Advise from the experts

We all love a barbecue when the Bristish summer weather allows us. This page should help you with your barbecue skills.

• Easy lighting. dispensing the need for lighter fuel and firelighters.
• Reaches cooking temperature quickly approx 15 mins.
• Burns cleanly - with no unpleasant fumes or smoke from half burnt wood.
• Burns uniformly leaving only ash, which is a great form of pot ash for your garden.

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There are many ways to light up a charcoal barbecue.

Unlike the imported varieties of charcoal, Dorset hardwood charcoal is very easy to light.

You can use a crumbled piece of paper with a few small pieces of charcoal wrapped in it, build a pyramid shape around it with other pieces of charcoal and then light the paper.

Leave for a few minutes until the charcoal is well alight and then add more charcoal as required. You will be ready to barbecue in about 10 to 15 minutes.

You usually know you are ready when the lump charcoal begins to turn red, a white ash appears around most of the lumps and you can leave your hand 6 inches above the fire for at least 5 seconds.