The Art of BBQ
Gone are the days when an anaemic sausage and burnt chicken legs were considered a BBQ. Now - mainly thanks to our American cousins - and the rest of us getting in on the act - the Art of BBQ has become more accessible than ever before. From the choice of grills and BBQ kit to Celebrity-chef restaurants, street-food, cook-books, sauces and rubs, along with schools like mine, everyone can be a BBQ champion. No experience necessary!
What is Texas-style BBQ
The most well-known dishes in Texas-style BBQ are Pork ribs, Beef brisket and meat sausage. Texas-style usually refers to the way the dishes are prepared; smoked over wood, the smoke acting like a seasoning. Done right, the smoke and 'low and slow' method of cooking, transforms ordinary, tough cuts of meat to a thing of taste-perfection to be eaten as is or used in multiple dishes.
In the UK we tend to use Apple, Beech, Cherry, Oak and Hickory, each wood providing different smoke flavour to different meats. The best bit is experimenting!
My Texas-style BBQ class will include some or all of these dishes alongside smoked Turkey Crown (you will never cook your Christmas turkey in the oven again), chicken wings, blackened fish, veggies and sides such as; spiced potatoes, US-Style Cheddar ‘biscuits’, jalapeno slaw, Burnt End nachos, even puddings will be cooked on the BBQ.
Good results come from good ingredients.
I work closely with three Norfolk butchers, Whites Butchers, Archers Butchers and Beast to Block. All three butchers always produce top-quality cuts as well as offering sound advice on butchering and cooking. They are also BBQ converts!
All the fuel, kit and caboodle...
The Irish Egg BBQ School has multiple grills or Barbecues on which you will learn and can try out. Whatever fire-kit you have at home, a class will increase your confidence in ‘grill-skills’ and getting the most out of your own Barbecue.
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You'll be shown how to use different Barbecues such as; a Leviathan Pits off-set smoker; a ‘Santa Maria’ grill; a Fire Cage grill; a Traeger wood-pellet grill; back garden, favourite Weber and of course, the Big Green Egg.
As a Big Green Egg associate dealer, along with cooking on them at my School, you will have the opportunity to ‘try before you buy’. If you’re unsure about a ceramic Barbecue and/or have never cooked on one before, I promise it will change your life and the way you cook for good. No more dragging out the BBQ twice a year when the sun shines!
You can purchase directly from me and there is other Big Green Egg branded merchandise for sale, along with local sustainable charcoal Norfolk Charcoal, sauces from Waz BBQ Hut and rubs from Smokey Rebel, The Rusty BBQ Company and 'Dragons Den' alumni Lumberjaxe Food Company.
