Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m Helix (yes, it’s my name. Yes, my parents were hippies, why do you ask..?), a chef-owner from the UK, but with little experience with BBQ or cooking over real fire beyond pretty basic grilling.
BBQ isn’t really a "thing" here. In my city (only 250,000ish people) there is only one BBQ place that I know of, and it’s part of a small chain. It is starting to grow in popularity in bigger cities though, I've been to a few good places in London. Nothing has really blown me away though, and when I see what Americans are cooking just in their back yards on a regular weekend I find it quite depressing how bad we are. The reputation is burned sausages, dry burgers, and undercooked salmonella chicken. Being invited for a BBQ here is just an excuse to drink beer in the sun, which is fun, but feed me properly too!
I try to learn a new skill each year to improve my knowledge, and I picked up a Pit Barrel Cooker at a great price last week so decided BBQ (and more generally cooking over fire) was what I’d focus on for 2022. I recently watched a Netflix BBQ show about Lennox Hastie and thought his ideas and methods were really exciting. This is where I’m starting.
While I'll begin by trying some ribs and some brisket just to get the idea of how it works, I'm not trying to just do a poor copy of all the American classics. My family are particularly keen on lamb and duck and I have a vegetarian daughter, so I'm going to try to find a way to bring that all together in to meals we all enjoy. I've no idea how it'll go, but it'll be fun finding out.
Anyway sorry, that's just an unnecessarily long way of saying "hello, I'll be around for a bit"
Helix.
BBQ isn’t really a "thing" here. In my city (only 250,000ish people) there is only one BBQ place that I know of, and it’s part of a small chain. It is starting to grow in popularity in bigger cities though, I've been to a few good places in London. Nothing has really blown me away though, and when I see what Americans are cooking just in their back yards on a regular weekend I find it quite depressing how bad we are. The reputation is burned sausages, dry burgers, and undercooked salmonella chicken. Being invited for a BBQ here is just an excuse to drink beer in the sun, which is fun, but feed me properly too!
I try to learn a new skill each year to improve my knowledge, and I picked up a Pit Barrel Cooker at a great price last week so decided BBQ (and more generally cooking over fire) was what I’d focus on for 2022. I recently watched a Netflix BBQ show about Lennox Hastie and thought his ideas and methods were really exciting. This is where I’m starting.
While I'll begin by trying some ribs and some brisket just to get the idea of how it works, I'm not trying to just do a poor copy of all the American classics. My family are particularly keen on lamb and duck and I have a vegetarian daughter, so I'm going to try to find a way to bring that all together in to meals we all enjoy. I've no idea how it'll go, but it'll be fun finding out.
Anyway sorry, that's just an unnecessarily long way of saying "hello, I'll be around for a bit"
Helix.
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