One time I was having a BBQ outside Bunnings and some onions fell on the floor.....

Best BBQ I can recall was 10 years ago for my eldest sons 12th birthday (he's just turned 22!).

I built a wee fire pit and we wrapped up chocolate-stuff bananas in tin foil then toasted them (and marshmallows of course) over the open fire.

Everyone had a blast (and I had a pre-primed hose nearby for any accident burns - gotta think of the health and safety!).

Maximus:

 

One time I was having a BBQ outside Bunnings and some onions fell on the floor.....

 

Outside it would not be a floor, ground or something more descriptive.

BBQ in the Winter months is more about batch cooking.  Love the taste of BBQ sausages so I BBQ them in batches often 50-60 sausages of different flavours and then freeze them.  When I feel like a sausage sarnie, just defrost as many as needed and cook in the microwave.  Perfect...

My best bbq was where all i had to do was turn up, eat the food, drink the beer and roll on.

As I was walking past a random batch on new years eve two years ago I made the decision to stop off and say hello, everyone was really nice, offered me a beer and a chair to spin some yarns.  After about 3 hours I thanked them for the hospitality and moved on. It was great to be able to walk into some randoms bbq, have a yarn, eat some food and have a great time. I know offer any random to come into my bbq, have a beer, have some food and spin some yarns whenever they want. Its the kiwi way.

One of the most interesting BBQs was during a work trip to Samoa and BBQ at Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.

I don't know how people eat Taro

One of the best BBQs I had was when I lived in Dubai. We'd snuck across the city to a dodgy duty free liquor store stocked up on freezing cold Carlsbergs and then got some massive scampi, and crayfish from the Deira fish market.

Fired up Smoky Joe( the Weber BBQ) on the top of the staff accommodation block....icy cold beverages and seafood....ssoooo gooood!!!!

kotuku4:

Maximus:

One time I was having a BBQ outside Bunnings and some onions fell on the floor.....

 

Outside it would not be a floor, ground or something more descriptive.

Over the last few years I've really got into low'n'slow BBQ. Last weekend I did a huge hunk of pork shoulder for a family dinner. It came out superb!

Pig on a spit last summer. Awesome!

A PIG, A CHICKEN & A COW WALK INTO A  BAR-B-Q...

...THE END

Best BBQ was probably my first Christmas Day one after I moved here from the other side of the planet.

From memory, it was raining, but I wasn't going to let a bit of water put me off!

This is both my best and worst BBQ story. Many a year ago during uni in Waikato there was a regularly held and well attended BBQ hosted by close friends at their flat. Plenty of refreshments about and the BBQ was totally buried in sausies, patties, steaks, chicken wings and more.

Unfortunately our close friend was not one for BBQ maintenance and had not once in a couple years emptied the fat tray. Further, the BBQ was sitting on the porch which was covered....

So when the whole thing went up in flames like it was packed with fire-starters a wave of panic swept the crowd. Turns out you can't put out a massive fat fire with water.

It took the fire-fighter about 30 seconds to tame with a fire extinguisher though. Fortunately a few of us had dragged it out from under the porch before the flames hit roof height, so no damage done to the flat building.

BBQ was a right off, and the story has given us 10+ years of laughs so far. I'll give him another roasting if this post wins!

(unfortunately no one took pics as the phone camera thing was not so common in the day, but it looked something very like this Google supplied image)