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Plan My BBQ

A few quick questions — who's coming, what you can't eat, what you love — and it narrows the whole site down to the cook that's right for you, video included.

The plan, without the wizard

This planner needs JavaScript, but you can build the same plan by hand in two minutes:

1. Pick your mains from the recipes — one low-and-slow showpiece plus one or two quick crowd-pleasers works for almost any group. 2. Work out quantities with the rule of thumb: 350–450g raw boneless meat per adult across the whole menu, kids at half. 3. Work backwards from your serve time with the cook time calculator so the big joint goes on early enough.

What this does

Tell it the occasion, the head count, what you're cooking on (kettle, gas, pellet, kamado or a disposable — all welcome here), how much time you've got and the flavours you're after. It picks real recipes from the site to fit, works out exactly how much meat to buy, builds the shopping list, and lays out a timeline so the brisket and the burgers land on the table together. Every plan gets a shareable link, and nothing you enter leaves your phone.

Plan My BBQ

Your BBQ plan

The meat maths

Cook plan

What this does

Plan My BBQ

Your BBQ plan

The meat maths

Cook plan

What this does

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