Hello, and welcome to The Barbecue Hut. My name’s Les Brand, I live in the North East of England, and it’s my passion for barbecuing that’s led to the creation of the ‘hut’.

What can You Find In The Hut?

The aim. of The Barbecue Hut is to provide information, ideas, hints and tips for all barbecuing enthusiasts. Whether you’re a beginner looking to buy your first barbeque grill or smoker. Or an experienced barbeque chef looking for new recipes.

My first attempts at barbecue cooking was carried out on a small charcoal grill. With basic store bought food like burgers, sausages, chicken pieces and kebabs. As my interest increased I bought marinated meat. All store bought, but it was another step up the ‘barbecue ladder’.

I soon realised that my small grill wasn’t big enough and bought something bigger. A friend had a barbeque with a hood on it.

"What’s that for?", I asked.
"To keep the wind and rain off the food", he said.

It was another few years later that I found out the real purpose of a hooded bbq.

And that’s how I progressed over the years. Learning how to use barbecue grills and smokers more effectively. Trying out new recipes and adapting them to suit my own tastes.

Adapting recipes, by the way, is what I suggest to you. Use a recipe as a staring point and change it to suit your own preferences and availability of ingredients. Experiment and enjoy your BBQ cooking.

I created The Barbecue Hut to help other people, like, to get the very best from your barbecuing experiences. The information in the ‘hut’ is there to help you make informed decisions when choosing barbecue equipment.

You’ll save money because you’ll know what’s available. How many times have you bought an item to find that within a short period you’re upgrading. Wishing that you’d known what was available before your made your initial purchase.

What Information Can You Find In The Barbecue Hut?

Here’s some of the information that you’ll find in the ‘hut’.

Barbecue Grills are covered in depth. From the basic use once and throw away grill, to the outdoor kitchens known as barbecue islands.

Barbecue Smokers are the next step up from a barbecue grill. Used extensively in the USA, these items are gaining popularity throughout the rest of the barbecuing world. If you’ve never had barbecue smoked food, you don’t know what you’re missing.

Barbecue Accessories. We’ve all done it. We’ve bought the latest barbecue gadgets, or been given them as presents, only to use once or twice and then discard to the back of a cupboard. This section of the ‘hut’ tells you what accessories are essential and what’s not.

Barbecue Recipes, all for free , for you to use. I’m constantly adding to these pages so please keep coming back. These are recipes that I use myself. Some I’ve made up completely myself, some have been given by friends and some are adaptations from books and magazines.

The Chargrill Chat newsletter. This is a free newsletter sent only to subscribers. It’s free of charge, and sent out about once every month. I’m constantly adding new information and barbecue recipes to the ‘hut’. This is your best way of finding out what’s new.