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Yes the British Spring time is upon and this can only mean one thing...ITS TIME TO BBQ!!!

I don't visit this site much during the winter months as all my equipment is put away.

I was just wondering if anyone could recommend somewhere to get logs from and good quality charcoal for low and slow ...

Hello folks,

I'm sure I'm about the 1000th person to swing by asking for hot smoking help, so I apologise in advance.

I've decided to tinker with hot smoking and built a home made smoker out of a gas hob and galvanised bin (apologies to those who probably think thats the absolute worst way to ...

Took the plunge and bought myself a weber smokey mountain...whey!

Was just wondering if anyone could recommend a digital thermometer to use with this smoker? I have an instant read one for the meat itself but I want to start reading temps within my smoker. (I don't trust the built in ones)

Cheers ...

If you mean Riverside just outside Hertford town then they are the folks that I bought my WSM 47 from a couple of weeks back. I work not too far from them so I popped in on my way home from work so have no experience of their mail order service. The do have a huge stock of weber kit and lots of ...

Ive found a weber smokey mountain on the above website for £225 and I am very tempted to purchase it. Has anyone used them before? Always a little unsure about new websites. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks Chaps

Hi all

so my birthday is vastly approaching and was going to treat myself to a pro q frontier as I feel an upgrade from my UDS is now required. However for the price I was wondering if paying the extra £50 for the 37cm WSM would be worth it?
I'd also like to know in food terms what this thing can ...

Hi all

so my birthday is vastly approaching and was going to treat myself to a pro q frontier as I feel an upgrade from my UDS is now required. However for the price I was wondering if paying the extra £50 for the 37cm WSM would be worth it?
I'd also like to know in food terms what this thing can ...

basically what it says in the title! I am UK based (durrrr) but the item would have to be delivered. So...does anyone have any suggestions and/or recommendations to what I should buy? why I should buy it? do you own one? etc etc etc

Cheers

hi dave

i have used mesquite in the past and found it to be a very strong smokey flavour. I think if you mix it with other woods it may over power them?
Just my thoughts on it.

I have since just used it straight for big cuts brisket, pork shoulder etc.

Hi all

I recently purchased a gorgeous piece of pork belly from a local butcher. Now pork belly isnt something i had cooked before so and i knew it was a fatty cut of meat and would require low and slow for it to be considered edible. So i trimmed off the majority of the fat cap and seasoned the ...