Official BBQ Thread - Suns out, Buns out!

Participant · 16 May 2018 at 21:41

Thanks for the feedback smoking advisors. I've ordered hickory and apple chips and will experiment accordingly.

valve90210 · 17 May 2018 at 09:26

Psycho Sonny said:
must be the briquettes i bought. i swore never to use them again. they were out of homebase.

i stick to big k from waitrose now. it's night and day difference.

Honestly, do yourself a favour and give heatbeads a try, they burn really cleanly, none of that horrible smell or smoke when lighting them and they are simple to light!!

Street · 17 May 2018 at 09:49

valve90210 said:
Honestly, do yourself a favour and give heatbeads a try, they burn really cleanly, none of that horrible smell or smoke when lighting them and they are simple to light!!

I love Heat Beads! If you shop around, you can generally get them at a decent price too. I've found about 3/4 of a 4kg bag will easily give me 6 hours plus.

I treated myself to a new door for my WSM. The original door is just a bit crappy although the leaks don't really affect the temperatures, the new door just looks so much better!

valve90210 · 17 May 2018 at 10:05

Exactly that, with a bit of shopping around they end up hardly costing anything more than cheapo supermarket briquette but they are world apart from those!

seabiscuit · 17 May 2018 at 12:26

Can you recommend any sellers for heat beads? The Range are about £7 a 4Kg bag, but if you know anywhere that works out much cheaper that would be great. Best I've found is 20kg with free shipping for £32, but at £7 for a 4Kg bag from local shop it's only £35 for 20Kg, and I can buy more when needed.

thewanted · 17 May 2018 at 12:56

seabiscuit said:
Can you recommend any sellers for heat beads? The Range are about £7 a 4Kg bag, but if you know anywhere that works out much cheaper that would be great. Best I've found is 20kg with free shipping for £32, but at £7 for a 4Kg bag from local shop it's only £35 for 20Kg, and I can buy more when needed.

Dave Clarke at http://www.morreys.co.uk sells 3 x 10kg bags of Heat Beads for £12.85 each + £5.85 shipping (£44.40 total). That works out to £1.48/kg compared to £1.60/kg at The Range. You'll need to call him to order but he's a really great guy to deal with.

Street · 17 May 2018 at 13:06

I've used BBQ World and Wow BBQ recently depending on who is cheaper, generally about £48 for 30kg. Morreys are a few quid cheaper again though so I'll bear those in mind next time I order.

dl8860 · 17 May 2018 at 13:39

If you're happy to buy £50's worth for free delivery, this is the best I can find.
https://www.bbqworld.co.uk/heat-beads/australian-heat-beads-10kg-bag.asp

£1.47/kg compared to £1.75/kg (£7 for 4kg) and £1.6/kg (£32 for 20kg)

Psycho Sonny · 17 May 2018 at 17:14

or you can get 5kg of big k from waitrose for £6.

£1.20 per kg.

albeit briquettes last a lot longer. these are easier to use.

seabiscuit · 17 May 2018 at 17:25

All great options. Thanks guys.

Psymonkee · 17 May 2018 at 18:23

5kg of Big K is only a fiver in Morrisons

Shame it's dreadful stuff though. Produces far too much ash for a slow burn imo!

Skidder · 18 May 2018 at 07:38

I have 5kg of brisket burbling along in a water bath at mo to finish with a smoke tomorrow. Hope it's good

Mark M · 18 May 2018 at 18:30

I’m after a favour if anyone has a tape measure handy and a Weber premium 57cm kettle? If so could you measure the height from the floor to the grill please? I’m lookong to build a grill station and need to know what height to built it at to house the kettle. Thanks.

Street · 19 May 2018 at 18:01

I may have gone overboard on the meat..

Mark M said:
I’m after a favour if anyone has a tape measure handy and a Weber premium 57cm kettle? If so could you measure the height from the floor to the grill please? I’m lookong to build a grill station and need to know what height to built it at to house the kettle. Thanks.

Are they the same size as a Master Touch? If so I can measure mine.

Mark M · 19 May 2018 at 18:52

Yes they’ll be the same height I think thanks.

Nothing looks overboard there to me haha

Street · 19 May 2018 at 18:56

Mark M said:
Yes they’ll be the same height I think thanks.

Nothing looks overboard there to me haha

Pretty much 825mm to the lip of the bottom bowl depending on where I measure it on my wonky patio. The actual grill sits about 55mm lower than the lip.

NickK · 20 May 2018 at 18:19

Recently we've been trying the ribeye and sirloin with the bone in. £15-20 for the piece but OMG and it will feed two for a couple of days.

EdwardTeach · 20 May 2018 at 18:25

Probably sacrilegious in this thread, but could you recommend me a few decent gas grills? Preferably not something gigantic.

(I ummed and aahed over which charcoal BBQ to get last summer and didn't guy anything. I just want to get something to cook on asap so we can start cooking outside while we have this lovely weather.)

Street · 20 May 2018 at 22:36

With a chimney starter, lighting a charcoal BBQ is no hassle at all really. I quite often fire it up in the evenings to cook the odd thing on it.

Psycho Sonny · 20 May 2018 at 23:03

EdwardTeach said:
Probably sacrilegious in this thread, but could you recommend me a few decent gas grills? Preferably not something gigantic.

(I ummed and aahed over which charcoal BBQ to get last summer and didn't guy anything. I just want to get something to cook on asap so we can start cooking outside while we have this lovely weather.)

Gas also has the downside of that ideally you need 2 gas cylinders to hand with the second as a back up. Charcoal is much easier to get a hold of.

I once saw someone use an electric bbq the George foreman one and I thought what is the point in that. At least with has there is a flame and you can use smoking chips, etc.

I personally having used charcoal would never use gas. I can have it ready to go inside 20 minutes using a chimney starter.

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