Local Pork Spare Ribs on the Cactus Jack

It’s autumn and traditionally smoker time though like most of you I use my BBQ’s all year. Still the offset smoker needs to be mastered and last week I smoked some beef silverside and a haunch of venison on our Cactus Jack offset smoker for our Fire Shack event. I must have done a good […]

Waiting For The Sun!

Something I hear a reasonable amount is “I haven’t barbecued much this year as it hasn’t really been sunny”. As someone that not only enjoys the process of creating marvellous food I enjoy consuming it more and I’m not waiting for the sun to do that! Us Brits need to expand our culinary horizons as […]

So Which Coffee System is Best For Me?

As you can imagine I get asked this question a few times in a week and in fairness for the person just getting into their coffee it is a fair question.

Who Wants an Americano?

So with the introduction of The Coffee Shack to The Barbecue Shack business I thought I would run a quick demo on making an Americano on our Gaggia Classic demo machine.

Steaks From a Topside of Beef

“What?” I hear you cry. “Why?” I also hear people crying. Why not I say. My Father-in-Law insists on buying meat from dubious sources and bringing it home for me to deal with, almost like a challenge!

Fancy A Cuppa?

To be fair I would normally associate this phrase with asking if you would like a cup of tea, which is a drink that poor people and Northerners are forced to drink

The Blackstones Have Arrived!

I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Blackstone Griddles for weeks and now they have finally arrived. But do they cook as good as they look?

All Our Barbecues (for now)

I though I would do a quick video showing the 44 barbecues, smokers and pizza ovens that we currently have on display even though we have more due with us in the form of Blackstone Grills.