The Menu: Dublin's Big Grill Festival is set to be a delectable BBQ firestarter

Fifteen years ago, I interviewed a barbecue pitmaster from Tennessee who’d wound up living just outside Clonakilty. My then-experience of live fire cooking was minimal, potentially lethal. 

So, it was fascinating to meet someone of a similar vintage, with plenty of similarities in our comparatively comfortable upbringings as white, ‘first world’ westerners, albeit separated by Atlantic Ocean and occasional continent. 

Already a subscriber? Sign in

You have reached your article limit.

Take us with you this summer

Annual €130 €65

Best value

Monthly €12€6 / month

Subscribe

Introductory offer. Annual billed once for first year. Monthly (discount first 3 months) billed monthly, then €12 / month. Ts&Cs apply.