Sunderland Meat Hound

[Scorpio]

Hi all, I am Chris from Sunderland and a mega BBQ fan

I am a lazy BBQer and use gas, but a fan of great food nonetheless. Up here it is cold all year but this does not stop us cooking out, and preferably with chilli dishes with the chillies I grow.
I look forward to talking to you all and getting and giving tips.

Oh and as my latest BBQ is knackered I am hoping for good suggestions on a new Q. (Large preferably)

Any recommendations for good sales sites are welcomed

[ConorD]

Hi all, I am Chris from Sunderland and a mega BBQ fan

I am a lazy BBQer and use gas, but a fan of great food nonetheless. Up here it is cold all year but this does not stop us cooking out, and preferably with chilli dishes with the chillies I grow.
I look forward to talking to you all and getting and giving tips.

Oh and as my latest BBQ is knackered I am hoping for good suggestions on a new Q. (Large preferably)

Any recommendations for good sales sites are welcomed

Welcome to the forum dude - what do you want to cook and how (hot and fast or low and slow) as I am sure there are a bunch of recommendations that will be thrown your way - especially from the UDS nuts on here

[Scorpio]

Hi mate

For the simple pleasures like steak it's hot and fast 2 mins each side for a comfortable rare, which I love, so a good gas bbq always accommodates, but I would love to venture into dry rubbing meats and cooking slowly.

I have made pulled pork a few times over 12 hours and the flavour is immense

Generally speaking though a BBQ feast for us consists of
Kebabs
Burgers
Chops
Lamb
Steak

We do venture to fish and other stuff but that list is a safe rule of thumb

All opinions welcome as for recipes as improvement is paramount to good cooking

[Scorpio]

Thanks for the reply mate

I sent a reply which never materialised, so sorry for the delay

I like all manners off cooking on the Q, especially steak, which I like rare or med rare.......... As I am mainly a lazy man a gas BBQ suits but as I love the flavour of a slow cooked pulled pork, other options do appeal to me.........things like masonry ovens are definitely a thing for the future too

Any help is greatly appreciated

[ConorD]

Although I get he convenience element of a gas BBQ it is still the dark side for me. If you are willing to venture into the world of charcoal/wood then a Weber OTP would be an excellent start as a kettle for your hot and fat with the ability to run low and slow with a few simple changes on the occasions that you decide to try it.

I am sure there are a bunch of guys on here who can recommend a gas BBQ. You can get big enough ones that will allow for different zones of cooking to be able to set up indirect low and slow cooks. I have also seen some mods which are a lot like shoving wood chips into a coke can to get the smoke effect.

[Scorpio]

Wood and charcoal used to be standard, but as I use a BBQ almost every day during the spring summer and regularly through autumn, it can prove costly over gas

A full family affair can see a feed for 20, so a decent size and quality BBQ is needed

But, I fancy a masonry oven too so could see me doing slow roasts and rotary chickens, pulled pork, sticky ribs etc etc

I hand make my own burgers, grow my own chillies, lettuce, tomatoes etc so freshness is paramount