This fresh and fruity Christmas tree pavlova recipe is the perfect centrepiece for your festive celebrations. It’s...
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Marcus Bawdon's Temperature VS Time BBQ Chickens
There’s nothing worse than dry chicken. How to avoid it? Cook to temperature over time. Temperature-based cooking is paramount to achieving perfectly done, great tasting food. Not only does it let you know that your food is safe to eat, it helps you catch it at its most succulent point...
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An Introduction to Ceramic Grills with Kamado Joe
Kamado Joe’s iconic red domes replicate wood oven cooking through the perfect distribution of heat and smoky flavour...
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How to Perfectly Preserve Meat Using Your Freezer
We are all trying to limit the amount that we go to the shops these days, so it’s useful to know how we can make our food last longer. Freezing is a great way to do this; there are however some key rules that we must follow to stay safe and to ensure that we still get to enjoy the best quality possible...
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An Introduction to Wood Pellet Grills with Traeger
At Thermapen we believe in achieving consistently perfect results using smart cooking. One brand who shares these values is Traeger Grills. A high quality grill and thermometer work hand-in-hand to create incredible food, cooked to perfection...
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The Smokin' Elk's Ultimate Guide to BBQ Wings
Whether you are just starting to get to grips with your BBQ or you’re a seasoned pro, there’s no denying that wings are always a real crowd pleaser. Elky has put together his ultimate guide to cooking wings...
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Buying From Your Local Butcher: Poultry
How can you shop for the best quality, tastiest meat? What interesting cuts can you buy, and how should you cook them? Buying meat from a butcher can seem a little intimidating when you’re used to picking the same packets of meat off the supermarket shelves, and you might not be sure what to ask for. So we asked an experienced chef...
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Buying From Your Local Butcher: Beef
How can you shop for the best quality, tastiest beef? What interesting cuts can you buy, and how should you cook them? Buying beef from a butcher can seem a little intimidating when you’re used to picking the same packets of meat off the supermarket shelves, and you might not be sure what to ask for...
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Buying From Your Local Butcher: Pork
How can you shop for the best quality, tastiest pork? What interesting cuts can you buy, and how should you cook them? Buying pork from a butcher can seem a little intimidating when you’re used to picking the same packets of meat off the supermarket shelves, and you might not be sure what to ask for...
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How To Buy Meat From Your Local Butcher
There are a whole host of benefits to buying your meat from your butcher. But buying meat from a butcher can seem a little intimidating when you’re used to picking up packets off the shelves, and it can feel as if you might not understand all of the terminology or know quite what to ask for...
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8 Essential Temperatures For Baking Like a Professional
It’s that time of the year when a chilly breeze and The Great British Bake Off arriving on TV coaxes us in from the BBQ and into our baking mitts. Week on week we watch, mouths watering, as contestants battle against one another in pursuit of the perfect bake and an iconic handshake and we dare to dream of the fame and glory of our own Victoria sponges achieving such acclaim...
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BBQ Tips From Genevieve Taylor
Genevieve Taylor is a live fire and BBQ expert, founder of Bristol Fire School and author of ten cookery books. We have invited Genevieve to share some of her top fire cooking tips and tools, together with a fresh and flavoursome Vietnamese chicken baguette recipe...
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How To Make The Most Of Your Food In Lockdown
In the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are experiencing for the first time what it’s like to not have all of the food we want available to us all of the time. As temperature experts, here’s our top tips for making the most of your food during this difficult time...