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Ways to cook on your Fire Pit
Fire is at the heart of outdoor cooking and nothing does it quite like a fire pit. Designed not just for providing warmth long into the evening; its versatility means you can create mouthwatering dishes to tantalise tastebuds and have everyone thinking you’re a Master chef.
Here at Firepits UK, our fire pits are specifically designed to be used for warmth and cooking. Your repertoire need not be limited to traditional BBQ grilling of sausages and burgers; using our clever accessories you can skewer, roast, smoke, sauté and even make your own mulled wine. Don’t be afraid to experiment and try different methods. We’ve put together some ideas below to help you along.
Outdoor Fire Pit Ideas for Outdoor Kitchens
Fire Pit Grill:
Add a BBQ Rack to sit atop your fire pit or try our unique Swing Arm BBQ Rack with a half plate half bar giving flexibility and precision cooking, as it allows you to move the food on and off the heat in an instant. Make use of a vegetable tray if you need to keep veggies separate from meat or fish to accommodate any vegetarians at your gathering.
Spit Roasting:
A rotisserie cooks higher over the fire giving a longer slower cook, achieving that crispy exterior with succulent juicy meat on the inside. Not just for joints or ribs, a rotisserie can also provide dessert; the natural sugars from a pineapple will caramalise and taste delicious, finishing off your alfresco meal with perfection.
Pot Cooking:
You don’t have to be a cowboy for one pot cooking over a wood fire. A dutch oven or cooking bowl hung over the heat can cook up curry or stew fit for John Wayne. When you’ve had your fill, chop your oranges, add your cinnamon sticks, cloves, sugar and mull the wine, you won’t regret it!
Frying and sautéing:
If dogs are not just for Christmas, then it must be that fire pits are not just for dinner. We are thinking, sausages, bacon, black pudding, tomatoes and eggs. A hot plate or skillet pan can fry up a breakfast fit for a King.
Skewering:
Kebabs are not just for Saturday nights on the way home after a few beers. Placed on the BBQ rack, our kebab rack gives perfect control for each turn, and with six individual skewers, you can create six different kebabs. Variety is the spice of life!
Roasting and smoking:
Happiness is a roast dinner and there’s no reason not to cook it on the fire pit. Ever flexible, our Roasting Oven can also be used for smoking fish and cheeses just by adding smoking pellets. It’s a tough choice but for us, it’s the roast every time.
As outdoor cooking has become more popular, chefs such as James Strawbridge and live fire cook, author and teacher at the Bristol Fire School, Genevieve Taylor have shared their experience in the form of cookbooks. Full of scrumptious recipes you won’t be short of inspiration. Fire and food give friends and family a place to gather round and share in the eating, drinking and nattering long into the evening. Fire is at the heart of outdoor cooking and nothing does it better than a fire pit.
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