[Houdini]

This one's quite good too 



Though he could've done w/ a little more time on the heat, looks a bit rare at the end.

[lagerstarfish]

I'm calling it.

Let the burning of stuff and drinking beer outside begin 

Fuck the neighbours washing, they can always do it again.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Good call, right the covers coming off the Weber...have yet to play with my Xmas pressie pizza stone.

[Jim]

too late lagers, we had one yesterday, ribs, sausages, lamb steaks.
Proper Bo.
Breakfast outside as well this morning, kippers

[lagerstarfish]

Went round to my sister's house on Saturday for a barbecue. She can't bbq for shit, but that doesn't matter as her husband is Argentinian  and he does it all. Needless to say, we ate a lot of cow.

He makes a lovely (easy/lazy) chimichurri and has emailed me his recipe

This is the recipe for chimichurri. I don't have exact quantities, but I try it as I do it.

For example, to fill up an empty marmalade jar

Put vegetable oil and a strong vinegar in equal parts (not malt vinegar or balsamic because they are too light). I would use red wine vinegar.

Add a tea spoon of salt.

Add mixed herbs or herbs of provence. Add quite a lot, at least half of the small jars they come in.

Add dried crushed chillies that you also can buy in a small jar in Tesco. I try it by dipping a piece of bread and keep adding until the heat is enough but not too much.

If it is too runny, add some more herbs.

My auntie used to add pimenton (a sort of paprika). The best is the spanish one PIMENTON DE LA VERA, which is very tasty and a bit sweet. Pimenton is dried red peppers.

I try to prepare it a couple of days before the barbecue so the herbs and chillies get nice and soggy. The longer you leave it, the better it gets.

[Sloper]

I pruned the apple tree yesterday and cut back the rosemary bush, if anyone wants some to add flavour to their grill send me a pm.

[SA Chris]

YYFY. Just won a bucket barbie in a charity raffle at work. Any tips for use?

[Paul B]

YYFY. Just won a bucket barbie in a charity raffle at work. Any tips for use?

I bought one of these from B&Q and think its awesome.  They seem to stay hot for ages so don't feel too rushed to get the food on.
I used mine with some JD oak barrel chips which wasn't entirely a success using the wet method the heat got damped down pretty heavily. Using the dry method things got a little too 'flame grilled' when some of the chips caught the fat.
Even better thing is you can throw it in the car easily enough.

[lagerstarfish]

YYFY. Just won a bucket barbie in a charity raffle at work. Any tips for use?

YYFY indeed. Something worth winning.
Use briquettes rather than loose charcoal - the loose stuff blocks the air holes and makes it even slower to get lit. Fire lighters work best to get it going. Allow a bit more time than usual for it to get to cooking stage and be aware that it will stay hot for ages - there will still be hot briquettes in the bottom the morning after (if you fill it to start with). Think I posted some stuff about ours on this thread last year. Ace little things

[rich d]

Perfect BBQ weather...
 

[lagerstarfish]

Perfect BBQ weather...
 

Where's your pictures? 

[rich d]

it's on farcebook  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150100151171354&set=t.553021353

[lagerstarfish]

Not much new to report this year.

Discovered Penbead briquettes. Amazingly clean - not much smoke while lighting. Stay hot for a long time. About 300 4500 times better than "King of the Grill" briquettes from Lidl.

Moved our child-proof fire guard from the living room to the garden (anchored to a wall) to stop the little ones from messing with my food getting to close to the hot burning thing.

I've been letting the kids cook bockwurst/hotdog sausages on skewers as something that they can cook easily that is ready to eat very quickly. The pre-cooked nature of these meat products takes all the fun out of the uncooked roulette game, but keeps other parents happy.

[Jim]

been a very poor year for me, mostly to do with moving house and throwing away our old kettle barbeque that I'd repaired too many times to count.
Time for it to meet its maker. Not sure what that means, John on production line 4?
Anyway, we need a new one, I liked the kettle style although I am open to suggestions about switching to a different style.
Unfortunately we have been looking and not seen anything worth buying yet, If anyone sees anything worthwhile or knows of a good dealing going then holla in this direction.
Word

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

If anyone sees anything worthwhile or knows of a good dealing going then holla in this direction.
Word

A big garden needs  a BIG bbq...



http://www.weberbbq.co.uk/barbecues/charcoal/ranch-kettle/

Or maybe Gas is the way to go...



More seriously Argos have some good discounts on BBQs at the mo, do they know something we don't about the summer?

If you want charcoal you can't go wrong with a Weber with 10 year guarantee. Think we got our Weber 57cm kettle from these guys...
http://www.garden4less.co.uk/weber-charcoal-bbq.asp

[Jim]

Or maybe Gas is the way to go...

Go and have a long hard look in the mirror and then come back to me 

[slackline]

What about making a permanent one?

I've been planning on doing this for a year or so, but not got round to it, think I'll remedy that this year and include a clay oven too for bread, pizzas etc. (if I don't spend all my time climbing!).

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Or maybe Gas is the way to go...

Go and have a long hard look in the mirror and then come back to me 

If I look in my mirror, I can see my backyard with our 57cm CHARCOAL Weber kettle complete with chimney starter (a genius invention). You know where my loyalties steaks lie.

[Jim]

glad to hear it. My mate has one of those Webers with the chimney starter, its a nice piece of kit but it is ££££££ for me.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

but it is ££££££ for me.

You've just spent £250 on a trampoline which I'm guessing wasn't bought solely for your use, and you can't find £100 for 'the benefit of the whole family/community/mankind in general'

[Iesu]

been a very poor year for me, mostly to do with moving house and throwing away our old kettle barbeque that I'd repaired too many times to count.
Time for it to meet its maker. Not sure what that means, John on production line 4?
Anyway, we need a new one, I liked the kettle style although I am open to suggestions about switching to a different style.
Unfortunately we have been looking and not seen anything worth buying yet, If anyone sees anything worthwhile or knows of a good dealing going then holla in this direction.
Word

fire pit style ones are good, and multi purpose (potentially), but low to the ground and therefore not so good for families?

[Jaspersharpe]

fire pit style ones are good, and multi purpose (potentially)

Disposing of bodies? 

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Right that's it, I'm breaking mine out this weekend whatever the weather...Mmm now what to cook, shall I get some steaks in or maybe crank up the pizza stone? 

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Forgot to mention, TK Maxx in Shef has some nice BBQ accessories in at the mo pretty cheap, tongs, cleaners, baskets etc etc

[rich d]

I have no problems cooking for a small amount of us, however the wife has invited 12 around over the weekend for a BBQ. The plan so far is to make a variety of home made burgers, grab some sausages (the local award winning ones from the local farm shop) and get loads of different bits so people can customise their burgers. has the UKB BBQ collective got any good ideas for feeding the five thousand that won't break the bank.My BBQ is the half barrel type so room isn't a problem.
Cheers Rich