A bbq isn’t just about sausages, burgers and fish dishes. There is plenty of room for a wide range of accompanying dishes to complement your grilled food. A little bit of forward thinking and presentation can go a long way towards making a bbq to remember.
It’s the weekend, there’s two straight days with no work to look forward to, and there’s not a cloud in the sky.
It must be time for one of our favourite summer activities - the barbeque.
So why do we look forward to a good barbeque so much? After the cold winter weather, it feels good to get out in the garden and enjoy the outdoors - and there’s nothing quite like eating outside to really make it feel like summer.
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There’s nothing quite like eating al fresco and bbq grills are one of the most popular ways to do it during the summer. But it is essential to make sure your barbeque is safe to use if you are going to make the most of it.
There are times when a barbeque seems like a nice idea, but the reality of buying all the food and drink and doing all the cooking can take the fun out of it.
The long summer evenings are finally here and the food stores are full of people buying burgers and sausages to fill up their barbeques. But when you buy your food, how often do you consider buying bbq grillware as well?
Beginning with the caveman, cooking outdoors has always meant a gathering of family and friends to enjoy a feast. Most likely a tradition with beginnings going back to the first forest fire in which animals were killed and cooked by the flame, outdoor cooking is a favorite pastime of many. One of the most popular foods is BBQ ribs and different recipes for barbeque sauce have sparked numerous competitions across the country.
For some reason many people think that everything coming off the barbecue has to have plenty of kick to it and many barbecue recipes will leave the tongue tangy once the food is gone. Cooking beef and pork is a fairly traditional part of outdoor cooking, but for exceptional additions to a family barbecue that will leave guests talking, once their tongues cool off, for a long time.
Enjoying outdoor living is a way of life for many families and BBQ islands can provide some brief respite from swimming in the seas of backyard furniture and general confusion that often accompanies family gatherings. They can be as small as a single grill with a small table, or as elaborate as a small restaurant, but the common thread is they supply an area for the grill chef to be in charge, free from the commotion of the event.
For many outdoor cooking experts, meats taste better off the grill if they have been through barbeque smokers. One of the toughest parts of outdoor cooking is maintaining consistent heat on the product throughout the cooking process. With most grills whether gas, wood or charcoal there are cold spots that prevent even cooking through the entire product. Barbeque smokers help eliminate them and provide consistently cooked meats while on the grill.
If you have every watched professional barbequers while they work you have probably witnessed them spraying water on the coals as they cook. Many believe this is to maintain heat control by extinguishing some of the charcoal as the rest burns. Typically, this type of cooking is being done on BBQ trailers cooking for a large gathering and the water is sprayed on to create steam to tenderize the meat on the grill.