To hate barbeques

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Just that. I hate them with an absolute passion. Don't like the taste of BBQ foods, can't be bothered with all the prep Nd carting stuff in and out of the house when I have a perfectly good kitchen and dining table. DH has invited friends for BBQ today. Currently grey skies , 15 degrees and not in my opinion a nice day for outdoors cooking and eating. I pointed this out and he said well we can eat it inside then- what is the bloody point??? I'm going on strike and he can do the lot.
Did I mention that he has been out all day with friends and I have been cleaning and laundry /ironing for two hours? I'm hitting the gin and leaving him to it!!

@RewildingAmbridge thank you so much!

I'm going to make it tomorrow, love beetroot, this sounds fabulous!

@Lavenderlast you've been hanging out with the wrong men! My husband is not allowed near our BBQ, he entertains kids / guests if we have any over, and I cook "cave man style" what a strange view of BBQ's you have 😂

Though I say it as shouldn't, we do pretty amazing BBQ. Fillet steak, lamb chops and a few salads.

Love that Smokey flavour.

We live in England now do have been known to do to the eating part inside after cooking outside.

Oooh well done OP!! That's fantastic, good on you for sticking to your guns!!! How is your DP now?! Has everyone left?

I like eating outside in summer. I like many foods which are grilled over charcoal.

I can see where you're coming from in not being that keen on the typical British barbecue though. The fact that people think that "let's have a barbecue" is a complete plan for how to cater their party says it all. It's so formulaic!

Grilled food doesn't have to be sausage in a bun with ketchup. It could be lamb kebabs in pittas or slow roast pork, sweet potatoes, corn cobs and hot sauce, or chicken marinated in yoghurt and tandoori spices and served wrapped in a naam or any of 10,000 other things which are a bit more fun.

Don't get me wrong: I like a good sausage. But most Brits can't cook a sausage well on a BBQ, largely because they insist of cooking everything as fast as possible over direct high heat. The inevitable result is that the sausage fat pours out and flares on the flames, coating everything in carbon.

OP I couldn’t agree more!!! Hate them, so much faff and the food is crap!

People who hate BBQs are going to rubbish ones or doing them wrong.
We had one this afternoon - no cheap nasty food, no undercooked food, no over cooked food (although I do prefer my duck a little pinker than DH does), no flies, no bad weather, a lovely glass of wine and about as much to clear away as if we had cooked in the kitchen.

In Britain, no thanks. In the USA, hell yeah!

They're very old fashioned now. Thank god. As a vegetarian they are utterly shite

BIL is obsessed with barbecues at big family events, and expects the assistance of several other people to do the donkey work of onions, condiments, napkins, salads, arranging chairs, you name it.

He treats cooking on a barbecue as a sort of performance art, and as for all the faffing about he does beforehand making his own burgers... what a waste of time that is. They really aren't worth all that effort (although we are obliged to talk at length about how amazing they are), and I'd much rather have your bog-standard job out of the freezer and a couple of sausages with crispy black bits.

Anyway, my view on barbecues is this:

Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should.

They're very old fashioned now.

Don’t be daft. Why not just say that you don’t like them?

They're very old fashioned now. Thank god.

Of course they aren't. What a load of nonsense!

... they're not

Lol, you're doing BBQs wrong if the food is crap and it's a huge faff

What washing up? There's no more than making a similar dinner.

I like barbecued food, but I find barbecuing it a faff. Ours is a charcoal barbecue, so we have to wait for it to heat up, then cook the veggie food first before the meat. More often than not we just stick to veggie food as it is easier (DD is veggie).

Oh yeah i love a bbq but simply because i do Nothing!! DH has to do everything or it simply wouldn't happen. Then i just sit and enjoy a drink with everyone else

Nope not my thing either. My previous neighbours BBQed every single night in the summer months.

And I do think if you are going to cook out doors it should be over a real fire. Gas barbecues - you might as well cook indoors.

We have a gas bbq (Aus) and a covered entertaining area so it is just a nice sociable way to cook and eat outside, otherwise someone is stuck in the kitchen while everyone else is outside. If we want the whole smoke/fire experience we have a tripod over a fire pit which is fun but a real faff so 100% DH’s job.

I love a BBQ, either in my own garden or someone else's.
I don't buy cheap meat either.
My youngest is getting married in July and the reception will consist of BBQ suckling pig, amongst other food.
It's costing me and her dad a fortune, but we don't care, we just want to get our chops round some chops...and suckling pig.

We have a gas bbq. It's glorious.

DH is an excellent cook and does a mean BBQ with lots of fish home made burgers with delicious local cheese on the top and so on, not a sausage in sight.

I set the table see to the wine/drinks....food nope I hate the taste of BBQ'ed food, tried many different ways just really dislike the taste, in the past had a gas and charcoal BBQ....no still not for me.

I have made excuses to not eat meat at others BBQ, take some just to be polite, some people really push the fact you dont like it, no I dont...If you dont like liver I will not insist you eat it!

But do love eating outside, with food cooked in an oven!

Ill absolutely second OP!!!
I used to love them but I now HATE them with an ABSOLUTE passion!!!
Smell of smoke is now my trauma...😩
Still, I dont be bothered by pp doing BBQ but NOT IN MY BACKYARD everyday!!
I have opened a thread once re. this BBQ issue - my bloody neighbour (and soon-to-be ex one - yay!) does BBQ EVERY SINGLE day in hot, warm, cold, rain or snow without any day off.
On top of years to bear their house extension work plus DIY noise and dust, blocking driveway, loud music, and LED lights all over places...etc...we had to put up with their BBQ smoke everyday for years. We have never, ever used, felt relaxed or enjoyed our OWN garden.
I have tried everything to resolve but no help was available so we have decided to move out of this house and I just cannot wait to say goodbye to the neighbour from hell👯
But as pp said, your problem doesnt seem to down to your DH's BBQ😅
Hope you will speak with him and he will understand your feeling🤗