BBQ - From Beginner to pro: Grilling, Smoking and Cooking

Although cooking on gas is one of the simpler ways to Barbecue there are still a lot of tips and tricks that will help you get better results. 

Barbecue is all about controlling the temperature this lesson will cover two of the major methods of placing coals to control the temperature for your cook.

This shows the minion method in practice on a drum smoker

Preparing your chicken wings correctly will make it much easier to get great results from your BBQ

We cover different ways of preparing chicken drumsticks so that you have lots of options.

This lesson will help you get your BBQ ready for the chicken pieces.

Although this is a simple step in the grilling process it is still very important.

Keeping an eye on your chicken will help make sure that your food is cooked correctly

Helps you understand when to take your chicken off the grill

This part of the chicken preparation will help you Spatchcock a chicken.  This is a method that will help your chicken cook more evenly and quickly. 

Getting your whole chicken ready for the Beer Can chicken method of cooking a popular way of ensuring moist, tender, flavourful chicken.

Throughout this whole course we have used lots of different styles of BBQ this one shows how to light the barrel smoker a common type of BBQ.

We've used the offset smoker in other lessons, and you can still certainly use it for whole chickens but this shows why to consider the kettle or drum smoker if you have the chance.

This will simplify your calculation of cooking time.  You're still going to use the temperature checks to confirm as with everything in the whole course, but this will help you plan how long you need.

Setting up the offset smoker is an important part of your barbecue process

Filling up and lighting the charcoal is necessary to get your offset smoker up to temperature.

The transition between coals into the first wood for your barbecue will go much smoother after watching this lesson.

The final steps and adding wood to your offset smoker so that it is ready for the meat you are gong to barbecue.

Seasoning your pork butt and preparing it will make sure that your final barbecue results are as tasty as possible

Spritzing ensures that your barbecue food remains moist

Once you've imparted the smoky flavour to your meat it's time to wrap it

Minimum temperature is extremely important, but just how far over the minimum should you cook your meat.  This lesson will guide you to the ideal consistency for BBQ pulled pork.

Tasting your BBQ food is perhaps the best part of the BBQ process :-)

Getting your offset smoker ready for the BBQ ribs

Seasoning and preparing your ribs ready for the BBQ

Once you've imparted the smoky flavour its time to wrap your BBQ ribs

The all important taste test, lets see how these Barbecue ribs turned out !