Hundreds of Char grill BBQ recipes for char grill barbecue cooking fans.

The recent Triple R BBQ Day in Melbourne, sponsored by the Heat Beads® Company, was proof that char grill cooking is alive and kicking here in Australia, and everyone loves a good char grill BBQ recipe! Char grill BBQ recipe fanatics and char grill recipe enthusiasts came in their droves to sample the delicious char grill BBQ recipe items on the char grill, cooked by the Heat Beads® team and char grill barbecue recipe ‘guru’ Julian Wu, founder of the Melbourne BBQ Society.

The many weird and wonderful char grill BBQ recipes were entered into the Best Char Grill BBQ Recipe Competition, one of only a few char grill BBQ recipe competitions in Australia, was also indicative of the resurgence of char grill cooking, the obsession over BBQ recipes and the dedicated following of char grillers here in Australia. All the char grill BBQ recipes are available on the Heat Beads® website char grilled BBQ recipe page at www.heatbeads.com.au, along with many char grill BBQ recipe cooking tips and product information. The char grill BBQ recipes are free to download.

Consumers are realising the many benefits associated with char grill cooking, and are on the hunt for the best char grill BBQ recipes. “While there’s no question about the convenience of gas, if it’s flavour you want, cooking BBQ recipes with solid BBQ fuel is the only option,” says Cam Smith, Triple R’s Eat It program presenter, foodie and fellow Best Char Grill BBQ recipe Competition judge. Even blind taste test results show that 100% of participants preferred the char-grilled BBQ recipes char grilled over Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes, compared to the same recipe grilled over gas.

So why is the char grill barbecuing over Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes such a big business? Despite always being an Australian tradition, the char grill barbecuing method of cooking has gained greater enthusiasm in America, where it has achieved cult status. The Kansas City Barbeque Society, one of the foremost barbecue societies in the US, joins like-minded ‘Q enthusiasts and runs courses on judging and running recipe and char grill cooking competitions. The Society sanctions around 200 barbecue competitions each year, and provides the country's top independent competitions, such as the Annual Jack Daniels Invitational World Championship – where $100,000 of cash and prizes is up for grabs – with high calibre judges and volunteer support.

Now the art of barbecuing over Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes has made a fervent return to Australia, and more importantly, is here to stay. John Ryan, judge of the Triple R Best Char Grill BBQ recipe Competition and member of the Kansas City Barbeque Society, is a true advocate of the char grill barbecuing method, and is spreading the word about the ‘low and slow’ barbecue. “The calibre of entries into the Triple R Char Grill BBQ recipe competition was definitely on par with those entered in the American ‘Grand Slam’ competitions, which proves just how strong the following is here in Australia,” says John.

Another benefit is the health factor! Char grill cooking over briquettes is not only more flavoursome but also a healthier option. Excess fat and oils run off the meat into the bottom tray of the barbecue – not onto the hotplate so that the food cooks in its own fat! This is also one of the reasons the full flavour is enhanced. “I generally tend to use Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes just because I think it tastes better, and that’s really the only reason you should do anything with food – it’s all about the flavour,” said Julian Wu at the recent Triple R BBQ Day.

Stavros Abougelis, from the famous Stavros Tavern in Melbourne, attributes cooking his delicious char grill BBQ recipes over Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes to the success of his 25-year business. “This method of char grill cooking over solid BBQ Fuel has been a Greek culinary tradition for centuries. Char grill cooking has been embraced by Australians, and has now been adopted as an iconic part of Aussie culture. The quality of Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes in char grill cooking is what makes the difference to our recipes, and we use it all the time at Stavros Tavern,” says Stavros.

John Ryan and Julian Wu foresee the rise in char grill barbecue and BBQ recipe events such as the Triple R BBQ Day, and char grill barbecuing competitions will become fiercely competitive, reaching the magnitude of the American contests.

And the winner of this year’s Best Char Grill BBQ recipe Competition? Melbourne’s Adrian Flint with ‘The Perfect Marinade.’ Adrian, who char grills his home BBQ recipes three times a week on a BBQ, was ecstatic about winning a brand new Weber BBQ and one year’s supply of Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes!

The winning char grill BBQ recipe as well as the other char grill recipe entries can be found at www.heatbeads.com.au . The website also provides Heat Beads® BBQ briquettes users with many char grill barbecuing tips and information.

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