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Had my first go at Steak & Mushroom Pie outdoors & turned out really tasty. Used a 21 day dry aged piece of shoulder steak, done lo&slo for 90 minutes on the smoker. then diced and browned it in a dutch oven skillet, then some carrots and shallots in the juices, added the beef broth, seasoned and put the lid on and did that 130 C in the cooker for 4 hours (as lid on dutch oven, no point doing on the pellet grill and wasting pellets for 4 hours). Fried some bacon & mushroom combined with the meat and veg and poured it into a pie dish and added a pastry lid coated in a egg wash and then did on the smoker for 45 minutes. Will use shop bought puff pastry next time and hopefully get a fluffy pastry. But it tasted really good, slightly smoky steak and pastry add something to the taste.

Have a nice time, was in Exmouth for 5 days a few weeks ago, eat at Mickey's on the seafront in Exmouth and went to my favourite restaurant The Crab Shack in Teignmouth had great seafood at both. Love Brixham, the fish straight from the boats into the fishmongers at the side of the harbour and some of the restaurants are fabulous alongside the harbour. Enjoy

Quite a few people struggle with seafood unfortunately, either for health or just don't like them reasons. Luckily doesn't affect me and shellfish and fish cook so well on the bbq/grill, probably my favourite group of food to cook outdoors

Sorry to hear that Ice, hopefully you'll still get some sort of break down there still?

Did a roast chicken with roast potatoes on the GBS Poultry RoasterFilled the juice container it sat on with apple juice and a couple of sage leaves and filled the cavity with a whole onion and lemon, to stop the steam escaping. Not exactly lady like sat on it Grilled it at 410F for 1hr 45 minutes and added some par boiled potatoes 15 minutes into the cook to cook alongside it and let the chicken fat drop onto them to add flavour to them. Whilst the chicken rested for 15 minutes turned it up to 500F to finish the spuds off and added a couple of sweetcorn cobs on as well All in all nice device the chicken skin comes out reasonably crispy and the roast potatoes are heavenly with the chicken fat and a little smoky taste to them, those were 3 large potatoes but could easily quadruple that amount or add some roasted vegetable to cook alongside it

Really liking this, comes supplied with a Cast Iron Wok, One of their Grilling baskets for Steaming (can be used separately for Vegetables, Meats and Fish directly on the grill) and an Aluminium lid. Did a season on the Wok and it comes clean with a litlle soap and water as expected. Simple Duck Stir Fry First Tried Mussels In White Wine & Saffron next This thing is huge, that was 2kg of Mussels, which is quite a quantity. Can see getting quite a bit of use out of this in the future and was a bargain at half price of £45

Did you not get the stand it sits on with yours to raise it off the ground? I have one (sitting on equivalent of coloured concrete slabs) and has shown no sign of damage from heat from it, sitting on that?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HEYVS2O? The Hickory ones are £26.92 as well I've ordered a bag of each earlier this morning. Bit more dustier than the Weber but had no problems running through the Augur on my Smokefire from the previous ones I've ordered

Did baked Sea Bass (Covered it in 8 Egg Whites (whisked to like meringue) added 4 cups of Sea Salt to it and put a layer on the bottom added the two fish (gutted, head off and fins offs) put slices of lemon and thyme sprigs inside belly and then covered with another layer of the egg whites and salt. Baked for 30 mins at 500F (IT of 145 on the fish). Left to rest for 10 minutes. Grilled some cherry tomatoes, fried off some par boiled New Potatoes with 50/50 crab meat and in a seperate skillet fried off some pancetta bacon and then added some par boiled dwarf beans and broad beans to fry off for a further 3 minutes, with some grilled cherry tomatoes Kept mine as a whole fish on the plate, cut my wife's up off the bone. Super tasty as fresh off the boat at Brixham, Devon yesterday along with the crab meat so super fresh.

Not sure if these are UK made?. I own the Lodge combo version of this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07V4JVYG6? But this Kichly version is well reviewed and at £22.94 is a bargain imho. It has so many uses and is my most commonly used piece of cast iron I own. I fry steaks in the skillet and do rice dishes or stews in the deeper one. I also deep fry breaded chicken pieces in it and have even baked bread in it.

Hi Pseudo, before buying my Smokefire last year I was researching what alternatives there were around the price point and although a little over your initial budget, if it will stretch a little further the Traeger Pro D2 575 or the GMG Daniel Boone look well reviewed and popular Pellet Grills for that sort of money. I love my pellet grill and it has really changed the way I look at outdoor cooking and what I can cook on them. Good luck in your hunt and whatever you decide I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Did this on the Jumbuck Rotisserie today from this recipe. Decent rub and coating with Hoisin Sauce made for some lovely tasting skin. Excuse the flatbreads, but I prefer them than the pancakes

Good price on this, if you don't have a Discount Card just add a random 11 digit number in the Discount Card Box and it should validate it. (I don't have a card) and do this, but always choose delivery over click & collect when doing it, just in case they asked for it when click & collect. If you store it you can get free delivery over £70

All things being well, I would definitely come along to one in mid-September when all the kids have gone back to school.

Thought it might interest someone if you have Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEATER-Thermometer-Rotisserie-Bluetooth-Connectivity/dp/B07H8WTFHW/ref=sr_1_49_sspa?

I use one of these and it works really well and is built to last and no warping https://www.amazon.co.uk/ProQ-Afterburner-Grill/dp/B01IRC3L6M Not sure if any cheaper versions out there?

Anybody interested in the Aldi Mini Kamado, it has gone on sale today for £79 today plus delivery, if interested?

Frontier £259.96 delivered at Amazon 2 left Elite £289.95 delivered @ Amazon 1 left

The more the merrier, please do, the site is less than 1 mile off Juction 9 off the M42 so nice & central & easy to find

For those thinking of coming and can't camp, Travelodge in Tamworth Town Centre (5 miles from campsite) are available for 1 night £21.24 for the Fri or £32.99 Sat for either 1 or 2 people or 2 nights for £59

Back on offer £26.43 delivered and the Hickory for £33.38 gone through 3 bags of both types, the Hickory is my favourite though great flavour, but both worked well and very little dust

Scant details other than price and availability, but worth keeping an eye on site if interested nearer the time Aldi link

Not sure how long it'll be this price, but good value for the Junior version of this model https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IJ74RBO?

Good news, if we can get a few more people to attend then it should be all good to go ahead, but we will have to make a final decision sometime next month.

Ordered these last weekend on Amazon worked out just over 50p a metre, used over the weekend and sealed about 30 bags and they've all worked perfectly. Due to size they're initially to big to fit in my Luvele machine so have to cut them manually with scissors or from outside of the machine to use the internal cutter, till they reduce in roll size to fit in there. But small price to pay for the quantity. Embossed channels on one side, smooth on the other Vacuum Sealer Bags 28CM x 15M 2Rolls + 20CM x 15M 1Roll £23.99 delivered on Amazon