[Closed] up to 27 degrees this weekend...but (BBQ content)

Me, got to strim down the nature reserve that is my back garden though first 🙁

I predict widespread decimation of supermarket beefburger supplies.

I've had 3 already this year. The joy of a gas barbie under its cover out the back, means I can fire her up just for a bit of steak if i feel like it!

Gas BBQ? That's not a barbecue, that's a glorified grill. If it's not a pain to light, it's not the real thing.

gas barbie

No such thing.

<yawns>

All tastes the same.

I predict widespread decimation of supermarket beefburger supplies.

Sorry chaps.

All tastes the same.

Welllllll..... yes. But half the fun is that manly feeling of poking a fire. Burning things. Not just lighting a bloody grill.

<yawns>

All tastes the same.

Hey man, if you want a ladybarby, that's cool, this is 2010 after all 🙂

rofl @ "ladybarby"!

Gas = Grill
Charcoal = BBQ

They taste very different.

I too will be having a BRAAI.

Just had the authorisation from the wife to buy a Brinkmann professional BBQ from Costco (assuming they haven't sold out).

Yes. Have confirmed to my wife that this Sunday there will be sausage. 😆

i will be letting the outlaws take responsiblity of the BBQ, i'm told the theme will be "ribs", i shall just turn up, poke the charcol and tut, chuckle and give a little shake of the head..in the traditional manner when visiting another mans fire making effort

Forget which BBQ is best... Whats everyone cooking!?

I'll be doing roasted smoked cauliflower, honey roasted carrots, buttery potato parcels, and all the meat stuff!

Later on the Chiminea will go on and the marshmellows will come out!

I think I may have to break out the BBQ, it's just too nice not to. and what to cook, may have to go for my stilton stuff steaks marinaded in red wine (and of course sticky chicken drumsticks!)

the gadget show did a review of 40 different BBQ's and glorified grills. I think a Gas one came out top tho! :s

halloumi kebabs- plus some meat,

Just had the authorisation from the wife to buy a Brinkmann professional BBQ from Costco (assuming they haven't sold out).

Is that the red one @ about £1500??

I'll be firing up the gas one this weekend. I'd like to think that I'm past any misguided views that burning flesh over charcoal makes you more manly 😉

The Aussies think we're crazy BBQing on charcoal and I reckon they know a think or two about it...

i'll down to the harbour first thing tomorrow to get some fresh fish off the boats as they come in and then down to the beach for a breakfast barbeque.

living by the sea in the summer is awesome! 🙂

Muwhahahah... I laugh at your puny BBQ efforts. I will be tucking into a complete (including the head) hog roast 🙂

then again, it is my wedding, so might count as cheating. I do have a weber kettle at home, so laughed at the 'ladybarby'.

Dave

He he - ladybarby sums it up.

You gas boys are fooling yourselves - to say that gas is the same as charcoal is like saying smoked salmon tastes the same as poached.

Charcoal all the way!

Charcoal, with a bit of wood to give it a little extra flavour.

I am having a BBQ every three day at the moment. Actually it has been 3 month that I have a BBQ every three day.

Epic fail Juan. You should also have mentioned merguez and the fact that you can buy things in tasty marinades at the supermarket. Whereas we get burgers and foul "chinese style" marinades.

Epic fail Juan. You should also have mentioned merguez and the fact that you can buy things in tasty marinades at the supermarket. Whereas we get burgers and foul "chinese style" marinades.

Epic fail, tron. Homemade marinades are the future.

Just a few rules 🙂

we'll be BBQing on our wee cast iron jobbie. but then we've been BBQing and camping since the motorsport season started in march.

if i wanted to cook with gas then i have a camping stove.

as to the Aussies? why should we listen to anyone who market a drink as a Bitter, then in tiny letters put 'an australian lager' so i think they are just a bit muddled if they think a bitter is a lager and a outdoor grill is a BBQ.

but another question - who uses proper lumpwood charcoal or the stuff in instant lighting bags or the briquettes?

I'm pathologically incapable of walking past a farmers market/butchers without buying sausages. I've got a freezer full of particularly lovely ones. Not after this weekend though. Muhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Here's what I'll be lokming like by sunday:

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had 5 or 6 so far this year, mine's a proper bbq but it's not a pain to light.

insert 4 times rolled up sheets of newspaper into upside down chimney bit, top with good dry charcoal, light newspaper, return after 20 min, cook. never fails.

leaves more time for drinking

as to what are we cooking: couple of nice Sirloin Steaks from local butcher (local farm too) some large mushrooms, and some cumberland sausages.

pork loin is sat in terryaki marinade for tonight, may go for Haloumi and chicken kebabs tomorrow night then sausages on sunday

[i]he joy of a gas barbie[/i]

tut, tut. What you want is a dancook stainless steeel barbecue and use english charcoal for full on flavour thing. Uisng english charcoal menas you don't have to use any fuel to light the fire, which means your food doesn't taste of petrol.

And throw on some whisky soaked wood chips whilst you're cooking the steak.

Muwhahahah... I laugh at your puny BBQ efforts. I will be tucking into a complete (including the head) hog roast

then again, it is my wedding, so might count as cheating. I do have a weber kettle at home, so laughed at the 'ladybarby'.

Dave

Good luck with that and fine choice of food too! I love hog roasts. You've picked the best weekend all year!

We "inherited" one that was custom made from stainless steel (box and tubing) - quite nice welds on it 😉

It's a bit OTT for us three but goes well for a big group - charcoal BTW -- not a fan of gas ones but do appreciate their convenience.

Remember being rather disappointed in Oz - they all have outdoor frying pans (gas BBQ with a hot plate)!

Each to their own i suppose. Enjoy wafting the ash all over as you try to get your fires going. I'll be cooking by then.

The next experiment - maybe tomorrow - will be to roast a gammon in there. But i also want to get some oak that I can soak in apple juice first and that goes on the burners so i get some smoky-appley-gammon thing going on.

>Uisng english charcoal<

Hmmmm - havent gone quite as far as checking the provenance of my lumpwood. What is it that makes English charcoal / trees better?

Had been thinking about susbstituting wood chips for a little peat - anyone tried that?

Well I spoke to my charcoal in a number of European languages but received no response.

I can only conclude that my charcoal is from distant foreign parts.

>Enjoy wafting the ash all over as you try to get your fires going. I'll be cooking by then.<

Correct, you'll be cooking not bbqing 😉

There's a Nigella recipe for boiling ham in coke of all things then finishing off in the oven (with treacle, brown sugar, cloves, mustard) Tastes bloody marvellous. You could pull that off quite sucesfully in your erm 'outdoor oven' if it has a lid...

IF IT HAS A LID!!

Of course it has a lid. It's got 3 burners plus warming rack and a side ring. It's not a bloody camping stove, it's a professional quality barbecue my friend. The only thing I don't like about it is that it's so large I can't find sufficient meat in the county to barbecue on it.

Enjoy wafting the ash all over as you try to get your fires going. I'll be cooking by then.

Its no surprise some muppets have given up on proper charcoal bbq, when they clearly haven't got a clue. Probably for the best too.

[i]What is it that makes English charcoal / trees better?[/i]

It's to do with the density of the wood I think. It's very easy to light without firelighters etc, just use some paper, and it burns nice and slow so cooks the food rather than just burns it.

You can buy it in some supermarkets - morrisons for instance.

Oh and it's a lot more environmentally friendly than the usual stuff as it's made in the uk and the wood comes from sustainable sources.

[i]Enjoy wafting the ash all over as you try to get your fires going. I'll be cooking by then.[/i]

Maybe you should just use the hob and oven to burn your food if you need to win the race.