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Smoke & Sear – BBQ Recipes, Tips, and Outdoor Cooking Inspiration
Where Smoke Meets Sear, and Flavour Rules.
Smoke & Sear – BBQ Recipes, Tips, and Outdoor Cooking Inspiration
Where Smoke Meets Sear, and Flavour Rules.
Smoke & Sear – BBQ Recipes, Tips, and Outdoor Cooking Inspiration
Where Smoke Meets Sear, and Flavour Rules.
Smoke & Sear – BBQ Recipes, Tips, and Outdoor Cooking Inspiration
Where Smoke Meets Sear, and Flavour Rules.
Australian BBQ
Embrace the laid-back style of Australian BBQ. Known for its diverse and fresh ingredients, this cuisine includes everything from grilled prawns and lamb to vibrant salads, making outdoor cooking a breeze.
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Today marks one year since I relaunched the Smoke & Sear website — and honestly, I thought it wouldn’t survive.
With everyone jumping to AI for recipes and reviews, I genuinely expected my little BBQ site to fade away.
But you proved me wrong.
Massively wrong.
Here are 10 epic facts from the first 12 months:
🔥 Nearly 180,000 new people visited the site — enough to fill Wembley twice.
🔥 People from 100+ countries used the site this year.
🔥 The USA alone sent 51,000+ visitors.
🔥 Perfect Pulled Pork was read 32,947 times.
🔥 Ninja content smashed 100,000+ views across Woodfire & FlexFlame reviews.
🔥 Pages were loaded hundreds of thousands of times overall.
🔥 The UK BBQ Events 2025 page hit 7,200+ readers.
🔥 Brisket content pulled 13,000+ views… and I’ve only cooked TWO briskets in my entire life. 😂
🔥 Even the 404 page somehow got 8,406 views.
🔥 And my honest, unsponsored reviews were read over 92,000 times — real testing that people actually trust.
I can’t thank you enough for reading, cooking, sharing, messaging, and keeping this whole thing alive.
In a year where everyone said websites were dead . . . you showed me that real cooks, real stories, and real honesty still matter.
Here’s to year two — bigger, hotter, smokier, and even more ridiculous. 🔥❤️
www.smokeandsear.world
— Lee
Coffee-Infused Beef Short Ribs slathered in a bourbon & maple sauce that was so good I nearly licked the plate clean . . . twice.
Rich, sticky, smoky, sweet, boozy — proper grown-up BBQ that hits different.
🔥 The real star though? That sauce.
Here’s how you make it — trust me, you’ll wanna bookmark this one:
🧪 Bourbon & Maple BBQ Sauce
• 160g Maple Syrup
• 80g @woodfordreserve Bourbon
• 60g Ketchup
• 60g Brown Sugar
• 4 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• 4 tsp @norfolk_smoke_pit ‘Brew & Briskets’ Rub
Chuck it all in a pan, simmer it down, and let the magic happen. It’s sticky, boozy BBQ gold.
📸 Would I make these again? Absolutely.
⏪ Did I cook these exact ribs 4 years ago to the day? You bet I did.
1 year living next door to RAF Coningsby . . . and what a year it’s been.
Didn’t miss a single Typhoon display practice, caught every Red Arrows pass I could, and those Lancaster moments over the garden will always feel special.
Here’s a little montage of just some of the magic I’ve seen this year.
Can’t wait to see what 2026 brings. ✈️🔥
Not just cooked . . . this tomahawk was forged in fire.
Reverse-cooked low ‘n slow, then straight-up dirty seared right on the coals for that primal crust. Finished with a fat slice of cowboy butter — melted over the top with a chunk of red-hot charcoal.
Flavour? Savage.
Style? Full caveman.
Crust? Absolute filth.
👉 Full step-by-step recipe now live over on the site if you’re keen to give it a go.
www.smokeandsear.world
Too early for a Christmas-themed turkey cook? Maybe.
But with Thanksgiving just around the corner and festive planning in full swing . . . now feels like the perfect time to drop this belter.
Smoked, brined, and slathered in herby garlic butter – this wood-fired turkey’s an absolute showstopper.
Full cook on the Kamado Joe. Full flavour. Full-on festive vibes. 🎄🔥
🎥 Watch the reel
📌 Save it for the big day
🖱️ Full recipe’s up on the site now
#SmokeAndSear #ChristmasTurkey #BBQTurkey #KamadoJoe #SmokedTurkey #ThanksgivingFeast #FestiveBBQ #BBQSeason #BBQLife #TurkeyDoneRight
Right then — first brew DONE, and what better way to mark it than cooking up something to go with it 🍗🍺
If you saw my reel 20 days ago, @igulubeer had sent me their S1 Smart Home Brewing System (gifted) — and this was the moment of truth. First pour, first taste, and my first ever beer used in a BBQ recipe.
I grilled up some beer-brined, honey beer glazed chicken thighs on the @ninjakitchenuk Woodfire, dropped ’em into warm naan pockets with salad, poured over some of that leftover glaze, and got stuck in 🔥
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🧂 Beer Brine:
• 250ml cold water
• 250ml of my freshly brewed German Helles
• 50g salt
• 25g sugar
• 1 garlic clove (smashed)
• 1 bay leaf
• 5–6 peppercorns
Brined boneless, skinless chicken thighs for 6 hours, patted them dry, and cracked on.
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🍯 Honey Beer Glaze:
• 150ml beer
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1.5 tbsp French’s yellow mustard
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• Salt & pepper
• Knob of butter
Simmered until it thickened up and got sticky, then basted the chicken in the last few mins.
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🔥 Cooked in the Ninja Woodfire:
• Grill Mode: HIGH
• Around 10–12 mins, flipping halfway
• Glazed the last 3–4 mins ’til it was glossy and banging
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Served it all in naan pockets with fresh salad, poured over some of that leftover glaze, and washed it down with a cold pint of the beer I brewed myself. Not gonna lie — for a first try, I’m proper impressed 👌
The only problem? I’ve no CO2 setup yet, so the keg needs finishing sharpish . . . looks like it’s gonna be a very decent night 😂
👉 What should I brew next?
#ad @igulubeer
www.igulu.co.uk
#igulu #iGuluS1 #gifted #bbqandbeer #firstbrew #beerbrined #stickychicken #ninjawoodfire #beerrecipe #bbqrecipe #cheekydrink #comingsoon #brewtobbq
1 year to the day . . . and I still can’t believe little old me was flown to Nashville by @ninjakitchenuk . First time in America, first time doing anything like that — honestly one of the biggest moments of my BBQ life. And yep, the FlexFlame review I wrote back then is still getting loads of daily traffic too. Madness.
Simple Beef Stew & Fire-Roasted Mash in the Kamado Joe
No thrills. No fancy edits. Just a proper wholesome family dinner cooked low and slow outdoors. Diced beef braising steak, smoked and stewed in the Smoke Pot, with jacket spuds roasted next to it and turned into mash — easy as you like.
Kept the reel as simple as the cook — no crazy angles, just real food, cooked for me and the kids. And sometimes, it’s the simple things that just hit the spot.
Not that you’ll need it, but the full recipe’s up on the website as usual 😉
www.smokeandsear.world
#SmokeAndSear #KamadoJoeCooking #SimpleBBQ #FamilyFood #BeefStew #BBQMash #OnePotCook #RealFoodRealFire #OutdoorCooking #BBQLife
