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randomshenans · 13 Jul 2015 at 08:46

I was going to say you managed well for 20 people on that! Good going

I did a 3hr chicken last night and the ribs I got from the butchers were so thick it was pretty much belly and ribs together, so did a rack of those for about 8hrs.

nIckEl101 · 13 Jul 2015 at 10:46

all very impressive!

my bbq on sunday consisted of chilli rubbed chicken thighs and a few bits of salted steak, whilst with umbrella in hand....

colinmcr · 14 Jul 2015 at 15:38

As someone who doesn't currently own a bbq, I'm being told "smokers" are the way to go. Can anyone offer some advice, my previous two bbq's were cheapo gas ones and really not very good. Need something before the Scottish weather is no good for another year. I pretty much now have a lot of wood to hand also since I moved house and installed multifuel stoves, if that helps??

HazardO · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:02

Weber One touch premium 57cm for £159.99 anyone?...

http://www.wowbbq.co.uk/products/weber-original-kettle-premium-57cm--14401004.html

FrenchTart · 17 Jul 2015 at 16:47

Just picked up 2kg of beef ribs from my decent local butcher. It's going to be a tasty Saturday

HazardO · 17 Jul 2015 at 16:57

FrenchTart said:
Just picked up 2kg of beef ribs from my decent local butcher. It's going to be a tasty Saturday

It'll be a tasty Sunday if you don't get them in the smoker soon!

FrenchTart · 17 Jul 2015 at 17:04

HazardO said:
It'll be a tasty Sunday if you don't get them in the smoker soon!

They'll only take 6-10 hours. I'll be putting them on tomorrow morning

markwombat · 17 Jul 2015 at 17:30

FrenchTart said:
They'll only take 6-10 hours. I'll be putting them on tomorrow morning

What's the plan with them? Are you going to use a rub?

FrenchTart · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:25

Just a simple one I think. Black pepper, salt, onion and garlic powder and perhaps a little chipotle.

markwombat · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:34

FrenchTart said:
Just a simple one I think. Black pepper, salt, onion and garlic powder and perhaps a little chipotle.

If you fancy test driving something new on one of them then try mixing a bit of ground coffee into the rub. I did it last week and it worked really well, emphasised the "beefy" flavours

monkeyspank · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:40

colinmcr said:
As someone who doesn't currently own a bbq, I'm being told "smokers" are the way to go. Can anyone offer some advice, my previous two bbq's were cheapo gas ones and really not very good. Need something before the Scottish weather is no good for another year. I pretty much now have a lot of wood to hand also since I moved house and installed multifuel stoves, if that helps??

You can smoke stuff on a decent bbq. it is a bit more hassle than doing it on a specifically designed smoker, but I would say get a good bbq first and a smoker afterwards if you still think you need one.

monkeyspank · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:41

colinmcr said:
As someone who doesn't currently own a bbq, I'm being told "smokers" are the way to go. Can anyone offer some advice, my previous two bbq's were cheapo gas ones and really not very good. Need something before the Scottish weather is no good for another year. I pretty much now have a lot of wood to hand also since I moved house and installed multifuel stoves, if that helps??

this:

HazardO said:
Weber One touch premium 57cm for £159.99 anyone?...

http://www.wowbbq.co.uk/products/weber-original-kettle-premium-57cm--14401004.html

FrenchTart · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:44

I've read about coffee being used and do want to try it sometime but I think I'll hold off this time - I quite fancy coffee on lamb sometime though

FrenchTart · 18 Jul 2015 at 09:42

Actually....you've twisted my arm. Coffee/mocha rub it is

FrenchTart · 18 Jul 2015 at 17:16

Finishing the beef ribs off in the oven due to BBQ constraints. They had a good few hours of smoke though.

Fat has a lot of wobble to it...nom nom.

(apologies for the dodgy rotation - used a free gif converter and am in a rush)

Glaucus · 18 Jul 2015 at 17:41

Jiggley goodness

FrenchTart · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:20

omg that was good

McPhee · 18 Jul 2015 at 23:55

I'm in a rented house and have nowhere to store a BBQ. Am I going to ruin one if I leave it out all winter? I'm fed up of disposable BBQs now - want to get on with smoking some stuff.

Oh, and what features should I be looking out for? What separates a good BBQ from a bad one?

monkeyspank · 19 Jul 2015 at 09:14

The weber in the link a few posts up. I've had one last 10 years before and that had wooden handles - they are now plastic.

cainer · 19 Jul 2015 at 09:45

buy a cover for it?

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