Trips - get a gas bbq - at least they are instant. I BBQ several times a week in summer, and it is so much easier! And they are self cleaning 
I did paella on the bbq last week. Massive paella with chorizo, squid, prawns and chicken, served with homemade aioli and french bread.
I hate being in the kitchen late in the evening too. Even worse at the moment since we've been without a dishwasher for 2-3 weeks now - bloody tescos!
hey shabs, and happy birthday to the mini rubester.
dt2 is soo grumpy this morning. He would not go to sleep last night, kept climbing up the ladder to annoy his older brother (we have a triple bunk). So I said fine, you can stay up til we go bed, then got him up when we got up at 6. Not a happy bunny this morning!