01/09/2026
I was just having a think of all the barbecues I've had
I started on a backyard built brick and steel flattop bbq
Then I got myself a Weber kettle, quickly followed up with a custom Offset Smoker (didn't do things by halves)
After a little while I guess I got tired of maintaining the fire in the offset, and ended up with another 3 Weber kettles
The offset got swapped for all the gutters on the house π
As I got tired of the kettles a few bullet smokers and a huge cabinet smoker made their way home
Kettles were given to mates, sick of the cleanup on them
Drum Smokers suddenly became popular and the bullets made their way onto FB marketplace
A few drums were handy for a while, while I toyed with the idea of a pellet smoker
Somewhere I ended up with a BGE and a Pit Barrel
Pellet smokers were used and abused until it needed an update, which meant another quick/cheap sale of the pellet, the BGE got given away
Ended up with 2 large upright cabinet smokers, which similar story, got used and abused then sold dirt cheap
While this was all happening, I got another Kettle, Bullet, Drum, Offset, Ceramic and Pellet, which were all used for BBQ Masterclasses
3 different sized Ceramic BBQs made their way home
Another Kettle managed to make it home
A final upgrade of a large pellet grill, which so far, so good, hasn't needed an update yet........
Then I found Suzie π
Pit Barrel was retired to become a fire pit, then I lost some parts
The Masterclass BBQs all got given away
Kettle got given to one of my workers
And currently I'm left with Suzie, 3 Ceramics and a Pellet
Damn have I had some BBQs.......
Also amongst that I've had multiple spits, parillas and hibachis