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Getting Started My Story

Firstly, Barbecue is not something for British summertime only. Many BBQ enthusiasts like myself, cook all the year round in the UK. Many have built purpose built shacks to fire up our food. After talking with many friends, we all seem to have a BBQ lurking at home and rarely use it, many don't know how to cook on their BBQ. It’s important to understand the basics, how to set them up and how they work, how to control their temperature and how to cook proper BBQ Food that people love and want to come back for more. If like me, you’ve been to a friends BBQ only to be served sausages which are black on the outside and raw in the middle. This shapes our view on what is BBQ here in the UK. When I started out, I cooked on a BBQ without a lid...... nothing good was going to come off this BBQ. Then came the almighty gas beast, with the extra ring burners and plenty of attachments, the food was better, but did not taste of much. Next came the smoker box, which takes wood chips, supposed to impart flavour. This was better, but I still needed to rely upon sauce for flavour and the smoke was missing for me. Is this sounding familiar? Next came the first jump into smoking, a small Weber Smokey Mountain (because I wasn’t sure I would get on with it or like it). My first bullet smoker. Oh my days, this was a game changer, controlling temperature, cooking for hours, new cuts of meat, new dishes and of course, amazing smokey flavour and so many rubs to choose from. All these different woods to choose from ultimately changing the flavour of my cooks. Then came the Weber MasterTouch, my first proper kettle BBQ with a lid, various attachments, like a griddle, vortex and a rotisserie to name a few. Now, the bug has got me. Dreaming up what to cook next, how to solve different problems during cooks. After many BBQ parties and entertaining guests, I needed a bigger beast, something that could lower the stress of cooking bigger pieces of meat as well as other dishes of different types at the same time. Then Josie the KamadoJoe Big Joe ceramic BBQ, smoker and pizza oven combined, came to live with us, everything changed again. Given my passion for BBQ and good food in general and being a teacher many moons ago, I felt that to share ideas and knowledge helping people to cook safely and to a much better standard can only be a good thing. I am also a strong believing in asking “why”, when I understand the “why” behind things, things make much more sense.