Apparently there is more than one way to build a BBQ, as heard on Sunday night on the Cooda Beens on ABC Radio. One listener who spent a lot of time in New Caledonia where BBQ’s are scarce says truck rims make an excellent BBQ base. When filled with Heat Beads^® BBQ Briquettes and topped with a grill plate, they provide a cost effective option. They are said to last up to two years due to the thickness of the steel.

This brilliant flash of inspiration got us at the Heat Beads^® Headquarters thinking what other pre-loved items we knew of, that are used to produce a make-shift BBQ. To name just a few:

- A VW Golf Trailer as featured in our blog a few weeks ago, click here to find out more.
- An old washing machine drum
- An old wood fire oven

What do you think? Why not leave a comment with your flash of BBQ brilliance?

Heat Beads® Briquettes, as contestants at the Redesdale Tavern Camp Oven Cook-Off recently discovered, are fantastic for use whilst you’re in the wilderness. When you’re camping it can be difficult to serve something for dinner that doesn’t involve a can of baked beans or burnt sausages.

But it doesn’t have to be that way… just because you’re camping doesn’t mean you have to forsake the gourmet.

We recently stumbled across this great little invention from the US, a portable charcoal BBQ - Son of Hibachi. It’s ideal for outdoor use with Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes and comes with its very own ’snuff out pouch’, a heat proof bag. You don’t have to wait for the BBQ to cool completely before packing up, simply place in the bag and it will extinguish your Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes so that they can be re-used.

To find out more, check out this video:

…and in other news The Heat Beads® Team got into the spirit of the AFL grand final last Friday with a BBQ of our own. We ate delights char grilled to perfection including a delicious spit roast and saganaki (see pictures below).

These types of meals show just some of the range that can be BBQ’d using Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes. For your chance to win a Heat Beads® Entertainer BBQ, enter our Spring BBQ Video Competition - to find out more click here.

You know what the TAC says, if you drink, drive and grill you’re a…wait, what was that last part?!
Most other portable grills have got nothing on this BBQ VW Golf Trailer (see pic below) and it is all completely street legal!

Owner of the BBQ VW Golf Trailer

Fuelled by briquettes, this sensational grill trailer could provide grill enthusiasts with hours of entertainment and could be used while camping, in a friend’s backyard or just as a talking point for a grand final day BBQ!

So what are you waiting for? Get down to your local wreckers and start building yourself a portable grill with some grunt!