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We are sure you are all now gearing up for New Year’s Eve, albeit dreaming of some rest after the silly season!
We have compiled a few suggestions of our most simple BBQ recipes that you can whip up in no time to aid your recovery…
From all of us at Heat Beads®, we wish you a happy and prosperous new year full of lots of fun char-grilling!
‘Tis the season for gathering with family and friends, at what seems like a never ending list of pre-Christmas events. If you are as enthusiastic about grilling as we are, then some of these events are bound to involve a BBQ for cooking the turkey or a seafood feast! Here is a list of the ‘what not to do’s’ to help get you through the day.
1. Don’t forget to stock up on everything you require for a successful BBQ ahead of time, as most stores are closed on Christmas Day. We compiled a list of all the ingredients needed for a successful BBQ, earlier in the year that we recommend you use as a checklist.
2. Don’t play with fire, remember to take BBQ safety seriously; you don’t want to be remembered as the person who ruined Christmas by accidentally setting Aunty Magnus alight! If you need a refresher course, have a look at the BBQ safety tips we compiled earlier in the year.
3. As Grill Maestro states, try not to be ‘that guy’. He found an opinion poll released during the year by the HPBA (Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association) on the worst BBQ attendees, click here to view the BBQ ‘D’ List.
4. Don’t drink too much, especially if the family are relying on you to BBQ the perfect turkey or seafood feast!
5. Don’t forget to clean your BBQ after you’re done. It is easy to get carried away with entertaining and forget to clean up after yourself, but no o
ne likes to find a dirty grill or kettle the next time the BBQ calls. According to Vlado Gregurek of Vlado’s - one of Australia’s most renowned steak houses, after cleaning your grill with a steel brush, continue cleaning with a clean cloth and warm water (with gloves on of course!).
The Heat Beads® Team wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Don’t forget to check our tips for cooking the perfect Christmas turkey.
Presented by The Age, the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival plays host to a diverse range of exciting food and wine events across 17 delicious days during March 2009.
On Saturday 14th March 2009, Connex Sizzle! - Melbourne’s biggest ‘backyard’ BBQ - is being sponsored by Heat Beads®.
Ben O’Donoghue of “Surfing the Menu” fame (+ much more) will be the MC of the Connex Sizzle! and will delight the crowd with a demo from his new BBQ recipe book later in the day.
Featured also will be a variety of sizzling barbeque dishes, including five different international recipes - cooked over Heat Beads® Barbeque Briquettes of course! These fabulous recipes will be prepared and cooked by leading Melbourne chefs AND we hope, enjoyed by you!
We hope you can come join in the fun at this great BBQ event on Saturday 14th March 2009, 12-9pm at the Global Chargrill BBQ Plaza on the River Terrace at Fed Square.
Plenty of great BBQ’s are assured this Christmas at the home of Maddy Brown from Claremont in Western Australia, winner of our November BBQ Recipe Competition. Maddy dazzled us with her recipe for Chilli Ginger and Lime Salmon - doesn’t it look delicious. Test it out yourselves at home.
The brand new Heat Beads® Entertainer BBQ is on its way to you Maddy. Maddy tells us her old BBQ was really on its last legs, so the Entertainer couldn’t be going to a better home!
Chilli Ginger and Lime Salmon
Ingredients
Salmon Steaks
Stones Green Ginger Wine
Red and Green Chillies, diced
1 Fresh Lime
3 Lime leaves, shredded
Method
Marinate salmon steaks in Stones green ginger wine, diced red and green chilli, the juice of a fresh lime and 3 shredded lime leaves.
Light up the coals and when they glow, its time to go! Cook salmon ’till beautifully griddle marks appear on the outside, but still succulent on the inside.
Enjoy!
A Stress Free BBQ Christmas Meal
It seems like every year Christmas just sneaks up on us, and 2008 is no exception! Shopping centres are clogged with frenzied shoppers trying to find perfect gifts and fresh food for the special day. With this in mind, the Heat Beads® Team have put together some tips and tools to take the stress out of the upcoming holiday, so that you can cook the perfect turkey!
Click here to view our turkey cooking tips.
Bird Cooking Time Calculator
Not cooking a turkey? Never fear, because Heat Beads® turkey cook time calculator will allow you to roast or smoke any bird to perfection, over live coals.
All you have to do is enter the size of the bird and the time you wish to eat. The calculator will tell you what time to light your Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes, how many to use, the total cooking time that is required and how many people you will be able to serve. Click here to use the calculator.
The Heat Beads® Turkey Recipe
Click here to view this very special recipe with mouth-watering stuffing.
Instructional Cooking Video
Cooking the perfect turkey is easy! Just watch the fantastic Heat Beads® instructional video, to see this great recipe in action.
This exclusive premium content video will provide you with all the tips and tricks to cook a succulent turkey and save you time on the special day. Click here to login in to premium content and view the video.
NB: You must be a subscriber to the Heat Beads® Newsletter to access the premium content section. To subscribe, click here.
Well done to all those who participated in Movember this year, particularly to the men from the Heat Beads® Team: Damien, Jason and Malcolm. Congratulations to Jason who was awarded with the best office Mo. All your contributions to this great cause were greatly appreciated, with the men raising nearly $1, 000 for the cause between them!
Australians were by far the greatest supporters of Movember across the globe this year with 124, 206 people banding together to raise a grand total of AUD$12, 277, 200 for men’s health issues! Our closest competitor was the UK with 16, 067 people participating to raise AUD$3, 208, 395.
Why not try our recipe for Glazed Christmas Ham, that will make a fantastic centre piece at your Christmas lunch or dinner? 
Heat Beads® is proud to announce the release of its new BBQ accessories range. The range includes a grill brush, spatula, BBQ starter, and platform. The new accessories are available from the Heat Beads® Online Store.
Feeling inspired by the upcoming festive season and the promise of fine summer weather? Well, now is the time to pull out your BBQ from under the carport and try out an American classic, marinated ribs.
The recipe for the ‘Stickiest Tastiest Ribs Marinade’ comes from Brendan Sheedy who says he created this recipe by ‘putting together all the stickiest and tastiest things I ever had in a BBQ marinade’. And whaddya know? This recipe proves to be addictive with Brendan stating, ‘there ain’t enough hogs on this planet to sate my appetite once I get going with this one!’
Click here to view this fantastic BBQ marinade recipe.
Heat Beads® has just launched an online shop so that you can buy Heat Beads® accessories and have them delivered to your door before Christmas. The online store is perfect for your Christmas Shopping!
To celebrate the launch of our new website, we are offering our BBQ News subscribers the chance to win a brand new Heat Beads® Entertainer BBQ!
Get in quick; the first 20 current subscribers and 20 new subscribers to enter will be in the running for the prize. All you have to do is send us your favourite char grill BBQ Recipe* along with a photo of your char grilled creation cooked on Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes, whether its on a camp oven, BBQ, Spit, Cobb cooker or even a tyre rim!! Email your entry to heatbeads_news@auschar.com.au. (The images must a minimum of 400kb and maximum of 2MB).
We are always looking out for new, original and inventive recipes (come on guys, get creative - no copy and pasting!). This could be your 15 minutes of fame with the winning recipe featured as our recipe of the month.
Please remember, you must be a BBQ News subscriber to enter, click here to subscribe.
* The Heat Beads® Company will retain unlimited use of all recipes entered in the competition and these may be included in the Recipes section of the Heat Beads® website, blog, or for various marketing activities (entrants will be acknowledged).