I'm proud to say that whenever we have a BBQ here it's me who does it and no I don't burn the burgers/whatever (well not much anyway!). The secret to not turning everything into black lumps of charcoal is to have a jug of water and to flick water onto the bbq whenever there are flames caused by the fat off the food dripping onto the charcoal.

Now, how the hell does that work when using one of these new fangled gas ones everyone seems to have Down Under? I'm figuring putting the flames out on one of those is a no-no !

When we visited my cous in melbourne, their BBQ was a hot-plate type arrangement, albeit outdoors - that's not BBQing is it?
Does no-one use proper traditional charcoal there anymore?

Cadman

Not when there is a Total Fire Ban. ...
All barbecues which use solid fuel such as wood, charcoal or briquettes are banned.

Gas BBQ are still allowed though

Do a google search on "fire ban charcoal bbq" and you will see all the info on this.

Ahhhhh! furry muff.

thanks ABC. I presumed it was cos they (you?) all have so many barbies that it was too much hassle to do it with charcoal and that gas was easier.

Cadman

Think I'll just use the "Gas BBQ"

It is for us
My wife can use the Gas one, but if we had charcoal, i'd have to do it, and then that would also mean waiting even longer for dinner

Do you make her wear a false beard and speak in a deep voice like in The Life of Brian so that none of the neighbours know it not you doing it?

Regarding the guys not being interested in BBQs, I have 2 trains of thought.

Firstly, this may be the end result of women trying to make men a little more feminine. You know, "you'd look great in that pink shirt", "let's talk about our emotions" etc etc.

Secondly, it's a well known fact that 60% of gay men are married........!

Of course neither may apply. but that's no fun is it?!

Mr. L

oh no, you have just given hubby a great idea -not helpful !

Invite a Saffa to show you how to do it properly. Aussies haven't got a clue.

OI YOU! get back to work..you'll be telling me tomorrow what a hard nightshift you had! I'd just like to say in my defence, I only wind you up about trying to get you to wear a pink shirt (they're in fashion don't you know!).... and as for the emotions....I'm on my two tablets a day of daily primrose oil...what more do ya want to keep me calm!!

Oh and lucky for me, you're desperate to own a BBQ!

got it in one jim. look the way i see it, if its not burnt enough, throw another gallon of petrol on it

do they throw in another woman for that price

and 3....hes got no balls

Oh yeah I keep a spare a gallon of fuel in the shed. I try to kid ppl that it's for the motorbike, but they ALL know it comes out when the burgers are ...... well lets say, only 'medium rare' ....

What the women don’t realise is, we have an alarm to tell us when the burgers are ready.
















The neighbours smoke alarms go off