Today, I’m sharing outdoor living tips on hosting a winter BBQ. Entertaining isn’t a summertime pursuit. If you’re a fair-weather gardener, you need to recognize the importance of using your space all-year-around. The main benefit of having a backyard is that you can structure it to enjoy winter too. Once you do that, a BBQ is a piece of cake!
Of course, the trick is to choose the right set up so that you don’t have to move indoors when the weather turns and the mercury drops. If you don’t know where to begin, the following tips are excellent starting points. Continue reading to learn more.
Hosting a Winter BBQ:
Landscaping
A green lawn and colorful flowers might look pretty, but they’re not great when it comes to soaking up water. If anything, they absorb too much, making the ground squelchy and muddy, two features that are bad for winter barbecues. The right landscaping design can ensure the base for your barbie and eating and seating arrangements are solid and secure. After all, a bit of rain won’t affect stone flagging too much, as long as the material is high-quality. There’s no reason to swap all the soft elements for harder materials; just the places where you plan to grill and socialize.
An Outdoor Heater
Wrapping up only helps so much. When you reach the point where the cold is in your bones, you must either find a way to heat up or go inside. Who wants to go inside! As a result, an outdoor heat is ideal for winter BBQs. Not only are they powerful, giving off a ton of warmth, but they’re designed with gardens in mind. As a result, you can pick a heater fixture that complements the style of your property’s exterior.
Use Sturdy Dishes and Containers
Unfortunately, an outdoor area isn’t going to stop the wind from blowing, even if the setup is sheltered. Don’t let Mother Nature ruin your BBQ by not protecting your food and drinks from the wind. Thankfully, plastic storage containers and ceramic dishes are study enough to withstand the elements without taking away from the social element. Additionally, plastic containers are easy to pass around. Plus, they are cheap and reusable.
Create a Simple Menu
Although grilling is the ideal avenue to show off your skills, it’s also challenging in the wrong conditions. However, it’s not impossible if you stick to the basics and do them well. For example, burgers, sausages, and kebabs on a stick are tasty and will go please most guests. Furthermore, they cook cook quickly. Therefore, if the wind is too strong or the rain too heavy, you should still be able to provide these delicious food. Attempting to pull off a complicated menu in winter only increases the number of obstacles, which means the odds of failing are higher!
So hosting a winter BBQ is the perfect way to add excitement to those long, cold nights. So, why not mix-up your routine and get rid of those winter blues!
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