What do you put on a Barbeque?

[Ben]

Right, as the summertime is approaching, i thought i'd find out what folk cook on their barbeque and how they prefer it...

In my opinion, a real barbeque is one where it is charcoal based and not gas based. - I mean, if you're using gas you may as well use the oven in the kitchen and save the mess.

After all, isn't a barbeque at its best when the blokes cook and everything is cremated and burnt to a cinder?

Have you ever put anything odd on a barbeque?

I have.

[DaveNN]

Right, as the summertime is approaching, i thought i'd find out what folk cook on their barbeque and how they prefer it...

In my opinion, a real barbeque is one where it is charcoal based and not gas based. - I mean, if you're using gas you may as well use the oven in the kitchen and save the mess.

After all, isn't a barbeque at its best when the blokes cook and everything is cremated and burnt to a cinder?

Have you ever put anything odd on a barbeque?

I have.

petrol...it lit brilliantly!
(As ever, I was hammered...I'm a bit of a pyromaniac!)

[Ben]

lol

I was told a story once by a friend of mine, who was away on some sort of camp, and they had a sizable bonfire, so he chucked on a large tin of tomato soup (unopened).


BOOM

[DaveNN]

Right, as the summertime is approaching, i thought i'd find out what folk cook on their barbeque and how they prefer it...

In my opinion, a real barbeque is one where it is charcoal based and not gas based. - I mean, if you're using gas you may as well use the oven in the kitchen and save the mess.

After all, isn't a barbeque at its best when the blokes cook and everything is cremated and burnt to a cinder?

Have you ever put anything odd on a barbeque?

I have.

Whilst charcoal is (possibly) better than Gas, you can get a damn good BBQ & good flavour with a few tricks.
I alwayd have the lid down on my gas BBQ, whenever possible...ignoring the advice to turn the burners down
OK, you do get loads of flames coming out of the side (adds to the fun) BUT it does allow the smoke to permeate through the meat.
When firing a gas BBQ up, I always put some cheap Asda sausages on first. They drip fat like mad & get flames bursting up.
I also have a bottle of cooking oil, with a hole pierced in the top...& spray it on from time to time.
I never turn the steak or burgers more than once & avoid sticky marinades..it just falls all over the burners anyway.
As for chicken....I soak it in lemon & lime juice for an hour before...just brilliant!

For lighting a coal BBQ, forget those poxy bricks!
Line the base of the BBQ with cardboard, soak it with BBQ lighter fluid (or petrol, turps, meths etc) & throw the coals on top...SIMPLE!...
or mix Potassium Nitrate & Icing sugar & light it!!!

As for bonfires...soda syphons (Co2) are great when they go bang!

[Ben]

Whilst charcoal is (possibly) better than Gas, you can get a damn good BBQ & good flavour with a few tricks.
I alwayd have the lid down on my gas BBQ, whenever possible...ignoring the advice to turn the burners down
OK, you do get loads of flames coming out of the side (adds to the fun) BUT it does allow the smoke to permeate through the meat.
When firing a gas BBQ up, I always put some cheap Asda sausages on first. They drip fat like mad & get flames bursting up.
I also have a bottle of cooking oil, with a hole pierced in the top...& spray it on from time to time.
I never turn the steak or burgers more than once & avoid sticky marinades..it just falls all over the burners anyway.
As for chicken....I soak it in lemon & lime juice for an hour before...just brilliant!

For lighting a coal BBQ, forget those poxy bricks!
Line the base of the BBQ with cardboard, soak it with BBQ lighter fluid (or petrol, turps, meths etc) & throw the coals on top...SIMPLE!...
or mix Potassium Nitrate & Icing sugar & light it!!!

As for bonfires...soda syphons (Co2) are great when they go bang!

Sounds great!! All round your house then.

[DaveNN]

Sounds great!! All round your house then.

...well, that's not as daft as it sounds!
We've had a thread about a bit of a 'get together'.
Why not search out a decent park, beach communal area & do summat like that?
I tend to go to Edisford Bridge at Clitheroe, next to the River Ribble & take the BBQ etc. There's also a half decent campsite on the same patch!...
Just a thought!

[Clinterous]

I agree charcoal is the only way. And charcoal, not those things called briquettes! We usually have some chopped up wood to keep the fire going all night for when burgers are required at 02:00am.

Dustbin lid with loads of holes drilled in for doing the mussels - then chilli, garlic and lemon chucked all over them just aftre taking of the heat.

I can't wait until the bbq party season starts. Living in somerset my traditional drink at the bbq is farmhouse scrumpy.

[paul b]

Charcoal all the way! We like putting kebabs on it, you know, chicken with some red, yellow or green peppers, tastes brill!
Another brilliant idea, we did this last year. Fill a water pistol (like my son's) with alcohol, stand back and spray at the barbeque, the flame show is fab! And your kebabs, bangers, etc are chargrilled. Bon apetite!

Paul

[hagis]

I've got the family BBQ in the shed, I think it's about 23 years old now (and looks it), it's considered a family heirloom by my friends. I don't think I used it last year, but I might dig it out for a final season in the summer.

[dansansome]

i prefer charcoal.

aside from the "normal" bbq food, i like chopping some garlic up into some butter, and filling mushroom heads with the butter. cook them all on a baking tray on the bbq.

mackerel in foil with garlic butter, or lemon (or both)

cant wait for the weather to get better...