1. Thou shalt not cook when you’re cold
Always bring meat back to room temperature so it cooks evenly |
2. Thou shall rest after barbecueing
You can rest later, but a steak needs a few minutes somewhere warm for the juices to settle back in the fibres of the meat- longer for roasts |
3. Thou shalt not torture the steaks
Turn your steak once, not twice and certainly not twenty times if you want a nice caramelised crust on it |
4. Thou shalt not poke the sausages
Spearing the sausages not only dries them out, but lets the fat onto the naked flame so they turn to charcoal |
5. Thou shalt clean the hotplate
Just because the hotplate gets very hot, it doesn’t mean that the layer of grease, insects and worse from your last barbie will disappear |
6. Thou shalt not poison the guests
Don’t put cooked meat back on the plate that it came to the barbecue on raw; the same applies to putting uncooked leftover marinade on cooked meat |
7. Thou shalt eat wonderful food
Just because it’s ‘only a barbecue’ is not an excuse to eat third rate produce- buy the best you can afford and enjoy its quality |
8. Thou shalt not feed fat to the char grill
Cooking fatty meats like chops on the grill makes sense because the fat runs out , but it catches fire and incinerates the meat- cook your chops on the hotplate first and finish them on the char grill |
9. Thou shalt think bigger than steaks and bangers
Try dishes from around the world and have a go at slow cooking, dry rubs and smoking |
10. Thou shalt enjoy yourself
What else could you do at an aussie barbie? |
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