Mmmmm... if you've never had fresh Portavogie King Sea Scallops cooked on a Big Green Egg then, as they say, you just haven't lived and when they're cooked directly on the coals by our friend, private dining chef Jasper Castel, it simply doesn't get any better. This is Jasper's quick and easy – and very tasty, take on half shell scallops with crunchy Parma Ham drizzled with a mix of expresso coffee (I know) and melted hand made Irish butter. We hope you'll enjoy the video as much as we did scoffing the scallops... and remember, where there's flame there's fantastic flavoursome food. There's lots more videos to come from us and we'd really appreciate it if you could give us a thumbs up and, better still, also subscribe so you'll get notified each time we post a new one. We'll also be re-starting our live in store demos soon so watch this space too.
If you’re planning to install a stove in your shed, hut, cabin or garden office then no doubt you’ve probably already visited some websites and also watched a few of the many YouTube videos to help kick-start your project. It’s important though to point out that a lot of these ‘how to’ videos, however well-intentioned they may be, in our opinion are grossly misinformed and some of the practices shown are actually downright dangerous... read more
Far from banning stoves the Government is now offering helpful advice on how you can use them to burn wood efficiently with the minimum impact on local air quality in Defra's 'Burn Better, Breathe Better' campaign... more
With the current crippling energy prices many of us are going to have to rely more and more on our stoves and, if we haven't got a stove, our open fires. There's going to be a real temptation therefore to burn whatever we can lay our hands on rather than pay out for kiln dried or seasoned wood and smokeless coal. After all it's free fuel, isn't it? ...more