In the UK a bbq is a cheap fake coal in a pre packaged tray or a fake coal brigettes. Generally used to cook cheap frozen burgers.
The US do use smokers but they are generally coal or gas. The US cook mostly burgers and corn on a bbq.
In SA they use wood and coal if no wood is available but do not use smokers. In SA they cook, boerwors (spiced sausage), beef, pork, lamb, ostrich, potatoes, portjies etc.
How to cook a jacket potato in the Braai ?
You take a normal size potato (full size) wash it under a tap, Rap it up in tin foil, so that it has one rap around with a small section of overlap where you seal it. Then take a knife and ***** some holes in it. say about 4-6 small ones. Then when you have your coals going for a while and before you put the meat on, put the tin foil rapped potato in to the coals. Now do not put the potato directly in to the middle, the best place to put it is off to the side, so that it is not directly on the coals. Turn the potato occasionally like you would in an oven. But it will be hot, so be careful. Make sure you don't burn it too much. Depending on the temp of the coals, it should take about 30-40 mins sometimes less or more. The skin will often be very well cooked. But you just need to crack it open and eat the insides and the skin is nice also
This potato is nice side for a braai.
what is a potjie ?
A potjie is a large iron cauldron that hangs above the coals and you basically cook a stew in it. muuhhh, so nice
