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Cats are carnivores so they love the smell of cooking meat on the BBQ. But should you feed your feline BBQ if they turn up at the table looking for scraps? BBQ is potentially poisonous for cats due to its high salt content, so avoid feeding them spicy foods or marinated meats. You should also …
There’s nothing better than firing up the BBQ for an outdoor feast, but won’t all that smoke make your clothes and washing smell? BBQ makes both the clothes you’re wearing smell of smoke, plus any washing that’s drying nearby – including your neighbors’. However, there are many effective ways to get the smoky smell out …
Will BBQ Make My Clothes Smell? (And My Washing?) Read More »
We all love delicious BBQ brisket with some white bread and salad, but can you freeze it if there’s leftovers? After all, it’s a shame to waste all that mouthwatering flavor. BBQ brisket freezes very well as long as you wrap the slices tightly in foil and seal them in freezer bags, keeping all the …
Does Cooked BBQ Brisket Freeze Well? (How Do You Reheat It?) Read More »
There’s nothing more mouthwatering than hot BBQ fresh off the grill, smothered in BBQ sauce. But do you make the sauce with ketchup in it or not? Depending on which recipe you’re using, BBQ sauce can have ketchup in it. However, there are also many delicious recipes for BBQ sauce that don’t contain tomato sauce. …
That BBQ chicken was so delicious right? You don’t want to throw out the leftovers, so you can pop them in the fridge or freezer and reheat them another day. BBQ chicken can be reheated provided the temperature reaches 165°F, which is high enough to kill common bacteria. Salmonella is destroyed when food reaches 150°F, …
You’ve been looking out of the window at that tired old BBQ going rusty for weeks now – but restoring it to it’s former glory needn’t be a big job. I’m about to make your life a whole lot easy. BBQ paint does not need primer if your prepare the surface properly and apply two …
Does BBQ Paint Need Primer? (Essential Information) Read More »
Our family has owned both a round and double square pie iron for years, and we cook with them on the fire in the garden and on holiday at the beach and in the mountains. You use a pie iron by spraying both inside plates with cooking oil, then adding in your bread, pastry and …
How To Use a Pie Iron (For Cooking Outside or Camping) Read More »
We’ve been cooking outside with our kotlich set for years now, and they’re a versatile and highly portable addition to your outdoor kitchen kit. Kotlich is a Serbo-Croat name (also known as bogracs in Hungarian), and a kotlich set consists of an enamel cooking pot and circular grill that hangs from an adjustable portable tripod …
