The Bbq thread.

[idahoblues]

BBQ gurus can you cook those chicken tikka pieces you get on kebabs in the UK on these weber bbqs?

Yes you can mate, the trick to heating like it was a clay oven is the radiation of the heat.
Get your coals hot and make a ring of then on the outside edge, place diced chicken breast in the centre of the bbq.
Use 40 pieces of coal aka twice the usual amount as you want searing heat, turn chicken every minute.

I suggest lumpwood charcoal or high end briquettes like weber make

After 5 mins searing in the middle wrap in foil and put on a hot plate or gently heated rack for 10min...
Remove from rack and leave in foil for 15min to cool a bit.


Note:: it is very very hard to get them just right as the clay ovens used for traditional indian cooking get far hotter than your oven but a good bbq like a weber will get you damned close.
Make your own sauce and no tomato early in cooking indian food besides stews otherwise you end up with a bitter plate of grub.

What is you exact aims here Wayne, numbers cooked for etc etc ?

Note 2: this uses a good half bag of top end charcoal so do not do it on a whim unless your flush as fuck.
Also remember to put coals back to one side after for any low and slow cooking.

Gonna get some tips of paphos for lollypop chicken as i forgot what he told me before, that and my own bbq ribs this weekend, weather looks good for it. I also need a kick up the arse to do stuff outside of my current personal menu of him.

Get your bbq's out you c**ts, do it right and the oven will always be second best option from then onwards.

Cheers paphos (pro chef and all round nice chap) and to all you back garden bbq boys (c**ts) have a great time making mates happy and developing british bbq culture.
Lord knows we need it, + we can give the yanks a bloody nose i reckon between us.

Sounds like a challenge...will get back to you

 

[SiMCFC]

Just bought our own place so need to get a decent coal BBQ, borrowed my in-laws gas BBQ whilst they have been on holiday and it's good but not the same as charcoal. One thing it does well is it gets bloody hot (cinders cavalier sg80) I was going to get one for easiness but realised it was 1200 quid so decided otherwise!

Any recommendations for a decent but not bank busting BBQ that will be big enough for 2 of us but more if more people are round, I will get reading some of these tips :)

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Lovely weather for the odd BBQ, just the eating and drinking though. Why would anybody want to do the
cooking ?. Surely it's hot enough already.

 

[TCIB]

Just bought our own place so need to get a decent coal BBQ, borrowed my in-laws gas BBQ whilst they have been on holiday and it's good but not the same as charcoal. One thing it does well is it gets bloody hot (cinders cavalier sg80) I was going to get one for easiness but realised it was 1200 quid so decided otherwise!

Any recommendations for a decent but not bank busting BBQ that will be big enough for 2 of us but more if more people are round, I will get reading some of these tips :)

Weber 57cm kettle bbq.
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[dronefromsector7g]

Teppanyaki grill out tonight, we're doing it the Thai way ie lazy

 

[dazdon]

 

[paphos-mcfc]

What have I missed Guy?

 

[SiMCFC]

Cheers mate, I will get one ordered this weekend and then no doubt it will rain for the rest of the year!

 

[pride in battle]

I marinated my chicken fillets in lemon, yoghurt, chilli and garlic for most of the day but on cooking the texture was not right, is this too long?

 

[TCIB]

What have I missed Guy?

A lot of fellas wanting advice on how to cook x and what bbq to buy.
Your expertise is needed sir.

@ Pride, i would not let it marinade for longer than 5 hours bud as it has some strong acids wanting to cook it.
You can add tomato puree if you like to temper it but make sure it is very smooth and no bits as it will go bitter on the bbq.
Use a small bird or scoreing the meat helps even out the cooking also.

How did you make your marinade bud ? did you fry off the spices?.

I put some butter in a pan with fine chopped onion, garlic, corriander, ras el hanout (little bit), ginger and tikka powder.
I add the next bit after a few bits of onion are blackening
Add your tomato (if you like it) and a heavy full fat cream, some cilantro is always nice to.
Cook it all down and blend it to hell.
I add a fair bit of salt also as it starts to break down the meat

Remember the bbq needs to be effing hot for this as we are replicating a tandoor oven (1000f)