| Barbecues are an excellent method of cooking and | | | | inserting your spatula underneath them and |
| also a good way of conducting a social occasion | | | | occasionally turning. A fork is also a good tool for |
| around food, when it is warm enough outside to do | | | | picking up sausages and other smaller items to serve. |
| so. The secret of managing to host a good barbeque | | | | This will be two pronged and have a long handle. |
| is to be really prepared, and that means having all of | | | | Food at barbecues is often skewered, so make sure |
| the tools that you could need to both cook and | | | | you get a good set of metal skewers made of |
| serve your food. | | | | stainless steel, or a similar material. Thread the meat |
| Obviously you need an actually barbecue and charcoal | | | | onto these, or use them for items such as |
| to be able to cook your food, but other than that it | | | | sweetcorn cobs, in order to give a bit of variety to |
| is advisable to buy some actual barbecue tools to | | | | your serving methods. |
| help you out. These differ from normal utensils as | | | | An often overlooked tool for a barbecue can be a |
| they should have a longer handle and definitely be | | | | good quality brush. This can be useful for adding |
| heat proof (most have plastic ends, or plastic | | | | marinade, or a good barbecue sauce, to any items |
| handles); this is necessary due to the fact that | | | | you are cooking. Adding extra components such as |
| flames can shoot up from the barbecue and so a | | | | this can often increase the food quality, making sure |
| safe distance needs to be maintained. Please ensure | | | | the meat does not burn, and has an extra flavour to |
| you use the correct kind of equipment for the job. | | | | it. |
| Firstly you will need a good pair of tongs. These need | | | | Look in outdoor shops, as well as homeware stores, |
| to grip well and mean you can turn over items on | | | | to find sets of barbecue tools. You can often buy a |
| the barbecue, to ensure that you cook them all of | | | | complete matching set in one go, which is already |
| the way through. Please wash these between uses | | | | pre-packaged, and may save you money compared |
| to make sure if you touched raw meat with them, | | | | to if you bought the components separately. Having |
| that you cannot spread salmonella or any other food | | | | a back up set is always useful too, as you never |
| poising bugs. | | | | want to have to rely on normal kitchen equipment |
| A spatula can also be used for this purpose, and for | | | | for barbecue cooking if your tools break, as this can |
| serving burgers and larger items. Make sure that your | | | | be dangerous. |
| food does not get stuck to the grill by regularly | | | | |