Following the huge success of The Stove Yard's Big Green Egg BBQ competition at the recent Sea Bangor Festival, we will be bringing our Big Green Eggs to the Dalriada Festival in Glenarm on Saturday and Sunday 16th and 17th of July for another competition which will again be open to barbecuers everywhere. The same rules will apply and fantastic Big Green Egg prizes will be up for grabs, including a chance to win a Large Big Green Egg worth over £1000 and a MiniMax Big Green Egg worth £550! 8 contestants or teams will be chosen to cook, grill, bake or smoke their way to the top spot and receive the prestigious title 'Dalriada Festival Big Green Egg BBQ Champion'. So if you if you secretly think you're the best barbecuer in the land, or you know someone who is, then step up to the plate and find out more about how to apply at https://www.thestoveyard.com/dalriada-festival. One thing's guaranteed – great food and great craic will be had by all.
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
Please don’t. Instead, if you can, think seriously about installing one of the new breed of highly efficient, low emissions Ecodesign stoves. One of these will make your fuel go up to four times further than an open fire as well as save you serious money, both on the cost of your fuel, and also on how much you will need to use your gas or oil-fired central heating… read more
According to The Sun today we're heading for especially sunny weather during this coming extra long Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend and that's when the barbecue season will well and truly kick off. Eating al fresco with friends and family when the sun is shining is one of life's great pleasures and it's all the better when the food is good too. At The Stove Yard we're ready and waiting with some of the very best barbecues and grills for those of you who are planning to upgrade their old grill and who want to take their outdoor cooking to another level... read more