Barbecues - What's The Point

[El Sid]

I've just been informed by the wife that she is expecting a barbecue this afternoon.

Just taken a look at the rusting hulk sitting in the garden and can't get any enthusiasm for scraping off all the rust and mold just to cook meats that will turn out black on the outside, pink in the middle and taste of soot.

Whats wrong with perfectly grilled meats from the simple to use electric kitchen appliance?

Do I get cleaning, buy a new barbecue of feign injury?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I'm with you. By all means EAT it in the garden, with a cold beer, but cook it nicely on the grill.

 

[WATFORD zero]

What are you two whining about ? Barbecues are for real Men, It's fire and meat.

My Barbecue is my second favourite toy after my Chainsaw.

*edit* No wonder other clubs take the piss. I'm going to start a poll BBQ and Chainsaw vs Manbag and Hair straighteners

 

[dougdeep]

Why anyone would want to cook food when it's hot beats me. Humans can exist on cold food, it's even healthier.

 

[Wardy]

What are you two whining about ? Barbecues are for real Men, It's fire and meat.

Agree, it is a chance for you to show you are the provider, the Alpha Male. It is kind of cheating but the gas powered ones they do these days mean you still get that barbecue taste but it is easier to control the heat so less chance of burning stuff.

 

[bhawoddy]

I'm with you. By all means EAT it in the garden, with a cold beer, but cook it nicely on the grill.

Get the big k out you miseries.........

 

[Butch Willykins]

The biggest waste of time is using a disposable BBQ on the beach.

 

[bhawoddy]

Agree, it is a chance for you to show you are the provider, the Alpha Male. It is kind of cheating but the gas powered ones they do these days mean you still get that barbecue taste but it is easier to control the heat so less chance of burning stuff.

Opening vents on the BBQ can regulate heat as required......

 

[beorhthelm]

i sympathise with you, however have an urge to make fire and cook slabs of hunted meat (at supermarket). it makes sence for groups i think, but in place of the family dinner it does seem more hassle than its worth. key thing is to clean the BBQ after use, not leave it two months.

Why anyone would want to cook food when it's hot beats me. Humans can exist on cold food, it's even healthier.

cooked food allows us to gain far more nutrients from foods, more easily. it allows us to eat foods we'd struggle to digest at all. its arguably one of the reasons we have larger brains, because we use less energy digesting and so can have a surplus to fuel the brain instead.

 

[WATFORD zero]

It is kind of cheating but the gas powered ones they do these days mean you still get that barbecue taste but it is easier to control the heat so less chance of burning stuff.

Kind of cheating !!!!! KIND OF CHEATING !!!! You may as well use moisturiser (sp ?) and shave with an electric razor you big wuss

 

[Creaky]

Do some really clean their barbecues

All you have to do is give the grills a knock to get rid of any lumps - brush with oil and get the barbie really hot - you end up with a perfectly carbonised non-stick grill

 

[Hillian1]

IF done correctly, meat on a BBQ, a proper one mind not gas, is superb.

 

[Commander]

I've just been informed by the wife that she is expecting a barbecue this afternoon.

Just taken a look at the rusting hulk sitting in the garden and can't get any enthusiasm for scraping off all the rust and mold just to cook meats that will turn out black on the outside, pink in the middle and taste of soot.

Whats wrong with perfectly grilled meats from the simple to use electric kitchen appliance?

Do I get cleaning, buy a new barbecue of feign injury?

No, you learn how to cook properly. BBQing is the ONLY way to cook a steak, you can't beat it.

 

[dougdeep]

IF done correctly, meat on a BBQ, a proper one mind not gas, is superb.

But 99% of the time it isn't done correctly.

 

[Hillian1]

But 99% of the time it isn't done correctly.

It's done properly 100% of the time on my BBQ, I even take over the cooking at friends houses.

 

[Justice]

I prefer the BBQ smell rather than actually eating the cremated bits of meat that it normally produces.

 

[El Sid]

Will Mr Muscle and Cilit Bang affect the flavour of the sausage?

 

[VAL1850]

The biggest waste of time is using a disposable BBQ on the beach.

And turns the beach into a smelly bonfire site stinking of something akin to aviation fuel

 

[Beach Hut]

The biggest waste of time is using a disposable BBQ on the beach.

Plus the option where someone might stand on it whilst still hot

 

[Acker79]

I had steak earlier in the week, and because the BBQ was out from the previous day I decided to BBQ the steaks (also had a few people over so there were too many to fit in the grill or in the gridle pan). They were gorgeous. One of the best home cooked steaks I've ever had.

Today I am bbqing a whole chicken. Indirect grilling method, tea and paprika rub, did something similar last year, was delicious.


BBQs are more about social cooking, I think. You don't generally get parties where everyone stands in the kitchen watching you cook, whereas BBQs involve everyone hang around together.