It’s that time of year again - BBQ season is fully upon us. Why would you bother cooking your sausages under the grill when you can take four hours to burn them to cinders on an BBQ whilst chocking on plumes of smoke and trying to keep the wasps out of your beer? Like most summer activities, the idea of a BBQ is often much better in theory than in practice, but that doesn’t stop us from having one every summer. However, this summer will be different, for what looks like a large alien egg has landed in our back garden and promised to change the way we cook our meat forever!

The Big Green Egg comes in four sizes - minimax, medium, large and extra-large. It comes with everything you need to get started: the Ceramic Big Green Egg, firebox, fire ring and fire grate, a steel cooking grid, dual Function metal top, ceramic snuffer cap, Tel-True thermometer dome gauge and a pair of tongs. You can either buy a full kit or your Egg and Eggccessorises (eggcellent pun) separately. The Big Green Egg is essentially a ceramic cooker that can grill, BBQ, slow cook and smoke. The space-shuttle quality ceramic allows for a wide range of temperatures that can be controlled down to the nearest five degrees and won’t dry out the meat.

The initial price could seriously put people off, but the Egg comes with a lifetime guarantee, plus it really does live up to the hype. You can be set up and cooking in under 12 minutes. The unique cedar/oak blend charcoal creates a beautiful caramelisation, making the ribs we cooked on the Egg quite possibly the best I have eaten in my life. Continuing with the charcoal, unlike the regular stuff, it isn’t packed with lighting agents, and is totally natural as well as responsibly sourced. It also stays lit for hours - one bag could last you eight times as long as the normal stuff.

The Big Green Egg is a game changer - it is a breeze to use and has also encouraged us to get experimental with more types of recipes, instead of the usual sausage and burgers. The food it produces is delicious and juicy, whilst the feel-good factor of using natural products just adds to the Egg’s charm. RRP £599.99

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5 out of 5

Pros

Easy to use

Versatile

Quick to heat up

Delicious results

Temperature control

Lifetime guarantee

Natural, responsibly sourced charcoal

High quality construction and accessories