GOOD FOOD STARTS BEFORE THE FIRE
Less guesswork.
More good food.
A garden full of friends. Something good on the grill. A plan that leaves you time to enjoy it.
Practical outdoor cooking tools and guides.
Made for UK gardens, in kg, g and °C.
A LITTLE PREPARATION GOES A LONG WAY
Your next cook, sorted.
FIND YOUR FIRESIDE
What are you cooking on?
Start with the setup.
We'll help with the details.
Pizza ovens and dough
Weigh the dough, plan the prove, get ready to stretch.
↗05 /Kamado cooking
Understand ceramic cookers before committing garden space.
↗06 /Around the fire
Choose a fire pit with space, smoke and neighbours in mind.
↗07 /Outdoor kitchens
Plan a usable cooking space before you start building.
↗FROM THE FIELD NOTES
A better place to start.
BBQ food safety: check the food, not the clock
Understand the FSA's cooking temperatures, why burgers differ from whole cuts and how to keep raw and cooked food apart.
Read the guide fire-pitsChoose a fire pit around how you will use it
Compare wood-burning, gas and reduced-smoke fire pits, then check placement, fuel storage and your neighbours before buying.
Read the guide pizzaHow much dough do you need per pizza?
Use dough-ball weight to plan a batch, with a 250 g starting point for a 30 cm pizza and a clear way to scale your recipe.
Read the guideA NOTE FROM COALCREST
Good advice should show its working.
Our calculators explain their assumptions. Our guides link to their sources. And when we talk about kit, we make clear what comes from the specifications.
How we put our guides together →