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Buying a BBQ Grill

There's nothing like the taste and smell of barbecue food, whether it be cooked on charcoal or gas, on a grill, or in a smoker. There really is nothing quite like it. Choosing the right BBQ grill is essential in providing you and your guests with the taste and flavors that your food deserves.

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You will also find a huge selection of outdoor cooking accessories there too, including utensils, wood chips and spare parts. Enter our BBQ store here, or read on for more information on the specifics of different grills and smokers.

Barbecue Grills and Smokers

There are electric barbecue grills and smokers, charcoal BBQ smokers, or wood burning water barbeque smokers. They come in all shapes and sizes and can be used for private use or professionally.

Many smokers use water to regulate temperature instead of dampers. Any time you use dampers to control temperature on barbecue smokers you can get too much smoke on the meat and temperature is hard to control.

For that reason, water smokers seem to becoming more popular because many are less expensive than their Wood Smoker counterparts and require less time maintaining the cooking temperatures.

Manufacturers and suppliers of barbecue grills include the Big Green Egg, Bradley smokers, Brinkmann, Cobb original bbq or the premier Cobb bbq, Hibachi, Kamado, Klose, Landmann, Weber, Ducane, Outback, Outdoor Chef, Primo, Cinders, Broil King, Sunshine, Beauclaire, Cadac, Traeger, Napoleon.

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Types of barbecue grill

Gas barbecue grills

Some barbecue gas grills are available at your local hardware shop or garden centre, with a greater selection of models being available from a specialist barbecue retailer or an online barbecue store.

Gas barbecues are becoming more popular as many people consider them to be more convenient as they are generally more convenient and versatile to use than some charcoal, electric or wood grills. Gas barbecues also benefit from being aesthetically pleasing and often make a special feature of your outdoor living space.

All gas barbecue grills benefit from:

Easy to light and ready to cook in minutes

Quick and simple heat regulation

Imparts its own distinct "off-the-grill" flavour

Convenient and versatile with many optional extras

Cleaner cooking, and easier to clean

Can be tricky to set up initially

Good for entertaining large groups due to speed of cooking

Charcoal barbecue grills

Arguably, nothing beats the taste of food cooked on a charcoal barbecue. Charcoal barbecues provide heat from below the grill which emanates from the glowing embers.

The heat and smoke gives the meat or vegetables a distinctive BBQed appearance and taste. On most charcoal barbecue models, the heat is adjusted by simply raising or lowering the level at which the grill is set.

All charcoal barbecues benefit from:

Common choice favoured for its delicious flavoursome smokey taste
Highly portable, superb option for any outdoor situation
Inexpensive to purchase and to run
Very simple to set up and requires no gas bottle
Most charcoal barbecues take over 20 minutes to get to cooking temperatures

Electric barbecue grills

Electric garden barbecues are equipped with a grill, like charcoal barbecues., and are suitable for indoor use as well as outdoors. They are are convenient and easy to use and don't take up a lot of space. Electric barbecues are also convenient, very little smoke if any is produced and there is usually an adjustable thermostat that controls the heating.

Electric barbecue grills are well suited for places where space is limited, or where other forms of barbecue grills are not allowed.

Choosing a BBQ grill

When it comes to choosing between the three main fuel types of BBQ grill, there is often little information to hand that helps to explain the small details. This information usually only comes through trial and error of owning a BBQ grill of a certain type for some time, having fathomed out what works and what doesn't. Don't worry, help is at hand, and we can help show you how to go about choosing a BBQ grill.

Wood Pellet Barbecue grills

Traeger barbecues were the originators of the wood pellet grill, probably amongst the most versatile cooking appliances you can own. Each of their distinctive grills allows you to bbq, grill, smoke, and bake using 100% hardwood barbecue pellets.

The barbecue grill burns compressed hardwood pellets as fuel. The specialised pellets are made from pure, compressed sawdust and are made especially for this type of grill without the addition chemical additives.

Portable BBQ grills

When you are on a trip in the great outdoors, camping, fishing or visiting friends and family on a short break, a freestanding BBQ is sometimes too large for the occasion, making ideal for external use such as a small garden barbecue.

Many manufacturers, including leading companies, such as Weber, Kamado, and Cobb, all offer scaled-down portable BBQ grills that are perfect for use when ease of transportation is required and you are catering for a smaller number of people.

Ranging in price from $30 upwards, portable BBQ grills are available to suit all budgets and requirements, and run on gas, charcoal and even electricity making them just as versatible as their larger counterparts, the question is, what should you be looking for when choosing a portable BBQ? Read our informative portable BBQ guide which will help you make an educated decision when buying your next grill.

BBQ cleaning - How to keep your barbecue grill clean

Cooking on a barbecue grill is an enjoyable pursuit for many of us, but there is a single (quite large), drawback. Cleaning the BBQ afterwards!

Removing the caked-on gunk after a session with your pride and joy is one of those chore's that we all dread. So it's time to put on the gloves, break out the cleaning fluids, and set to work on the grills and hoods before your next bbq meal.

Thankfully, cleaning your BBQ grill doesn't have to be an arduous job, and armed with some useful hints and tips, your next cleaning session will run much more smoothly and take you a great deal less time. The best bit is that you will get better results too.

Take a look at our bbq cleaning article and make your bbq grill shine like it never has before. You may also want to check up on barbecue hygiene and barbecue safety as well to ensure that your outdoor cooking goes without a hitch.

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