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What are your favourite things to cook on the rotisserie?
Hey all! It's been a while! I want to hear what everyone's favourite things to cook on the rotisserie are? We've been using the small Jumbuck rotisserie to cook on forever, mostly chicken and our favourite beef rump cap. Such amazing flavours. What about you? I know there's a lot of owners out there. Favourite foods or…
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How to cook pizza on a barbecue
Difficulty: Beginner It’s quick and easy to make a crispy and delicious home-made pizza on your kettle barbecue that will have friends and family coming back for more. Here’s our simple step-by-step guide how to make pizza on your barbecue. Sponsored Post Video Tutorial Steps Step 1 Mix 500g of pizza flour, 330mL of warm…
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How to cook brisket
Difficulty: Beginner A mainstay of American-style barbecue, the brisket is a huge cut of beef from the chest of the cow. It’s a working muscle that carries a lot of load, making it a highly muscled piece that requires a long cook at low temperature in order to make it perfect to eat. Cook it right and brisket is amazing.…
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Cooking via Hanging - check this out
Hey all, needed to share these highlights from the weekend. I was lucky enough to be representing Heat Beads at Meatstock Melbourne over the weekend. For two days we got to cook on the Meat Wagon, a custom-built trailer with an insulated bed that we filled with charcoal and hung dozens of cuts of meat - lamb, beef, pork,…
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What's your favourite cut of meat to BBQ?
For all the BBQers - what do you like to grill or smoke? What's your favourite cut?
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What is everyone cooking on lockdown?
Wow - strange times! How is everyone coping? Imagine a lot of home projects getting done. I've been cooking up a whole lot, whilst trying to home school three kids. Hectic. But I've managed to shoot a few videos if anyone's interested in trying something new! Beer Can Chicken - works in either a gasser or over charcoal,…
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Lamb rack with homemade mint sauce
Hey all Hope you've all had a cracking start to the year! What's everyone cooking up? We made a lamb rack over Australia Day and it was amazing. Quick vid we made:
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Make your own Xmas Ham
I thought now that we're in November, it's a good time to start thinking about Xmas ham! Here's a how to I did on it a couple of years ago, right from curing it and smoking it, to glazing. https://www.moonshinebbq.com.au/curing-and-smoking-ham/ Has anyone got any awesome glaze recipes they want to share?
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The 2019 BBQ discussion
Hey all Thought I'd get a new thread going to talk BBQ in 2019. I'm hoping to be much more active this year on the community now that I have some more time. So over the break, we had a shot at our own version of the McRib (because let's face it, McDonald's one isn't great) as part of a competition on the Aus BBQ Alliance…
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How to cook pork ribs
Difficulty: Beginner Pork ribs are one of the quickest and easiest barbecue cooks you can do. It’s a multi-step process that takes around three hours. Getting it right makes it easy to knock out multiple racks, which make entertaining easy. Sponsored Post Video Tutorial Steps Step 1 Square the ribs up by removing the bone…
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How to prepare a smoker barbecue for cooking
Difficulty: Beginner A smoker barbecue can cook mouth-watering food, but taking some time to prepare your smoker for a big cook-up is essential. This step-by-step guide is for an offset smoker, where the fire chamber is off to the side, leaving plenty of room in the food chamber for big pieces of meat. Sponsored Post Video…
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How to cook brisket
Hey all, been a while! Lots has been cooking and busy preparing for competition season in a few weeks. Wanted to share a video we shot recently about my favourite low and slow cut - brisket. For many people new to smoking meat, it's one of the more challenging cuts, so hopefully this video will demystify some of it. We did…
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Ideas for your next barbecue
Hey all - what is everyone cooking up this weekend? I'm thinking it's ribs, probably pork, although lamb ribs are pretty on point to smoke at the moment. What's on your grill or smoker?
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How to smoke your own bacon
Hey all Loving some of the BBQ discussions going on here. I know a lot of you are trying smoking for the first time, and I know that everyone loves bacon, so I'm republishing here my method for smoking your own (originally on the Moonshine BBQ blog). Honestly, you will never buy it from the shop again after this. There are…
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The perfect BBQ finisher - what do you use?
Hey all I've become quite partial to a last minute drizzle of smoked honey on anything I've smoked, and also maybe a little smoked salt. Curious to know what everyone else uses? Cheers Ben
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Coffee and BBQ? Sure it works together
One for all the BBQers - have you ever thought of using ground coffee on your meat before cooking it? A few weeks ago I released a new coffee rub, which is an amazing combination of earthy and spice tones. As I told some friends about it though, the general response was "Coffee Rub? How does that work?". So what better was…
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How to maintain long consistent barbecue heat
One of the big challenges with cooking low and slow is maintaining heat for extended period of time (often 10-12 hours) while keeping the heat indirect. The best method for doing so in a Weber-style kettle is to use what it commonly referred to as the snake method. Using your chosen fuel (works particularly well with Heat…
