Aussie BBQ Forum

G'day Phil, Thanks for your reply mate. Yeah I think the heatbeads are pretty good quality here in Australia so they are the no 1 choice but as you say about that nuttiness taste can still be enjoyed if it was a 60/40 or even a 70/30 split. 70% heatbeads and 30% lump charcoal. Franklins supermarket ...

Phil, With Briquettes I do have good overall success managing my temps by using the bottom ( & sometimes top)vents of the Performer although it takes constant monitoring (but that's half the fun of BBQ isn't it). I haven't had much experience with Lump, I do have some I bought from BBQ's Galore ...

Hi Folks, I was hangin out for the Coles Brochure last weekend as I knew that Coles were going to have a discount sale on 4 KG bags of Heatbeads although I didn't know how much it would be discounted by untill it was announced (i got a heads up about this from Heatbeads office lady). Lo & Behold...

G'day Paul & Phil (Captain Cook), Yeah I used a fair bit of charcoal because i was trying for a long burn and wasn't sure how long it'd take to burn down. Next time I won't use as much and I'll also put some water in the pan under the food. I was going to do that but I thought it might've been a...

Recently I've been doing a lot of reading on the Minion method which is commonly used in smokers to get a longer lasting fire and thought,"I wonder if it'll work in the kettle", so I went out and bought a fresh bag of heatbead briquettes and a 2.2kg Pork shoulder. Ok, I placed a combinatio...

I Guess a perfect Steak means different things to different people, some like it redder than a Kings cross lamplight,Others like it like an old leather boot. Me?, I like it just a light pink inside and juicy. I probably prefer either a Scotch Fillet or T-bone and usually cook it on my Q120 (baby Q w...

G'day folks, I'm Davo from the Campbelltown area of Sydney and after being contacted by Paul and directed to this site,I decided to join up and become part of an Australian Favourite pastime...BBQs Yep, although we do it different to our American friends, we all have one thing in common, the love of...