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Title: Barbecues Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 11:58:21 I’ve never been much of a barbequer so I’m a bit novicy when it comes to the do’s and dont’s.
When finished do you clean the grills, as I would expect to, or leave them uncleaned to enhance the greasy goodness next time round as suggested by a neighbour? Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: chalkies_shorts on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 12:03:03 I clean them.
Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Batch on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 12:05:57 I use a wire brush to get the crap off.
I do wash in water too every now and then. oh, and if you're doing charcoal buy a chimney starter and your choice of lumpwood or whatever. Not firelighters it those easy start charcoal stuff :) Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 13:32:53 Don’t buy an Outback gas BBQ, the manufacturing quality is shocking and they don’t last. The first one I bought lasted ten years. The next about six then four. The current model is two years old. When the cover came off beginning of April I gave it a cursory wire brushing, scrape and brush down. The grills and the three burner hoods were kept in the garage over winter. So after giving the three burner pipes a light brushing to avoid blocking the small burner holes I gave them a tap to get the rusty dust off. The first burner broke in two...virtually rusted through. I have fixed it with a jubilee clip which is just wide enough to cover the diagonal crack and bits that have just gone. The thermometer on the hood broke after a year. In short next one is going to be a Webber.
For lighting charcoal use a hot air paint stripping gun. You’ll have it up and running in 5-10 minutes without any nasty fluid or firefighter smell. Obviously you’ll need a power source. Start at the back and work your way forward. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: 4D on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 15:28:53 I'm at a bbq on the grand union canal :)
Title: Barbecues Post by: Batch on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 15:40:58 thinks for the tip LL. my outback meteor gas has been in the garden for 5 years or more and still ok but I'll take it into account next time.
hood thermometers are virtually pointless Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 16:38:21 thinks for the tip LL. my outback meteor gas has been in the garden for 5 years or more and still ok but I'll take it into account next time. hood thermometers are virtually pointless Sort of understand your sentiment WRT the thermometer but I found them useful particularly for things like large chickens and the odd leg of lamb. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Batch on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 18:05:38 I guess in relative terms to themselves they're ok, I've just found them to be wildly inaccurate. But if it worked for you, yeah very annoying when broken
Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Sippo on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 20:01:28 A bbq doesn’t run on gas.
Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Batch on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 20:23:20 Mine does :)
Grill for sausages, burger, kebabs. Smoker for proper BBQ meat. Beer for both Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Sunday, June 2, 2019, 22:08:45 A bbq doesn’t run on gas. A gas one does. A charcoal one uses charcoal. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Combe Up on Monday, June 3, 2019, 06:12:38 Mine does :) Grill for sausages, burger, kebabs. Smoker for proper BBQ meat. Beer for both I wish there more female or non-binary vegetarians & vegans on here to balance the flesh-eating ma!es. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: horlock07 on Monday, June 3, 2019, 09:27:13 I wish there more female or non-binary vegetarians & vegans on here to balance the flesh-eating ma!es. There must be easier ways to talk to girls? Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Batch on Monday, June 3, 2019, 09:33:25 ... who are boys
Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 09:36:59 ... who are boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Webber BBQ’s I love them I do. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, June 3, 2019, 09:45:54 ... who are boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls Who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love It always amuses me, the way womenfolk are banished from the barbie, it's fair enough they can do the kitchen stuff, but the barbie is a man thing... an effort to connect with the inner hunter gatherer. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: THE FLASH on Monday, June 3, 2019, 10:51:29 If you live in Swindon you may want to visit NB Foods, suppliers to the Fast Food Trade. They sell the burgers that kebab shops sell.
Ask for SPARKS burgers. Nowt worse than going to a BBQ and having to suffer cheap retail fodder. They also sell the buns to go with them - Americana 5" Seeded. Pay at the cash desk and the guy brings them out to your car. They sell all sorts of stuff. Rivermead Industrial Estate, Rivermead Dr, Swindon SN5 7EX https://www.nbfoodsltd.co.uk/ Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, June 3, 2019, 10:58:17 Nowt worse than going to a BBQ and having to suffer cheap retail fodder. But cheap cash and carry fodder is ok? I think I'd rather 'suffer' my Asda burgers, thanks. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Chubbs on Monday, June 3, 2019, 11:12:29 If you live in Swindon you may want to visit NB Foods, suppliers to the Fast Food Trade. They sell the burgers that kebab shops sell. Ask for SPARKS burgers. Nowt worse than going to a BBQ and having to suffer cheap retail fodder. They also sell the buns to go with them - Americana 5" Seeded. Pay at the cash desk and the guy brings them out to your car. They sell all sorts of stuff. Rivermead Industrial Estate, Rivermead Dr, Swindon SN5 7EX https://www.nbfoodsltd.co.uk/ not sure if this is sarcastic or not. I've no issue with a burger from a kebab van but i would not say i am eating high end premium meat. Im with Sam, Will stick to cheap retail fodder as you call it. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Chubbs on Monday, June 3, 2019, 11:16:16 I much prefer to host a BBQ, that to attend one. I find i can't relax at one i have attended because i have to put so much effort into restraining myself from getting involved in the cooking.
I stay close by, and mutter to myself "your going to burn those sausages" or "stop flipping those burgers every 30 seconds" etc etc Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 11:33:00 By trade among other things I have done in my life I am a butcher, many moons ago but I still have my tools and more importantly contacts, infact I have a whole scotch Rump & Loin on the bone aging in a fridge for me to butcher myself at wholesale cost, that includes the whole fillet, not fillay 😁
Home made burger recipie for you. 1kg or about 2lbs in old money of minced beef you can use super market mince if you wish but i’d Recommend you go to a quality butcher and ask them to mince twice something like chuck steak but you DO need about 20% fat content (it won’t kill you). At room temp (easier to mix with your hands) add the following level teaspoon of dry ingredients as it is less time consuming. 1/4 Cayenne Pepper 1/4 Smoked Paprika 1/2 Onion Granules 1 Paprika 1/2 Garlic Powder 1/2 Sea Salt (grind to a power) 1/2 ground Black Pepper Mix the dry ingredients together then sprinkle evenly over the minced beef. If you level the mince out then sprinkle rather than dumping the dry mix over a big lump it mixes easier and more quickly. Squidging the mix between your fingers twisting as you do. I weigh out 4oz and roll it into a ball, set aside. Using a metal burger press I got from Sainsbury’s (I also have a plastic one) but prefer the metal version. Get a roll of cling and pull out & cut about a five-six inch piece. Lay one end into the base of the press drop in the burger and push down with your fingers or palm of the hand bring the other end of the cling over and press. As soon as the they are done lay flat on a metal tray in the freezer. Bon Marche as Del Boy would say, Bon Marche. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Chubbs on Monday, June 3, 2019, 11:40:47 By trade among other things I have done in my life I am a butcher, many moons ago but I still have my tools and more importantly contacts, infact I have a whole scotch Rump & Loin on the bone aging in a fridge for me to butcher myself at wholesale cost, that includes the whole fillet, not fillay 😁 Home made burger recipient for you. 1kg or about 2lbs in old money of minced beef you can use super market mince if you wish but i’d Recommend you go to a quality butcher and ask them to mince twice something like chuck steak but you DO need about 20% fat content (it won’t kill you). At room temp (easier to mix with your hands) add the following level teaspoon of dry ingredients as it is less time consuming. 1/4 Cayenne Pepper 1/4 Smoked Paprika 1/2 Onion Granules 1 Paprika 1/2 Garlic Powder 1/2 Sea Salt (grind to a power) 1/2 ground Black Pepper Mix the dry ingredients together then sprinkle evenly over the minced beef. If you level the mince out then sprinkle rather than dumping the dry mix over a big lump it mixes easier and more quickly. Squidgy the mix between your fingers twisting as you do. I weight out 4oz and roll it into a ball and set aside. I use a metal burger press I got from Sainsbury’s I also have a plastic one but prefer the metal version. Get a roll of cling and pull out & cut about a five-six inch piece. Lay one end into the base of the press drop in the burger and push down with your fingers or palm of the hand bring the other end of the cling over and press. As soon as the they are done lay flat on a metal tray in the freezer. Bon Marche as Del Boy would say, Bon Marche. I only ever use 20% mince. I think your're right though. People are scared to use it and opt for something leaner and end up with burgers which resemble Gandhi's flipflop Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 11:43:52 I only ever use 20% mince. I think your're right though. People are scared to use it and opt for something leaner and end up with burgers which resemble Gandhi's flipflop Or they crumble because the fat is what mortar is to bricklaying. Which is why some recipes have an egg and or bread crumbs as a binder. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Chubbs on Monday, June 3, 2019, 11:58:49 Or they crumble because the fat is what mortar is to bricklaying. Which is why some recipes have an egg and or bread crumbs as a binder. I know this isn't a thread for BBQ peeves but it also annoys me when people have chicken the BBQ and you hear "ooh, chicken, i'd better cook that in the oven and we can finish it on the BBQ" Stop being a pussy and cook the chicken on the BBQ. If you're really that scared, i cannot recommend enough investing in a digital meat thermometer. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Batch on Monday, June 3, 2019, 12:03:45 I know this isn't a thread for BBQ peeves but it also annoys me when people have chicken the BBQ and you hear "ooh, chicken, i'd better cook that in the oven and we can finish it on the BBQ" Stop being a pussy and cook the chicken on the BBQ. If you're really that scared, i cannot recommend enough investing in a digital meat thermometer. Exactly what the Mrs is like. We've got a thermapen FFS. It calibrated to an accuracy of ±0.4 °C! Anyway, Chicken usually goes into the smoker to do 'beer can chicken'. Which she's fine with compared to the grill! Go figure. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 12:05:15 I know this isn't a thread for BBQ peeves but it also annoys me when people have chicken the BBQ and you hear "ooh, chicken, i'd better cook that in the oven and we can finish it on the BBQ" Stop being a pussy and cook the chicken on the BBQ. If you're really that scared, i cannot recommend enough investing in a digital meat thermometer. Which is why I said to Batch that the lid thermometer on the Gas BBQ was useful for whole chickens which should be done slowly or a solid lump like a leg of lamb. Never used or needed a digital thermometer myself. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: horlock07 on Monday, June 3, 2019, 12:22:41 a digital meat thermometer. Is that a euphemism for something? Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 12:27:54 Is that a euphemism for something? Might be where you live. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: donkey on Monday, June 3, 2019, 12:30:57 Webber BBQ’s I love them I do. Made by the ancestors of Wolfgang Weber, who scored in the 1966 world cup final. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 12:40:14 Made by the ancestors of Wolfgang Weber, who scored in the 1966 world cup final. Ancestors, hmmm, prehistoric type or last century type? Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: donkey on Monday, June 3, 2019, 14:06:23 Ancestors, hmmm, prehistoric type or last century type? What word was I looking for? I wasn't convinced it was right, but it seemed close enough. Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Legends-Lounge on Monday, June 3, 2019, 14:09:02 What word was I looking for? I wasn't convinced it was right, but it seemed close enough. Recent relatives? Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Chubbs on Monday, June 3, 2019, 14:27:43 What word was I looking for? I wasn't convinced it was right, but it seemed close enough. descendant?Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: donkey on Monday, June 3, 2019, 21:07:37 Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Friday, July 5, 2019, 15:24:09 What’s the appropriate music for a barbecue?
Mrs Audrey has entrusted me with concocting a Spotify playlist. I have a sprinkling of Guns n Roses, Arctic Monkeys, Stone Roses with a few James Brown and Soul Classics. I’m bound to get vetoed Title: Re: Barbecues Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, July 5, 2019, 15:30:18 You don't even need to create a playlist, just put something like 'Summer BBQ' in the Spotify search and there will be an already setup playlist good to go.
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