National BBQ Week

Found out today that May 25th to May 31st is National BBQ Week here in the UK and I for one cannot wait.

I have never shown an interest in any of the other 12 National Barbecue weeks but this year I figured, given the amount of people now finding their way to our BBQ ramblings, that I should give it a big plug.

I also thought I should share my absolute number one BBQ’ing tip!

So, here it is, drum roll please for this earth shattering BBQ revelation; use baskets for cooking your food… there it is. Can you cope with the excitement?

Ok, so maybe a bit more of an explanation… by putting your food in baskets and cooking them on the grill you make your own life so much easier.

- Baskets make it to consistently turn your food and make sure it is cooked evenly

- Baskets are easier to pick up and move food around the grill away from hot spots

- Baskets are easy to clean, just bang them on the grill when the food is removed and then place them on the grill when it is at its hottest on your next BBQ

- It stops bits of meat, fish or veg from falling off kebabs (always bleeding happens usually).

- You don’t have to scrape your BBQ grill as food rarely actually touches it

All in all, baskets are the best way to cook on a BarBeCue and I cannot recommend them enough.

My favourite basket is a long handled one such as this very afordable Loofthouse Cooking Basket BBQ Accessory available from Cowshed for £34.99 via Amazon. Great value for money…

Oh yeah, and for more information about the UK’s National BBQ Week on May 25th visit http://www.NationalBBQWeek.co.uk