Instead of having to buy the BBQ and doing the first quest -- which you have to get two raw pieces of meat, and then cook 8 pieces of well-done steaks that you can sell at the market -- try the quest where you have to prepare meat. In this quest, you have to cook one piece of well-done steak. This means that you can have 9 other well-done steaks to sell and also you do not have to buy a BBQ. It is provided for you as long as you have raw meat with you. Sell the 9 well-done steaks for $48 each.

Hint: when you head into area 1, go down to the water's edge and go as far right as possible. There will be a big pile of poo. Walk on to it and press x. You will then dig into the poo and find either dung or a scale that starts with the letter "K." If you get dung when you dig keep trying. The scale is worth $250 at the market. Also go in and out of the quest 2 or more times and then go back to the dung and the scale will be there again.