We normally use olive oil for cooking on the barbeque, but it tends to get a bit smokey.  We've been told that peanut oil or rice bran oil are better alternatives.  After buying a bottle of rice bran oil, I've now just read an excerpt from David's new book "Big Fat Lies" and am wondering what to do with this oil...maybe use it for oiling timber or something!  Anyway, is peanut oil any better or are we back to the olive oil and just turning the fan up higher??

Canola oil..............................don't touch it, it's one of the worst oils and I'm sure David bags it in his new book.
We use coconut oil for grilling and frying on the barbeque and olive oil for salad dressings. But having just read David's extract from his new book, I imagine you'd be better just turning up the extractor fan!
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Freda

Yes, my husband tried doing tempura with coconut oil and it simply didn't crisp up nicely and was very oily. But we are happy to use it for fry ups like bacon, eggs and sausages.
Like you, I was horrified to see the comments about Rice oil, I too thought it was one of the oils which are ok and have two and a half bottles of it in my pantry. As you said............maybe we should use it to polish furniture!!!
Can't wait to read David's new book
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Freda

Got this about extra light olive oil from this site:http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-extra-light-olive-oil.htm must say, it's a worry, can't wait for David's new book, just ordered it today, to see what he says about it.
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Freda