I love the slow cooks – an all-day smoke of a pork butt or shoulder of lamb will give amazingly tasty and versatile meat.

Burgers are always a win if short of time, but I normally fall back on something chicken based. It’s such a good carrier of flavour and can be cooked in so many ways.

@Angusandoink x @Altonsbbqworld “Honey Monster” is a cracking versatile rub for meat and veg.

I’m a bit of a Weber Fan after getting my first Kettle about 10yrs ago as a “grown up BBQ”. I’ve now grown the collection (and trying to develop the skills to match) to include a rotisserie for the Kettle, Smokey Mountain, Summit Kamado and Go Anywhere. I also have a Kadai fire bowl which needs more practice for cooking rather than just sitting round with a glass of wine!

@Villagebutchers has some amazing produce, but you can’t beat being able to go your local butcher to get ideas, see what’s fresh and talk through ideas. The guys at @brookmansbutchers are always helpful.

My first job at 16 was a pot wash in a pub kitchen, and ended up training and moving through to being one of the cooks which gave a good insight into some basic techniques, different flavours and balancing cooking times.

Cooking has always been a way of finding some time for myself and I wanted to come out of Lockdown with a new skill so got the Smokey Mountain to slow my cooking down, my life down, and learn something new.

Sides and desserts are probably my biggest failure in general. I focus too much on the meat and forget the rest!

An all seasons cooking and seating area. A place to entertain as much as cooking, with space to prep as well as cook on different BBQs at the same time. I’d like a cold-smoke setup as well.

I was out with some friends to Dishoom and a bit of bravado led to me adding Bheja to a curry – that’s Lamb’s brain if you didn’t know! Was pretty weird to be honest and won’t be repeated!

I’m a planning consultant, so the day job is helping to get planning permission for things such as new homes, schools, and major regeneration projects.

If you go home hungry it’s your own fault!

Running round after the kids, and trying to find time to get out running for myself. Can’t go wrong with chilling out with a beer and a film also!

Helping to bring up two awesome kids and completing the London Marathon.

Film – too many to choose from to have “a” favourite. I’ll take anything from a classic like “Stand by Me” to anything from the MCU

TV Show – depends on the mood, but you can’t go wrong with Brooklyn-99 for a laugh.

Band/Music – I listen to a range of music styles and eras – plus with kids my Spotify features a LOT from KidzBop! But Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Red hot Chilli peppers, Matchbox20, Rag’n’Bone Man, & Pete Tong are all great and feature on my playlists.

Teleporting – I’m not a fan of travelling as it seems a waste of time, so cutting this out would be great!

So many things… but if it’s BBQ related then it would have to be a trip round the world to visit the BBQ scene and variations to get ideas for the dream home setup!

I started to put cooks on my personal account and they became a bit of a talking point in the office and someone said I should do an account. I had a look into the BBQ scene and discovered an amazing community that I wanted to be part of and felt I could contribute to, so BraddersBQ was born!

UK BBQ week was so much fun, and great to have themes to work to. My favourite cook was the short rib tacos – 6h smoked and back in the smokey mountain for another 4h beer braising before shredding and used in to tacos. I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the winners of the week for this cook too!