***** Official 2015 BBQ Thread - Sun is out, time to broil!! *****

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It'll be fine outside under a cover? My lawnmower has rusted a bit sat under tarp. I'm not bothered about the mower as it was £20 from an agricultural auction, but if I'm dropping £150 on a BBQ I don't want to be replacing it two years from now.
 
Homebase had a bog standard webber 49cm (the big one) for 75 today. I assume they are starting to clear the decks for the Christmas stuff :rolleyes:

The bare basic one will suit you well. Lump wood charcoal doesn't really leave much ash my little aluminium plate just collects grease and ash now.

If you plan on using briquettes or other waste fuel then the one touch may be better.

The bare bones of it is cooking over fire, people make too much of a science about it. We cook mackerel on the beach in a pit dug in the beach and an old bit of grate. Because the fish is fresh it tastes fantastic not because I have used an £400 bbq
 
Had a look on Which? and they seem to rate Homebase's own 'Portland' BBQ quite highly. It was £99.99 when they reviewed it. It's currently on sale for £34.99. Seems like a lot of BBQ for the money. Going to take a look tomorrow and I'll probably leave with that or a Weber.
 
That rib looks amazing FT.

Did a single fore rib of beef as a giant steak on Saturday (To share). I'm used to indirectly cooking on my weber, and have used this method before for roasting lamb, but straight over the coals seems to be the best method for beef steak.
Rib had been salted and rubbed with garlic about 5 hours prior to cooking, then just seasoned with pepper and sprayed with a light olive oil prior to cooking.

Was delicious, with BBQ'd asparagus, tenderstem broccoli, and oven roasted garlic mushrooms and potato gratin

Roasted some marrow on the BBQ at the same time, but it was overdone and melted away sadly.
 
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That Portland BBQ in Homebase was a bit 'meh'. Looks good, would probably last a couple of years, but it's very rattly. Everything was loose on the display model - the lid, the handles, the ash collector. Plus, it only comes with a standard manufacturer's warranty. For £35 it is a bargain, but I'm going to wait a few weeks, see what the inevitable sales bring. If I can grab a One Touch for under a ton I'm happy.
 
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monkeyspank said:
It will be fine without a cover but a cover will keep the damp out of the dust box etc and make it easier to clean. They have massive warranties for a reason. https://www.weberbbq.co.uk/support/
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Don't bother with the cheap Webber covers, go for the better quality one or even better is searching for 'Bosmere C700 Premium Kettle BBQ Cover' on Amazon for £14.99.

WOW, makes me want to do ribs this weekend.
 
I made some ribs at the weekend. Just went for the simple approach of getting the grill to 220F and sticking them on for 5-6hrs. They turned out a lot better than the ribs I messed around with wrapping n all that.

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Put on 2.5kg of pork shoulder at about 22:30 last night. It's now finishing off in the oven. Looks and smells awesome. My sleeping pattern isn't happy though :p
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I've got 2kg of rolled deboned rib of beef to go in later. I'm thinking about the core temperature as the last lot swung so far over whilst resting it nearly killed it.
 
Right the boned rib was awful :mad: cooked it hot hot hot till it was 65f doh someone had switched c to f on the thermometer. Was purple inside :p. I banked on 15 minutes per 450g so after an hour it was lovely and browned on the outside and the temp (all be it wrong) looked okay.

I pretty much brought a raw lump of meat to the table. We eat the first inch or so till everyone said no ta. The kids however lapped up the rare beef :p

Anyway it's been cubed and in a stew now. Bit of a waste but hey ho.
 
I've got a day off on Friday which means smoking time! And this time I actaully get to babysit it. Thinking a whole lamb leg :drool:

Somewhere someone posted their perfect burger recipe (FrenchTart?) with some chuck steak?
 
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