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It's National BBQ Week 2026
celebrating 30 years of
Better BBQ & Gastro-grilling
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May 25th - 31st

This year's 30th National BBQ Week offers all the best Barbi facts, tips, advice & recipes to help you celebrate all the fun and enjoyment of BBQ & eating alfresco!

National BBQ Week returns for a record-breaking 30th time this year, bringing you all the very best in brilliant Barbi Tips, Advice, Recipes + BBQ Facts & Legends of the Grill and so much more, right here, in fact everything you’ll ever need to know about BBQ’ing to help get the best from your Barbi summer – Enjoy! And the 25th Gastro Alfresco event starts Monday June 8nd where you can find lots of alfresco eating & entertaining tips, advice & recipes: gastro-alfresco.co.uk

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Today’s Gorgeous Gastro-grilling recipe
We’ll be featuring one of our favourite BBQ recipes every day, and today that's...
Sensational Salt-bath Sardines

Sensational Salt-bath Sardines

Sardines and mackerel are two of the very best BBQ fish, although my personal favourite is the sardine! Encased in sea-salt, quickly grilled, (guts-in) then drizzled with a strong green extra virgin olive oil with a hearty squeeze of limes, simply sublime!

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BIG money-saving BBQ hacks & recipes

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BBQ's - Then & Now!

Find out how BBQ’s have changed over the years.

BBQ history from 'the 50's to today!
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Today’s Better BBQ Advice

Here’s some great Top Barbi Tips & Advice on how to be a Better BBQ’er...

BBQ Advice No. 5
Grill is Good!

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Even the way that barbecued food is cooked is healthier, with the idea that a BBQ is a ‘fat reducing machine’, being not too far from the truth, as fats tend to ‘evaporate’ during the grilling process, which also enhances flavour. BBQ’ed food also arguably retains more nutritional content; so, grilling is good!

Top BBQ Facts

Here are some brilliant Barbi tips to help you get the very best out of your BBQ and alfresco eating & entertaining this summer!

BBQ Fact No. 10
Homes full of Barbi's!

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21% of all households now have 2 BBQ grills and 8% 3 or more. Traditional US ‘smoker’ BBQs are becoming more popular and are now in 3.3% of all homes. 7% of all households now have some form of outdoor kitchen.

Legends of the Grill?

Here are some of the most surprising and possibly (un)believable BBQ stories that we’ve come across over the years…

Legend No.2 - Longest ever running BBQ party!

Is supposed to have been a beach BBQ in Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1995 which allegedly lasted for seven months until fatigue and a lack of anymore ‘jerked’ food, drink or money brought this mammoth grill-in to a halt.

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