What are your must haves at a British BBQ?

And dave who doesn't normally drink going batshit on the Stellas and grabbing bits of chicken that have only just been put on the grill and having to be physically restrained from eating them

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knight-under-stars@reddit

The single most important thing is having someone who actually understands how to use a BBQ making the food.

Contrary to popular opinion there is more to a good BBQ cook than being male and holding a beer.

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MeatGayzer69@reddit

The only way I can cook is a bbq. The flame makes sense to me. Any other way I ruin food.

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mikpgod@reddit

Don't hold your bratwurst. Holding your beer is ok

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Imaginary-While7726@reddit

Shout out here for a meat thermometer!

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jonewer@reddit

ETI Thermapen are the absolute GOAT of instant read meat thermometers. Made in the UK as well!

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PuzzleheadedChest167@reddit

I love the meat thermometer, especially the ones with the long lead so you know what temp the meat is at without opening the bbq a thousand times and losing heat

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knight-under-stars@reddit

Every kitchen should have, and use one.

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CraigTheBrewer12@reddit

there is more to a good BBQ cook than being male and holding a beer

It’s clicking the tongs together every-time you pick them up isn’t it?

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Longjumping_Tour_613@reddit

And if you can't spin them Wild West Six Gun Shooter style, you've got to ask yourself what you are really bringing to the fire...

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JCW9525@reddit

I don’t know, that second parts worked out well for me since Dad got me to take over.

At least, I haven’t killed anyone lol.

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A bunch of people who are paranoid about the meat, some shitty burgers and shitty sausages. And a cook who does not know what he is doing. Hopefully the guest are to drunk to notice the pink raw meat hidden inside the burnt to shit outer shell.

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D0wnb0at@reddit

Dry brining for tomorrow.

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D0wnb0at@reddit

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D0wnb0at@reddit

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TremorThief12@reddit

Please add some salt to that immediately

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D0wnb0at@reddit

I used to be a chef, I assure you that you should shut the fuck up, it has plenty.

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BaskingSnark@reddit

Technically the salt dissolves, not melts 😉

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D0wnb0at@reddit

True, I was quite drunk when I wrote that.

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Monzonmudslinger@reddit

Oh dear

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DC4840@reddit

They have, hence “dry brining” plus you can see the salt in the tray and on the steak

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CrashedTGN@reddit

The deep red is also a giveaway.

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YesIAmRightWing@reddit

I used to be all fancy on the reverse sear

But ngl I love just a standard sear these days, cook hot and fast with some rest

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D0wnb0at@reddit

I used to get fancy with sousvide, but honestly for a BBQ, sear and then hold with indirect heat is so much better.

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YesIAmRightWing@reddit

Same and I agree

Too much faff

Used to indirect heat then freeze for a hard sear and was all too much

Now I like hard sear and if that doesn't do job of getting it to temp then indirect heat.

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D0wnb0at@reddit

That works with thinner steaks for sure.

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YesIAmRightWing@reddit

I've been getting success with thicker steaks too

More flipping, haven't had it dry out yet

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Gourmet!

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D0wnb0at@reddit

I love a steak on a BBQ. Extra fat steak, get a good sear on it and then let it hang out away from direct heat to cook to med/rare, slice into strips and multiple people can enjoy. That was just under £21 tho. So not exactly cheap. But if you are bulking out food with cheaper stuff like burgers and sausages, a couple slices of steak each is just perfect.

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FliXerock107@reddit

Yes! It's like a little delicious meat treat

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skibbin@reddit

Wasps

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Tonythepillow@reddit

On a stick?

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OkGreen3481@reddit

They need ro be marinaded overnight

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JeffSergeant@reddit

Marinated in a half-finished tin of Carling.

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Maz-Wye@reddit

At Least NOT Heineken!! 👍

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rootbt@reddit

We all love the same life really

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honestlyVERYhonest@reddit

My go-to breakfast.

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FujiLightstalker@reddit

With a couple of fag ends

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Worried-Ad-6593@reddit

Nice one C.M.O.T.

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skibbin@reddit

A named meat? You'll be wanting something from our premium selection then.

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dcuffs@reddit

Your angling for one of the ones under the inside tray, aren't you. I know your game

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wintermute023@reddit

The ones containing meat from a named domesticated animal, and I don’t mean ‘Ginger’ or ‘Spot’.

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JeffSergeant@reddit

They have a built-in stick.

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Stonebabytomahawk68@reddit

Up their arse?

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TheodoreEDamascus@reddit

Of course on a stick, left to their own devices, they're some angry disruptive little bastards.

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thesaharadesert@reddit

Stops the stinging bastards from getting away

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JimmyBallocks@reddit

Toothpick

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mh1191@reddit

I upgraded to a Kamado last bank holiday - tried all sorts on it:
- pork belly
- brisket
- lamb shoulder
- chicken
- pizza
- pineapple
- halloumi

And last night we realised I haven’t yet done the classic bangers and burgers on it…

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Steamrolled777@reddit

Neighbours looking over the fence.. watcha cookin?

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sar_tr@reddit

And don't forget you also need someone there who is petrified of wasps.

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NaaNaaRitRit@reddit

Definitely. Otherwise, who’d swipe at them and provoke them into a stinging frenzy? If nobody does that at your BBQ, I don’t even know why you HAVE wasps.

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SilkySmoothRalph@reddit

The new protein snack just dropped

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Potassium_Doom@reddit

British man of African or Caribbean descent and a lot of Viagra

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trevpr1@reddit

Rain. Wasps. Screaming children. Charcoal that won't light. Food dropped on the floor.

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Unable_Obligation_73@reddit

Charcoal and lots of it

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Agitated-Equal-8162@reddit

A zero tolerance policy on brioche rolls and buns.

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LostInAisle1@reddit

Chicken that’s burnt in the outside and raw in the middle

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DraGar-3@reddit

Lidl potato salad, the greatest potato salad ever

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WildKey9307@reddit

Sorry, but no. I eat a lot of potato salad from across the UK supermarkets, and I really didn’t rate Lidls one at all

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Voeld123@reddit

What's better?

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WildKey9307@reddit

The “posh” versions with new potatoes in are the best like Tescos finest, M&S etc but for our everyday one probably Sainsburys

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ZealousidealLab4500@reddit

Tomas Soucek's wife does the best potato salad.

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TremorThief12@reddit

Have to disagree. The best potato salad recipe is this…

Halve baby potatoes. Throw them in a baking tray along with olive oil, bacon, red onion, fresh rosemary and garlic. Bake in the oven until charred.

Remove and when still slightly warm add mayo and a tablespoon of wholegrain mustard.

You are welcome.

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onepanmarty@reddit

So a roast potato salad? Sounds like it could be next level

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TremorThief12@reddit

It is. Highly recommend.

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spoo4brains@reddit

Not best ever, but it is good for store bought.

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DraGar-3@reddit

Yeah im sure some good chefs could whip up something 10 times better

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decentlyfair@reddit

Last night the gang had wagyu steak, normal steak, homemade chicken in satay marinade with homemade spicy satay sauce, Asian slaw and marmite new potatoes. I (vegan) had satay vegetable skewers. All washed down with all the cider.

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

What is Asian slaw?

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decentlyfair@reddit

Red and white cabbage, carrots, bean sprouts, spring onion, green beans, mint and coriander. The sauce is sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic, chillis, ginger, fish sauce (I used vegan stuff) rice wine vinegar and sugar.

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Cool I will try it!

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Immediate-Cow-6183@reddit

Sunburn, charred sausages and overdone burgers 🍔. Don't forget put the food in the barbie a minute after you've lit it so everything burns and smells of accelerant!! Best going to a bbq held by someone who didn't originate in the UK!!

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IAmAshley10@reddit

Or just someone who owns a chimney starter……that’s not an invite by the way. 😉
The amount of people I’ve told to buy a chimney starter, no accelerant needed, take your time!
I’m glad I can have my own BBQ now and not what you described, have nightmares about that!

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Volf_y@reddit

Chimney starter, straw-wax fire starters and expensive, light, English charcoal. Not the cheap rubbish from a garage.

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IAmAshley10@reddit

I was looking at getting some from Globaltic. Meant to be really good from there and I believe based in England.

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gotmunchiez@reddit

I got a big pack given to me and tried them a couple of times last year. They're insanely difficult to get started, to the point where I feel like I'm missing something.

Once you've got them started though they're amazing, they give off a really consistent heat and keep going for ages.

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IAmAshley10@reddit

Was that with a chimney starter? I’ll have to check out more reviews before I buy any ‘decent’ charcoals. Good to know though if they are difficult to get going

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gotmunchiez@reddit

I found them easier to get going without a chimney to be honest, it took a pack and a half of firelighters before they got going. I stacked them into a little "oven" shape and just kept feeding firelighters in.

Maybe they need a better type of firelighter, I should probably look into it more. I tried absolutely blasting them with my Mapp gas torch and it didn't seem to help much.

It might be that you need a bit of lumpwood or standard briquettes to get them started. I'll be having a BBQ this week so I think I'll try half a chimney of lumpwood and top it up with the posh briquettes.

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IAmAshley10@reddit

That’s a lot of firelighters! I wonder why they take so long to get going. I’m surprised your gas torch didn’t help much!

When I first started getting in to ‘proper’ BBQ, I thought charcoal was just charcoal. Then I did my research and bought different types and I can see why the cheap stuff from home bargains is cheap!

I only use briquettes but I’m thinking of getting some lump wood for the next cook and see how I can get on with that.

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gotmunchiez@reddit

Yeah I used to think the same. Pretty much any lumpwood is a big step up from the standard briquettes. Even though the pieces are all different sizes you still get a good even burn and it doesn't start dying off the second you start cooking over it.

The Globaltic hex briquettes are something else though. I did a bit of looking around on them last night and they're made from hazelnut shells compressed and bonded with natural starches. I'd forgotten as well that they're nearly smokeless. They reckon up to 8 hours burn time which I can believe, I could have easily cooked another full BBQ a good 2-3 hours after we'd finished eating.

They do state that you need more firelighters than usual to get them started so I guess that's normal. I do think a bit of lumpwood would help get them started in a chimney though.

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deformedfishface@reddit

Nice tip. Thanks, will keep an eye.

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deformedfishface@reddit

Charka briquettes from SA are the best. Hard to find aside from SA shops but it’s brilliant. Last ages, holds the heat.

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Villianofthepeace@reddit

I use my chimney and just use crumpled up kitchen paper towel and a splash of olive oil on to start mine…

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Wcl12@reddit

A fight.

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Auntie_Cagul@reddit

Thunderstorm Family arguments Wasps

Sorry, I couldn't resist! 🤣

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PuzzleheadedChest167@reddit

A salad no one eats

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bearcorps303@reddit

A big stinky joint

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Popular_Sell_8980@reddit

I saw a video the other day of someone boiling their sausage for ten minutes beforehand to ensure they were cooking. Can’t decide if this is madness or genius!

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Triple_Manic_State@reddit

Has to be a bbq with coal.

If you’re cooking on a fancy outdoor gas oven you’re essentially just having dinner outside without any of the fun.

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seven_green_toes@reddit

Pissed aunty.

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destria@reddit

Corn on the cob is so underrated but I love it and seemingly everyone else does too.

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JeffSergeant@reddit

Freshly picked corn is the best for this, if you grow it yourself. Cook them in their leaves until the leaves burn off, adds a smoky flavour and they steam themselves.

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RHMoaner@reddit

That’s the most middle class wankery I’ve ever heard. ‘If you grown your own corn do this.’

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TokyoJazzPanda@reddit

Peel back the husk, liberally butter, s&p, then re-husk. Outrageously good.

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Clear-Security-Risk@reddit

Was going to say this. But to reach ORGASMATRON levels, add some Tajin spice after the butter.

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TokyoJazzPanda@reddit

I hadn't considered this. You made a new friend today.

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mrb2409@reddit

I like to char the corn directly. So so good.

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bbenjjaminn@reddit

around august you can usually buy them in the supermarket with the leaves on.

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NaaNaaRitRit@reddit

Corn with the leaves on is one of the simplest pleasures in my book. The flavour is so far removed from factory packed stuff it’s like a different food altogether.

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Danglyweed@reddit

How long to cook?

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destria@reddit

Yeah we grow corn ourselves but our harvest tends to be pretty late (usually Sept) so we miss the main summer holiday BBQ party season.

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Kiss_It_Goodbyeee@reddit

As long as you roast it in the BBQ, then yes.

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FecklessFridays@reddit

Make elote - grilled corn, feta, lime, salt, chopped red chilli and mayo, it’s the best side.

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AdAffectionate2418@reddit

Have you ever done it on a smoker? Manna of the gods stuff...

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

That’s not underrated then is it if literally everyone loves it

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Unhappy_Departure_97@reddit

Is corn grown in the UK?

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destria@reddit

Yes? Loads of it is grown in the UK.

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peanut_dust@reddit

Why was your 'yes' a question?

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CityOfNorden@reddit

My sister did bananas, soaked in Amarula, on the coals at the end. Absolute game changer.

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Is Amarula basically Baileys?

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CityOfNorden@reddit

Similar sort of thing, yeah!

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Stefgrep66@reddit

Halloumi cheese

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markedmo@reddit

Californian white Zinfandel. BBQ juice. Boozy Ribena.

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Minimum-Bad-6472@reddit

Brown sauce

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Madog-Hellgeese@reddit

Pork belly slices. Even if they're absolutely cremated they still taste amazing

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ThisIsAnAccount2306@reddit

Salmonella

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Sir_Edna_Bucket@reddit

Charcoal

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ragnarokcock@reddit

100% meat menu, no green shite, no potato salad.

Maybe a bit of coldsore on the side for the ladies.

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TremorThief12@reddit

Nothing like a side of herpes with your burned burgers and raw chicken

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amboandy@reddit

That's the simplex way to have a great BBQ

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curious_kitten_1@reddit

Us ladies do love coldsores

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Klem_Phandango@reddit

Pick pieces off your teeth WITH the stick, I think you meant.

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Practical-Tooth-8981@reddit

Bunt oon the outside, raw in the middle

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Indium-103@reddit

Fuel, a source of ignition, food items and adequate Cooking/Firemaking levels

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NoNeedleworker8860@reddit

Not chicken! It's just not worth the risk lol

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Atcoroo@reddit

Salmonella

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RottieMad@reddit

Weed

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DollySheep32@reddit

Annoying the neighbours by using a very smoky BBQ right by the fence with the wind blowing smoke directly at them.

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jjb0rdell0@reddit

Potato salad

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stringbody@reddit

Food poisoning & Burnt stuff

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dobr_person@reddit

Big bowl of pasta that nobody touches

Cans of beer that nobody normally drinks. Like Grolch.

Mismatched sized bread and meat

People discussing what the host should do with their house (extension, garden etc).

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VodkaMargarine@reddit

This last one is so true. Yeah sure Dave I'm just gonna drop £35k on an extension because you think it'll increase the light levels in our kitchen.

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kavik2022@reddit

'Oh 3 months my life living in a building site. Where i hope to god the people im paying thousands of pounds to arent cowboys? Yeah sure, you know ive been feeling like life needed that bit of stress, frustration and admin lately"

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_poptart@reddit

Where are you getting extensions for £35k?

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VodkaMargarine@reddit

My imagination. I've never done an extension. Because they are expensive.

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honestlyVERYhonest@reddit

I'll do you one for £25k. Discount being because I have absolutely no experience in the field.

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NotTreeFiddy@reddit

Mismatched sized bread and meat

Only if the bread is larger. Any visible meat is an instant disqualification. Bonus points if it's a slab of "brioche" cake.

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goldenthoughtsteal@reddit

Mismatched bread and meat sizes! Nigel Tufnell agrees!

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Powerage07@reddit

Just keep folding it...!

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HalveMaen81@reddit

But then everything has to be folded

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ButterscotchTop194@reddit

Pico de gallo

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Ricky_Martins_Vagina@reddit

Spray bottle of Jack Daniels 👌🏻

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DNDJ-1208@reddit

Also had fish sausages (Yes, I know right !) a few times, really yummy.

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DNDJ-1208@reddit

Easy one, Rain of course !!!!

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No-Garbage9500@reddit

An incinerated pork sausage that is still pink enough in the middle to make you fear for your future.

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Narrow-Device-3679@reddit

Dad?

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honestlyVERYhonest@reddit

Shut up and eat your dinner.

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

I so like the taste of charcoal for some reason.

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dnf1957@reddit

I like the smell of charcoal in the morning, no smell like it...

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No-Garbage9500@reddit

Same, it's the carcinogens that give it that real taste of British summer.

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soulsteela@reddit

I like meat you need to chisel the charcoal off to get to the raw bit.

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Iwantedalbino@reddit

There is a perfect ratio for this. I don’t know what it is but I know it exists

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mh1191@reddit

I upgraded to a Kamado last bank holiday - tried all sorts on it:
- pork belly
- brisket
- lamb shoulder
- chicken
- pizza
- pineapple
- halloumi

And last night we realised I haven’t yet done the classic bangers and burgers on it…

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rob3rtisgod@reddit

Which Kamado did you get?

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mh1191@reddit

A Kamado Joe Classic 1 - I might swap the funnel later for the upgraded one (easier to control temp), but love it so far.

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rob3rtisgod@reddit

I'm tempted but they are sooo expensive

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olorinestel@reddit

Potato Salad!

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andurilmat@reddit

Hot dogs, Burgers and booze.

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Drunken_Englishman@reddit

Beer, wine and cider.

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ash894@reddit

Plastic cheese. The orangier and cheaper the better.

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opitypang@reddit

Next door's cat lurking in a bush until the dish of sausages is placed on the table ...

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mrbios@reddit

For starters the BBQ must be charcoal not some smeggy gas thing. Otherwise you might as well just cook the shit in your kitchen.

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gotmunchiez@reddit

Charcoal is definitely better but most of the flavour from the oil that drips onto the coal and vaporises.

A decent gas barbecue gets you most of the way there with the advantage that it's a lot more convenient when you just want to throw a couple of bits on mid week when the weather's nice.

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REALQWERTY11309@reddit

I used to have a gas BBQ filled with charcoal, best of both

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SkankyBibble@reddit

Hank Hill would like a word

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northerncrank@reddit

Everybody saying they're big eaters and starving then eating one burger and saying they're full, in the background you have half of a farmyard that you've just defrosted.

Every

Single

Time

At

Home

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REALQWERTY11309@reddit

My family tradition was we did BBQs in courses Burgers and Sausages was round 1 feed the kids so they shut up and go play away from the adults Serving 2 was the nicer stuff, and some skewers for the adults, actual buns. Serving 3 was anything leftover, take something home it needs to go. Serving 4 was the close friends, salmon and mackerel, a couple bottles of wine.

The main reason for this was I grew up with the second biggest garden on the street, a big gas BBQ that my dad found somewhere, and a Costco membership. We'd have everyone over.

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SmartaHari@reddit

Potato salad and Pimms with lemonade

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why-am-i-here_again@reddit

pliers and screwdrivers for when you run of cutlery

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gsko5000@reddit

Sunburn and at least one argument

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timlukejones@reddit

Salmonella?

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laser_spanner@reddit

My partner loves barbecuing pineapple slices. They caramalise beautifully.

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Stuck_Duck16@reddit

Banana and Mars bar wrapped in foil as a perfect dessert

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drivelhead@reddit

Do you heat them or just wrap and serve?

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Stuck_Duck16@reddit

Make a cut down the banana and shove the Mars bar some way inside the banana. Wrap in foil, heat on bbq until gooey

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Greggy398@reddit

Rain

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Joyride4Life@reddit

So two options here, serious or funny.

Seriously? - These days I get a solid single piece of meat. Whether chicken, beef, lamb or pork, the time has come to honour the sacrifice. So I will spend an inordinate amount of time in advance sorting the marinade, brine or rub. Then I lay my briquettes and away we go, with smoke or without, low and slow. And I end with vegetables off the grill, from courgettes, mushrooms, asparagus, aubergines and peppers amongst many options.

If it’s done well, it’s magnificent. And for the meat, to make sure it’s safe but tender and juicy I’ll use a Meater probe to track the cook.

Otherwise, and this is the less serious part, I hand the tong over to the man in thongs, my Aussie neighbour who will proceed to burn burgers and turn pork sausages so black, we might as well eat the briquettes for all the good it will do us.

What kind of BBQ person are you? Maestro or mess?

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LaraH39@reddit

Potato salad

Pasta salad

Chopped salad

Burgers, pork chops, chicken skewers, steak.

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notspringsomnia@reddit

Sudden rainy weather that the forecast didn’t predict.

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Physical-Industry-21@reddit

Shade... That'll do me.

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Alive_Forever_9541@reddit

Chicken thighs. Pork chops, lamb steaks

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AudioLlama@reddit

If you actually want to do really good bbqed food go beyond cremated poor quality burgers and sausages. Coals give all sorts of food fantastic flavour.

Bbqing tandoori style chicken on a BBQ is a massive crowd pleaser and feels British adjacent for want or a better description.

Bbqing vegetables is also scoffed at far too much but can get amazing, genuinely delicious results. Treat your BBQ like a versatile tool for flava creation and you can get amazing results.

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Extension-Worry2253@reddit

Corn on the cob dripping with butter! 😍😍😍

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yourefunny@reddit

I stopped doing British style. BBQs a long time ago. I smoke meat like in the states. Ribs, sausages or pork shoulder usually. Then chuck some burgers for the kids on the BBQ while the other meat rests. Everyone way prefers the American style meat.

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Left-leaning@reddit

Charcoal to cook on, none of that outdoor gas grill rubbish

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Sirlacker@reddit

Cooking the sausages upside down

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Weak-Employer2805@reddit

HCAFSBUYSLC 🗣️🔥

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MisterD90x@reddit

The Legend Himself

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JonnotheMackem@reddit

Owcanafuckinsausagebeupsidedownyastupidlittlecoont?

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DamesUK@reddit

Won't all your blood run to your head?

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MDL1983@reddit

🤣

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FlickeringJ@reddit

Halloumi, Lamb of any variety and belly pork

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Abstract_Entity86@reddit

Salt and pepper pork belly

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wintermute023@reddit

Any sort of pork belly on a BBQ will do for me, thank you.

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jimmyboogaloo78@reddit

Wasps

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oli_ramsay@reddit

What if your guests are vegan

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jimmyboogaloo78@reddit

There is plenty of grass

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wintermute023@reddit

😂😂😂

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V65Pilot@reddit

Rain?

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Northwindlowlander@reddit

Stella, wasps, and a broken chair

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Electrical_Trade377@reddit

probably a working BBQ

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wildassedguess@reddit

Long pig.

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Hartlecool@reddit

Potato sald

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lordrothermere@reddit

Cider

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PsychologicalDish430@reddit

Just no potato salad and no "risotto" which is cold rice with peas and hot dog sausages cut up.

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frothycoffeedude@reddit

Someone else cooking.

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CupCakesNFlatWhite@reddit

Pork belly and marinaded pork loins in Kalbi sauce.

British BBQ, sausages, chicken and burgers is too heavy. Korean bbq ftw

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Ok-Ant8885@reddit

Halloumi skewers. Cook in three minutes, everyone fights over them, and they're the one thing nobody can mess up even three pints in.

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MillyMcMophead@reddit

Tell me more about this delectable treat please, I love halloumi!

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Ok-Ant8885@reddit

Cube up a block, skewer with red onion and a couple of cherry toms, brush with olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, and a pinch of dried oregano. Three or four minutes a side till you get char marks. Eat hot straight off the stick before the cheese goes squeaky cold.

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MillyMcMophead@reddit

Ooh thank you, I'm making these next time we have a BBQ, gotta love a bit of squeaky cheese!

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theNixher@reddit

Short ribs, cooked/smoked slowly then finished off over a flame.

Also cooking the burgers at a relatively low temp, then blasting them with fire for a moment to give it that BK flick of flavour.

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dadsyrhinowhite@reddit

Large mushrooms with garlic and thyme butter, proper chefs kiss.

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drivelhead@reddit

What if I'm not into the chef?

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bbenjjaminn@reddit

i like doing them with blue cheese.

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illbepedro@reddit

Goats cheese all the way for me. With mashed avocado and sweet chilli sauce.

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bbenjjaminn@reddit

That sounds nice, i bet it would also be nice with something like roule or boursin.

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illbepedro@reddit

Oo boursin is something to try out next time! I suspect a beef burger could also handle a roundel of boursin very nicely

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bbenjjaminn@reddit

slight tangent but this is one of my favourite recipes with large mushrooms! (the butter bean mash is fine but the mushrooms are amazing) https://ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/recipes/portobello-steaks-butter-bean-mash

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Volf_y@reddit

It is!

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Ohhhhh hell yeah giant grilled mushrooms, amazing.

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MrStink444@reddit

Courgettes sliced and coated with mixed herbs, butter/olive oil and garlic powder. Delicious

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MrStink444@reddit

Sourdough bread cut 3/4in thick drizzled in olive oil and lightly toasted on each side for 2 minutes. You'll thank me later

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richbun@reddit

Feral kids over dosing on sugar.

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Practical_Drink8676@reddit

Alcohol. Everything else is garnish

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hunterfam55@reddit

Those shit buns from the local corner shop, the ones that taste stale and fall apart on sight

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roywill2@reddit

The must have is not leaving trash behind

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icemonsoon@reddit

Coal/lighters that dont taint the food

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tmr89@reddit

You should get a gas bbq

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Fragiledog@reddit

A charcoal chimney to start is great for this.

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kamitsukenu@reddit

Game changer for me. Stick a load of newspaper under, decent brickettes on top light and you can pretty much leave it for 15/20 mins tip the glowing coals out and away you go

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deformedfishface@reddit

E. coli.

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itsableeder@reddit

Food poisoning

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JeffSergeant@reddit

My favourite is a butterflied leg of lamb, marinate in harissa paste and cook low and slow. Then serve in pittas with sour cream.

No faffing around flipping burgers.

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Heavy_Messing1@reddit

It's also really good cooked very hot and fast. Cooks through surprisingly quick, stays tender inside and the crunchy bit on the outside are incredible.

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DJMDuke@reddit

Ooooh, get you and your fancy BBQ recipes.

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JeffSergeant@reddit

THe best thing about it is it feels fancy, but all you really have to do is wrap some meat up in some tinfoil and sit next to the BBQ drinking beer and looking thoughtful for a few hours while it cooks.

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Lazy_Crab_3584@reddit

That sounds jds genuinely incredible, but is the least British BBQ I've heard of ;)

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JeffSergeant@reddit

If you want, you can just not marinate it and serve it on warburtons with some salad cream.

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

Forego the cooking stage?

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Lazy_Crab_3584@reddit

Bit of colmans mustard would do the trick

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JeffSergeant@reddit

I can see that, mustard crusted rack of lamb is one of my favourites.

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Volf_y@reddit

Absolutely! I do mine in a salsa verde, but will try a harissa sauce. Spatchcock chicken with a spiced yoghurt marinade is another good one.

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JeffSergeant@reddit

Last time I tried a chicken on the BBQ it was a little too smokey. More towering inferno than Texas smokehouse.

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

That sounds amazing!

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Realistic-River-1941@reddit

Salmonella.

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Least-Conference9547@reddit

I like any sort of meat on sticks and also like salmon wrapped in tinfoil with home made potato salad and a lovely ripe watermelon.

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pullingsneakies@reddit

I have a bunch of meat that I've been buying ready, reduced for a BBQ, always pick up fish of some kind though, pack it straight in the freezer.

Got a leg of lamb, a couple of whole sea bass and a rack of ribs with maybe some chicken wings (might eat these before a BBQ).

The sea bass will be placed on some oil with sliced lemon in a wrap of foil, for the kid as he likes it basic and will help me cook it.

Got some fish kebabs on sticks too so hopefully they go down well.

Will have to try watermelon on the day too.

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johnlooksscared@reddit

Friends to share it with...

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Probs4PintsDeep@reddit

Oddly wholesome

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

Damn. Why am I always catching strays in this subreddit

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Family is good too!

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TheBristolBulk@reddit

We must have different families 😂

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Sorry to hear that, I have a lovely family 🥰

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johnlooksscared@reddit

Very true

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Heavy_Messing1@reddit

Thick cut red and yellow bell peppers are the first to go on. Arranged around the edge so they don't get direct heat from the coals. They become beautifully sweet and almost melt as they slowly cook from the indirect heat of the coals and radiated heat from the lid of the BBQ.

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Probs4PintsDeep@reddit

Kielbasa - never even buy regular sausages anymore

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Maximum_Ambition_591@reddit

E coli

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Simbooptendo@reddit

Beer, burgers, beer, sausages, beer, buns, beer

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Hayesey88@reddit

Chimichurri dressing. I literally have it on everything.

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hellvixen1966@reddit

Umbrella

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mattl1698@reddit

for both sun and rain because you're bound to get both if you light the BBQ this weekend

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Old_Introduction_395@reddit

Cheap paper plates and nowhere to sit so a constant balancing act needed. Dropping ketchup on your shoes. Dog eating charcoaled meat, then puking loudly.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

Disappointment and pimms

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Wensley1963@reddit

Bananas, brown sugar and rum!

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eggs_and_ham_i_am@reddit

BBQ grilled Halloumi. Even better if it's smoked not grilled. It's a winner.

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ohsaycanyourock@reddit

Homemade potato salad and some fresh baguette with plenty of butter 👌

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undoneyet@reddit

Swordfish steaks in a pomegranate and coriander sauce.

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reo_reborn@reddit

A father in law who gets angry at everybody when they go near the BBQ and then gets equally as angry when nobody goes to help. Then gets angry when England look the footbakk match To the point he smacks his wife around upstairs later that evening and she refuses to come back down because she has a black eye... That might just me my ex's family though (true story sadly)

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Marvel--Jesus@reddit

Getting as much smoke as possible over your neighbours clean washing that's on the line.
Spotify with adverts as loud as possible to annoy your neighbours.
Getting arseholed while doing 1 & 2.

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MiddleElevator96@reddit

A big bin full of ice, cans and bottles of wine.

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Northernpudd@reddit

Umbrellas

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ObiSvenKenobi@reddit

Halloumi!

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tinkabellmiggins@reddit

As a vegetarian, free reign of the Bbq while its heating up. Quorn sausages and burgers aren't going to give me salmonella, but I'd rather not have the added meat juice 🤣

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CraigTheBrewer12@reddit

I’m very basic when it comes to BBQ food. Slightly charred burgers, mostly charred but also slightly undercooked sausages, potato salad, beer and the shits the next day.

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Purple-Sound-4470@reddit

A nice pair of jorts

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JedsBike@reddit

Chicken. Medium rare.

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HenryFromYorkshire@reddit

But burnt on the outside. Ah, memories.

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Th4t9uy@reddit

Finger licking good

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Holiday_Cat_7284@reddit

Someone going 'way-haaaay! Talk of the devil!' when the joker in the pack turns up

The host boasting about his 'only the best quality' steaks which turn out to he 85% gristle

The toilet roll running out in the downstairs loo

At least three kids being very shrill and staying up way too late for your liking

Pesto pasta salad that's congealed

Mucho waspo

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

For some it appears to be loud trashy music and irritated neighbours.

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Plane-Jello-3687@reddit

What is wrong with you

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pharmamess@reddit

That's ok cos some people just love having something to moan about, so it all balances out nicely.

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Martipar@reddit

Sausages.

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itsfeckingfreezing@reddit

Rain

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MillyMcMophead@reddit

Aldi's halloumi burgers with sweet chilli sauce. I've not seen them in the store since last summer but they'd better bloody well bring them back for this one.

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GuybrushFunkwood@reddit

8 Ace

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gsur72@reddit

The threat of imminent rain.

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Lewis19962010@reddit

The skewers need to be wooden and also burnt to the point of questionable structural integrity

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DisloyalMouse@reddit

I went to a BBQ once where the sausages were completely and utterly cremated on the outside and still raw in the middle. Everyone got food poisoning…

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ConnectionLeading435@reddit

Then use the stick to get the meat out of your teeth. Win win

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spik0rwill@reddit

Steak

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front-wipers-unite@reddit

Burnt sausages and raw chicken.

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winkywoo75@reddit

marshmallows for 3rd degree burns

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BarryTownCouncil@reddit

Rain

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Danglyweed@reddit

Give me a cold beer and im happy. Potato salads a big must in this house, im not sure that any of us are really that fussed about the meats, we all want the sides.

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sweetlambly@reddit

Sausage flinging competition- if you can get it over the house you win.

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Neddykins82@reddit

A racist uncle

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Penster78@reddit

Good tongs that you must ‘clack’ at least three times before using. A flare up which nearly takes your eyebrows off. Pink eyes from the smoke in your face.

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Viking-Bastard-XIV@reddit

Ridiculously hoppy IPAs and decent German beer. Steaks, belly pork, bratwurst, ribs. Grilled peppers with halloumi in. Grilled asparagus, mushrooms, and onions. Plenty of good salad, and good bread. Some nice relaxing music - bit of Idris Muhammad or Isley Brothers. Good company.

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No-Photograph3463@reddit

Chicken Thighs that are black on the outside but still medium rare at the bone.

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g33k_d4d@reddit

Potato salad, beer, rosé wine. Garlic butter prawns. Burnt leeks. Roasted peppers

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mynameisjodie@reddit

Plain pasta

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Imperfect_Complaint@reddit

Heat source.

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Tennonboy@reddit

At least one good shower of rain, an argument by two relatives who hardly see each other and a teenager drunk and throwing up. Bonus if one first cousin is railing another.

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Fantastic_Device897@reddit

Overcooked burgers and sausages

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Key-Original-225@reddit

Lager mainly.

And food poisoning the next day

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Dissidant@reddit

Music. Doesn't have to be blaring loud, just good tunes.

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oli_ramsay@reddit

Sausage from butcher

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Prefect_99@reddit

An umbrella.

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LuDdErS68@reddit

Tuna pasta salad. Home made potato salad.

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North_Still_2234@reddit

Rain, hail, gale force winds

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Japhet_Corncrake@reddit

Sunburn and a carbon burger.

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CoastHefty6373@reddit

Beer, ribs/chicken mostly cooked in the oven then tossed on the bbq for flavour (can't stand waiting best part of an hour for burnt on the outside, raw in the middle).

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Brewer6066@reddit

A functioning source of fire, as I’ve just found to my cost.

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Ohh hope you can get some matches soon!

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maisydee@reddit

A good family argument- or at least simmering resentment…

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weeble182@reddit

Sides. Cornbread, homemade slaw, some bbq beans, a fun salad.

Don't then need to go crazy on the amount of meat and can do something abit more fun or interesting

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YetAnotherMia@reddit (OP)

Cornbread feels very American to me, is it popular where you are?

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weeble182@reddit

No idea, we make it and it's delicious, that's all I know!

I take my BBQs overly seriously so make all our sides from scratch

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