Outdoor cooking for UK gardens

Light the fire.
Feed the crowd.

Straight-talking guides to pizza ovens, BBQs, smokers and outdoor kitchens: what to buy, what to skip, and how to build a garden cooking space that copes with British weather.

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What are you cooking on?

Pick a starting point. Every guide is written for UK buyers: UK prices, UK retailers, and kit that copes with rain.

Pizza ovens

Wood, gas or multi-fuel? How to choose the right oven for your garden and budget.

BBQs & grills

Charcoal kettles, gas grills, kamados and griddles, compared honestly.

Smokers

Low and slow made simple: offset, pellet and drum smokers for beginners up.

Outdoor kitchens

Plan, budget and build a garden kitchen or BBQ island, DIY or fitted.
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Fresh from the fire

Dan setting up his Weber kettle BBQ on the composite deck he built
Why Blaze & Graze

Built by someone who cooks and builds

Most outdoor cooking advice is either a sales page or written for American backyards. This site is different: practical, UK-focused and honest about the trade-offs.

  • UK first. UK retailers, UK prices and kit that survives a wet British summer.
  • Straight answers. Clear pros and cons, including when the cheaper option is the better buy.
  • Food and DIY together. What to cook on it, and how to build the space around it.
About the site
From my garden

Fresh off the Weber

Real cooks on my own kettle BBQ, on the deck I built. No stock photos here.

Marinated chicken drumsticks and thighs charring on a kettle BBQ grill
Marinated chicken on the Weber
Sausages, chicken strips and burgers on a Weber kettle grill
Sausages, burgers and chicken
Charcoal briquettes glowing in a chimney starter on a BBQ grate
Chimney starter: no lighter fluid needed
Weber Master-Touch kettle BBQ loaded with food on a grey composite deck with slatted fencing
The Weber on the deck