People BBQing left, right and centre

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It smells fucking delicious.

I have a shared garden so I can't have one.

AIBU to be bloody jealous and think they could chuck me a sausage or two over the wall?

Oh OP, I would if you were our neighbour! Always find barbecues far too much effort to be bothering with, until this year when I want them constantly!

I feel you OP. I live in a flat with no garden and all this BBQ talk is making me jealous.

Oh OP and PP

If I was your neighbour (and we hadn't got rid of our BBQ last year to prepare for getting a new one for this year LOL) I would send some burgers over the fence in a tupperware container!

Hopefully in a month or so things might be ever so slightly eased.. in the meantime have a

Just told DH to get the bbq out of the shed next time he goes in there, only to check the weather and see that it's going to piss it down all week here

My neighbours have just started to barbeque - it smells like death so I had to come in.

Why can’t you have a BBQ with a shared garden ?? I assume it’s in the bylaws??
Do you not band together and have illicit bbqS??
I feel like you should .

I’m definitely having a BBQ next time it’s warm and I’m off

Oh I wish you were our neighbor, we bbq a lot, we did pizzas on ours today, Dh made the dough and he has a special stone to cook them on. I would happily have passed you one over the fence!
He’s doing a chicken now on his rotisserie attachment (can you tell he loves his bbq gadgets?!) I will chuck you a leg!

If it's not one side barbecuing tbe other neighbours make bloody delicious smelling Asian food.... never invite me over or send me any..... bastards....

Mmmmm bbq

It’s smelt delicious around here today.
We’re having a bbq shortly.

Miserable gits not letting you have a bbq - is it a rule or do the other residents just not like it or what OP?

missy whereabouts are you? I'm moving in next door

I have no idea if I'm allowed one or not, I moved in last year but missed BBQ season. The rules around the garden are a bit sketchy - but its a small space and I'd feel awkward imposing it on the neighbours.

Might sit out with a though. Cheers everyone!

Why don't you check with the neighbours, if you can? Maybe you can sort out a roster for bbq enjoyment of the garden?

What a laugh. Myself and my neighbours barbecue regularly, no one ever complains, I sometimes get jealous if my neighbours food smells better than mine'
Also use mine to make sourdough bread, now there is a beautiful aroma.

@Rottnest how do you cook the sourdough? Dh makes it but in the oven.

Sorry OP, just thrown a massive rib-eye on mine.

I sometimes make it in theoven, but summer is too hot to bake inside, so I use a webber, kettle barbecue, I think they are called a kettle grill overseas. ( I'm in Aus)
I use yeast and sourdough rye obtained together, Laucke Barossa sourdough, but I'm sure you could go to a bakery and ask for a' starter' if you wanted to. You could also substitute 350-375 mls of beer, and a few teaspoons of sugar instead of yeast.

Follow the usual way of mixing, kneeding, rising or proving until it doubles in size, then baking in a low oven(barbecue) for around 30-40 mins until cooked and it sounds hollow when knocked.
You can use a barbecue thermometer if you have one, until you get used to the temperature.
If you want a crusty 'skin' on the loaf spray with a little water
I also use this method to cook pizza, very nice.
Hope this helps. Good luck

Yes we have weber kettle bbq too, you can basically use them like an oven.

If there aren’t any rules, get outside with a small BBQ.
So long as you’re not destroying/burning grass. And make good the garden, and don’t leave it unattended.
( take watering can of water out, and everything you need before lighting it )

Alternatively, grill/ fry some burgers inside, and eat them in the sun...slightly easier in reality.

😂😂 Wine sounds nice, though I’d prefer a Gin and tonic

I'm not a gin lover, wine is all I have in the house.

Might make some burgers on my next day off and eat them outside - not quite the same though!

I could pop a note through and ask if they mind I suppose. They have young families so I'd be wary that I was making our space uninhabitable for them if i lit a BBQ, even a small one.

But maybe they're feeling the same as you - and you kind find a way for it to work for all of you?

@Rottnest thanks dh has his own starter and makes the bread as well as others. It was the idea of in a bbq that appealed.