Barbeque thread

Gas or solid fuel

  • Gas

    Votes: 11 37.9%

  • Charcoal etc

    Votes: 18 62.1%
  • Total voters
    29
I bought a brush off Amazon the other day for £7. I cleaned the muck from last years use off within minutes. Best £7 I've ever spent.
 
I don't get BBQ's.
Cook the stuff on/in he kitchen cooker and carry it 10 yards to the garden is my simple plan.
No sore smokey eyes, upset stomachs with dodgy cooked meat and endless cleaning of equipment.
 
£2 throwaway one from Tesco's as Junior Shark doesn't like burgers or sausages and Mrs Shark doesn't like BBQ. So I just throw some raw defrosted flesh on for 20 minutes and Bob's your auntie's live-in lover.
 
I'd normally say charcoal all day long but the new, self igniting charcoal, whilst great, also runs cold in a flash. You get around 30 minutes to cook with it and then it is shot. You get to cook the basics, sausages, burgers, maybe a kebab and that is your lot. I like the flavour but a gas one just keeps cooking until you are done. The suggestions of putting flavourings on the gas coals sound quite tempting.

A good Weber bbq is the ideal, use the lid, but for any bbq turn the meat regularly and you should never have raw meat issues. If stuff cooks too quickly move it to the sides. Plenty of turning, use the hots spots and cooler areas as and when and you will be okay
 
Bought a 3-burner Weber Genesis last year and absolutely love it. Basically replaces the hob in summer, cook everything on it. Can't beat it. Not had a better steak than one cooked on my Weber, tastes incredible.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
I think we've missed the main ingredient for doing a BBQ, ......beer. You have to drink plenty of beer when playing chef:)

I do anyway:)
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Or a nice, rich, full bodied Red - Aussie, South African or Argentinian being my preferences
 
Any of you expert BBQ'ers do beer can chicken?

TV chefs rave about it, but when I did it last year I was disappointed - little flavour and the meat wasn't as succulent as they said it would be.

A mate said I ought to use Guinness next time rather than lager, and perhaps a duck instead of chicken.

Any other tips?
 
Being an Aussie I have to comment as I can't resist any longer 😃 As a general rule you Brits are pretty rubbish at BBQ ing if I may say so! I own 3 BBQ which we use year round here on the east coast of Scotland...a big gas one for quick and easy sossies, burgers kebabs and veg etc etc.we also have breakfast on it.
A Weber for smoking over coals which also has a rotisserie spit attachment with elec motor on it. I strongly recommend this if you want to up your game😎 and finally a small compact gas one for the beach/picnics.Bit of a saddo as I've all the kit but we do use it and I love the envious looks when we set up my gas one on the beach in minutes just across from the guy with a tinfoil box on the ground and grumpy hungry wife and kids still waiting to eat 30 Mon later☹️.Good planning,good sauces good ingredients=good BBQ
 
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