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Nearly 30 year’s of Better BBQ & Gastro-grilling | The 29th National BBQ Week – May 26th – June 1st 2025

The 29th National BBQ Week

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But after 28th years of Better BBQ and Gastro Grilling we've also decided we need a short break in order to prepare for next year's BBQ extravaganza where we'll be celebrating 30 years of 'Going for the Grill'!

Yes, believe it or not, after 28 years of highly enjoyable BBQ’ing and as next year we’ll reach the record-breaking milestone of 30 years of Grill Glory, we’ve decided that a well-earned summer rest is needed so that we can begin planning for our BIGGEST-EVER celebration of Better BBQ and Gastro Grilling in summer 2026. 

But don’t worry, we’re still around and of course you can still find 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!

Today’s Gorgeous Gastro-grilling recipe
We’ll be featuring one of our favourite BBQ recipes every day, and today that's...
Marvellous Miso, Mustard & Sesame Aubergines

Marvellous Miso, Mustard & Sesame Aubergines

As if it needed to be proved here is a superb and simple example of a vegetable that’s just great on the grill. Aubergine is in my opinion vastly underrated; the Miso and sesame add a wonderfully oriental flavour, balanced by the Dijon and honey!

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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 Brilliant BBQ Tip

Here’s a great Barbi Top Tip on how to be a Better BBQ’er...

BBQ Tip 7 – Follow Smoky Joe

Enhancing that true smoky BBQ taste is best done on charcoal by throwing wet wood chips, herb branches on the coals. Try different types of wood, apple is good or vine clippings. A similar, although not quite as good, a similar effect can be achieved on a gas grill with a lava rock bed. Or by placing an oven tray to the side of the gas diffuser bars, but remember to soak your wood chips, herb or vine branches

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Top 20 BBQ Facts

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

BBQ FACT 5

Although BBQ & alfresco eating has now become a standard alternative summer meal format with nearly half the population now considering it as normal to BBQ or eat outside during the summer. However paradoxically and perhaps as a continuing hangover from the Lockdown, alfresco eating occasions are still perceived to be somewhat of an indulgence or treat, with 33% likening BBQ to a dinner party in terms of entertainment value!

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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…

Largest-ever sing;e BBQ cook-off!

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Following a bet, the largest ever single BBQ cook-off occurred in 1999 in Kansas City when 5 steers were roasted in a huge pit for nearly 2 days, with a 100 gallons of BBQ sauce, the subsequent grill-fest lasted for a further 3 days and fed over 175 hungry BBQ fans.

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Just 116 days to go till return of 29th National BBQ Week, May 26-June 1 2025, celebrating nearly 30 years of gastro-grilling, find out more https://nationalbbqweek.info

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Day 2 at the Great Yorkshire Show and the sun's shining, yippee! A really busy day with crowds of vistors all keen to try the alfresco fayre on offer! Let's hope tomorrow is a s sunny & busy 😉https://gastro-alfresco.co.uk

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What a wet & windy first day at the Great Yorkshire Show! Despite Monday being sunny , Tuesday had torrential rain! Oh well they're a hardy lot in Yorkshire, so although soggy they still came out to try our alfresco fayre! https://nationalbbqweek.co.uk

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