Expert Grilling Guides, Reviews & Tips for Perfect BBQ Every Time
There’s a particular kind of buyer’s regret that strikes about a fortnight after purchasing a new kamado grill. You’ve got the beautiful ceramic egg sitting proudly in the garden, lump charcoal at the ready — and then you realise you have absolutely nothing else. No heat deflectors for indirect cooking. No proper cover to protect … Read more
There’s a particular kind of outdoor cooking smugness that descends on you the moment you nail a low-and-slow brisket in the drizzle of a British Bank Holiday weekend. Not the frantic, flame-dodging panic of a kettle BBQ. Not the wheezing output of a gas burner that’s seen better days. Something calmer. More controlled. Almost meditative. … Read more
So you’ve watched one too many YouTube videos of a bloke pulling impossibly juicy brisket from a big ceramic egg, and now you’re convinced you need one. Good. That instinct is correct. A kamado BBQ for beginners might sound like a daunting first purchase — these chunky ceramic cookers look more like a piece of … Read more
There’s a moment every British summer — usually sometime around the third bank holiday weekend, when the clouds have finally parted and the patio furniture is out — when the question becomes unavoidable: kettle bbq vs barrel smoker, which one belongs in your garden? It sounds simple. It isn’t. These are two fundamentally different pieces … Read more
There’s something almost ritualistic about a kettle barbecue. The dome lid goes on, the vents get nudged open, and the whole thing transforms your patio into something that smells considerably more exciting than a Tuesday evening in Wolverhampton. The weber style kettle barbecue is one of the great industrial design triumphs of the 20th century … Read more
There’s a particular British optimism involved in buying a barbecue. You see a sunny forecast on a Thursday, panic-order a grill, spend most of Saturday assembling it in the drizzle, and then — against all odds — produce something genuinely magnificent by Sunday afternoon. The ritual is sacred. The question, for most of us, is … Read more
Let’s be honest about something. Britain does not have a grilling climate. It has a grilling aspiration — and a generous annual rainfall of around 870mm to remind you of the difference. You fire up the barbecue in June and immediately glance skyward. The clouds, as ever, are watching. This is precisely why a weather … Read more
There’s a moment every British summer — usually the first Saturday above 18°C — when somebody flings open the back door, squints hopefully at a patch of blue sky, and declares: “Right. BBQ weather.” The scramble that follows is familiar to most: hunting for the tongs behind a garden chair, discovering the spatula has rusted … Read more
There’s a very particular British summer ritual. The sun appears — briefly, triumphantly, without warning — and within approximately twelve minutes you’re desperately weighing up whether you can actually cook burgers on your second-floor balcony without alarming the neighbours or voiding your lease. Sound familiar? Here’s the thing: a tabletop gas BBQ for balcony use … Read more
There’s a particular kind of joy that comes with parking up on a British campsite, throwing open the awning, and firing up a gas barbecue as the late afternoon light stretches across the field. It’s one of those rituals that turns a perfectly ordinary Tuesday into a minor adventure. The problem, of course, is that … Read more