Today you can buy many cheap gas fired barbeques that run off propane and are easy to use and clean. However, these barbeques do not produce a “real” barbeque result.
In fact they are nothing more than a portable stove or gas hob that you can use outdoors and your food will miss out on that unique barbeque flavor.
How to barbeque properly
The key to barbequing properly is being able to use an outdoor burner, stove or open cooking oven that can accommodate different fuel types.
Real BBQ food gets much of its taste from the smoking effect that the burning fuel has on the meats, vegetables and fruits. So being able to burn different materials, and vary the materials being fired during the cooking process, dramatically affects the final taste.
The best barbeques are fire pits and chimeneas because these allow you to burn coal or wood and supplement the cooking by adding any number of herbs or spices to the “burn area”.
This allows the food to be infused with these extra tastes and smells and it means that the food cooks as much by the smoking as it does… Continue reading