

The boat itself is circular, meaning that anyone inside has a severely limited range of movement. Secondly, the best part about being on a boat is being able to lay out and get some sun, or at least have the option to do so. With the BBQ Donut, finding some sun and being able to actually enjoy it seem to be near impossible tasks. Lastly, how well could this thing take a wave? Sure it is almost certainly meant for ponds and such, but it does have an outboard motor, would it ever be used?

We are sorry. Honestly. We would love to love anything called the BBQ Donut. I guess we'll just have to wait for someone to actually bake a bbq donut. D'oh! [Source: BoingBoing]


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