Do you...............

[deuces wild]

..........bbq or grill outside?

We picked up THIS stainless steel unit last week after our other grill gave out (we got 15 years out of it) and have used it every day since then.

We plan to do baby back pork ribs (I did a wet rub on them this morning) for dinner tonight and a whole chicken on the spit for dinner tomorrow.

We grill out all year long, even when there is a foot of snow on the ground.

How about you? :)

[catgate]

Over here we have Corn on the cob, Beans on toast, Baby on board etc, but chicken on the spit sound very distasteful to me.

[artist]

We've got a covered patio aria so have BBQs from about march to november. Hubby is the chief cook and I'm the dogsbody!

We cook almost anything on it - you name it...........

I found a picture of it - it's three years old now though - so not so pristine looking.

It's gas - the last one was about 10 years old when it died.

[deuces wild]

What sort of things do you grill?

[artist]

OK - sweetcorn (frozen :D ) sausages, lamb and beef chops, steak, spare ribs, veggie-burgers, samosa's, pancake rolls, cooked new potatoes,beefburgers, prawns, sliced pineapple..........whatever

Dessert? peeled banana in foil slit down the middle with chocolate pieces inserted - mmmm,

fruit kebabs in foil with alcohol over........that's it for the desserts - don't usually need one.

How about some other ideas? :)

[deuces wild]

Veggies including mushrooms, peppers and onions. We usually cut up the peppers and onions and cook them on a grill pan (it has holes in it).

We also do beef, pork and seafood kabobs, italian sausage, pork chops, steaks, chicken (whole or cut up, including boneless and skinless), brats and hotdogs.

We now even cook the pasta outside on the side burner so as not to heat up the house. That is a nice feature to have on the grill. :)

[bvw]

I was hoping to BBQ some steaks for tea today......but it's chucking it down here :(

[CurlyWhirly]

We now even cook the pasta outside on the side burner so as not to heat up the house.

You could do with this feature in the winter though when there's a foot of snow on the ground! :D

[Boris]

I was hoping to BBQ some steaks for tea today......but it's chucking it down here :(

Must be very localised ? I can see NW Bristol over the Severn and we have bright sun at the moment :)

[deuces wild]

We now even cook the pasta outside on the side burner so as not to heat up the house.

You could do with this feature in the winter though when there's a foot of snow on the ground! :D

We like to heat up the house in the winter and therefore cook pasta inside the house then. :D

[CurlyWhirly]

We like to heat up the house in the winter and therefore cook pasta inside the house then. :D

I'm not surprised as it can't be much fun eating out in the cold :D

Me personally I am lucky to have a barbecue once a year as I nearly caused a fire the once! :o

I tend not to have too many of them now for safety reasons! :lol:

[expertec]

Not had a barbecue for ages... I think the last time we built one! :D

We had a load of concrete blocks sitting in our garden, and we constructed a barbecue from that somehow. :rolleyes:

I'm not really a big fan of barbecues, though most of the neighbours do seem to be ;)

[andsome]

We had one for years until It finally rusted away in the garden shed. We probably used it half a dozen times before we got fed up with it. Chicken for a start is unsafe cooked on a BBQ, it tends to be black on the outside and too pink inside. We much prefer to cook inside, and then take our food outside and sit under the sun brolly to eat it, if the weather is good enough. We were never really keen on burnt offerings.

[artist]

We had one for years until It finally rusted away in the garden shed.  We probably used it half a dozen times before we got fed up with it.  Chicken for a start is unsafe cooked on a BBQ, it tends to be black on the outside and too pink inside.  We much prefer to cook inside, and then take our food outside and sit under the sun brolly to eat it, if the weather is good enough.  We were never really keen on burnt offerings.

.....depends on the expertise of the cook!!

[andsome]

A fire is VERY unpredictable. A cooker is much more controllable. Wind blown smoke does tend to take some of the enjoyment of a meal away out doors as well. We have always felt that BBQ's are very much over rated. It's down to personal preferences I suppose. We do very much enjoy eating outside on a nice day, but prefer it in a clean atmosphere with nicely cooked food, and a nice bottle of wine.

[artist]

Gas BBQs are very different to the charcoal types........and before anyone mentions 'not the same' - it's a better way and has the same taste as any other BBQ, without the burnt bits.

You need to have an open mind on these things...... :rolleyes: :)

[expertec]

It's not the same :P

You just can't get the authentic charcoal-burnt taste from a gas BBQ :D

[dadyassa]

It's not the same :P

You just can't get the authentic charcoal-burnt taste from a gas BBQ :D

:D :D

Keep a small spray bottle filled with water to control the flames you get off the fat dripping onto the charcoal, I use one that had window cleaner in it.

[dadyassa]

We had one for years until It finally rusted away in the garden shed.  We probably used it half a dozen times before we got fed up with it.  Chicken for a start is unsafe cooked on a BBQ, it tends to be black on the outside and too pink inside.  We much prefer to cook inside, and then take our food outside and sit under the sun brolly to eat it, if the weather is good enough.  We were never really keen on burnt offerings.

Microwave the chicken first ;) ;)

[dadyassa]

Over here we have Corn on the cob, Beans on toast, Baby on board etc, but chicken on the spit sound very distasteful to me.

Baby on board is a snack for when you are driving, I dont think you can really class it as BBQ grub :D

[andsome]

Surely it's a lot easier to cook the food properly indoors, then take it outside?

[deuces wild]

That is not the point andsome. The point is that you can safely cook meat in a gas grill and that when doing so it takes on a better flavor than cooking it in the oven.

If it were so dangerous don't you think by now that the darn things would be outlawed?

As artist said, try to keep an open mind. Just because you cannot cook properly outdoors does not mean it is unsafe for everyone. :P

Heck, even the cave men learned how to do it properly. :lol:

EDIT: What is "baby on board"?

[dadyassa]

Baby on board is just humour, it comes from the stupid signs they put in the back window of cars in the UK.

It is supposed to let the rescuers know that a child was in the vehicle and maybe thrown out by the impact etc if it is involved in a crash, the trouble is people have the sign in even when not carrying children, and maybe waste a lot of time looking for it.

[andsome]

I have not said that it is dangerous. We tried a BBQ many years ago, and consider the food to be a better flavour when cooked under a grill. The thing about BBQ's is that whether you use gas or charcoal, fat will drip down and cause smoke to taint the food. We just happen to prefer to cook indoors and take the cooked food outside to eat, if the weather is nice. I have an open mind, and know what I prefer. Some like the taste of food that has been smoked, some don't. Yes I do like smoked bacon and kippers etc, but they are professionally smoked, and I do not have to put up with the smell of smoke while the food is cooking. I was always under the impression that one mans meat is another mans poison. I will not be buying another BBQ, gas or otherwise.

[Thos]

Baby on board is just humour, it comes from the stupid signs they put in the back window of cars in the UK.

It is supposed to let the rescuers know that a child was in the vehicle and maybe thrown out by the impact etc if it is involved in a crash, the trouble is people have the sign in even when not carrying children, and maybe waste a lot of time looking for it.

That's interesting, dadyassa, I always thought that it was to tell people to keep clear and not to drive too close in case a baby was hurt in a possible collision. I shall look a little more kindly on such signs in future.

Thos.