Unboxing of the ThermaQ from ETI
Build your own digital forced draft smoker controller
Smoker Controller
The Hoare Blower is an easy to build barbecue smoker forced draft controller, for UDS/bullet smokers, and will probably work with other types as well. [Read more…]
Massive BBQ Skewers
Big BBQ Skewers
I like my BBQ skewers long, wide and thick and made out of good quality stainless steel, so when I was sent a set of these heavy Duty Russian designed BBQ Skewers I was seriously impressed. [Read more…]
Flamers Firelighters
Flamers firelighters
Light My Fire…
Lighting your BBQ charcoal or wood fired stove isn’t sometimes as straightforward as you might think, many people opt for the lighter fluid approach, [Read more…]
Flip’N’Grate
Flip’N’Grate
Flip’N’Grate Review
I was very fortunate to have been sent a Flip’N’Grate to put through it’s paces over the summer. It’s a useful bit of kit, easily height adjustable, and easy to flip over with one hand. [Read more…]
Hot Smoked Wood Chunks
Cherry chunk
Smoking Woods
What wood you use for your smoking matters…there’s some great woods out there, if you’re planning on smoking for a while for a cut like brisket or pork shoulder, you want a steady trickle of smoke from a wood chunk [Read more…]
ProQ Pizza Stone
ProQ Pizza Stone
ProQ Pizza Stone Review
Cooking Pizza on a bullet smoker isn’t something usually done, these smokers, such as the ProQ Frontier are designed to put out a relatively constant 110 deg C /225 deg F for Low’N’Slow Barbecue, so I was intrigued to see how the searing temperatures required for good Pizza could be achieved 300+ deg C. [Read more…]
Bear Paws for pulled pork
Bear Paws Review
I’ve been using the Bear Paws regularly for a couple of years now, I find them pretty indispensable when working through large shoulders of pulled pork, and really useful for lifting and moving large hot joints of meat around the BBQ, and off once cooked. [Read more…]
Grill Grates Review
Grillgrates
GrillGrates Review
I’m very fortunate to get sent BBQ equipment to test and review, and there’s lots of stuff that I grow to love, and use regularly, other accessories tend to get less use, and I’ve found GrillGrates fall firmly in that category. The idea is that you place them on top of your charcoal or gas BBQ grill and then place the food on the ribs on top. [Read more…]
Digital BBQ Thermometer review
iGrill Mini
Digital BBQ Thermometer review
Ok, so you’ve treated yourself to a nice shiny new BBQ, or your looking at trying Low’N’Slow style Barbecue, the first bit of kit, that I really see as vital is a digital thermometer. Very often the dial style BBQ lid thermometer that come on BBQs and smokers are wildly inaccurate, and we hear of many new to BBQ struggling with their smoker temperatures, and find out this is due to the inaccuracy of the thermometers, so get yourself a digital thermometer, so you can properly monitor your cook.
So here’s my selection of the best digital thermometers available in the UK. [Read more…]