Ninja Woodfire Grill Recipes - Smoky Flavours, Grilling, and More

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Juicy Lamb Doner Kebab with Homemade Flatbreads

2 hrs Intermediate

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Korean Gochujang Baby Back Ribs

7 hrs 40 mins Intermediate

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Sticky Sweet Chilli Wings (Ninja Woodfire)

55 mins Beginner

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Sticky Rum-Punch Party Ribs

1 hr 45 mins Intermediate

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Woodfire Grilled Sirloin Steak with Chilli-Maple Butter

12 hrs 55 mins Intermediate

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Five-Spice Duck Pancakes with Chilli Crunch & Shredded Crispy Skin

2 hrs 25 mins Intermediate

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Maple Bourbon Pork Belly Burnt Ends with Cornbread Crunch

4 hrs 20 mins Intermediate

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Smoky Maple Sriracha Chicken Thighs

24 hrs 40 mins Intermediate

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Parmesan & Herb-Crusted Chicken Wings

1 hr 20 mins Intermediate

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Sweet Heat Frosties Chicken Sandwich

1 hr 12 mins Intermediate

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Tandoori Chicken Legs on the Ninja Woodfire Grill

6 hrs 35 mins Intermediate

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Ultimate Smoky BBQ Rib Dirty Fries

2 hrs 50 mins Intermediate

Lee Bishop - Smoke & Sear

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smoke.sear Aug 7

One week since MEATUP . . . and honestly, we’re already missing it. 🔥

Seeing so many people walking around the festival wearing FOURGE hoodies was a proper moment for us. Four mates started this — and suddenly, there was a whole crew carrying the flame with us.

There are now only a limited number of places remaining among the first 50 FOURGE Founders.

The £150 Founders Box includes:

🔥 The Founders Fourged in Fire Hoodie
🔥 Your choice of FOURGE T-shirt or trucker cap
🔥 All five Pass the Flame rubs
🔥 Two future FOURGE releases before public launch
🔥 A numbered Founders Wallet Card with 10% off food at FOURGE-run events
🔥 Your permanent place on the FOURGE Founders Wall

Use code MEATUP at checkout to save 20% — bringing the Founders Box down from £150 to £120.

When the first 50 places are secured, it closes. No second drop. No reopening the gate.

Secure your place:
https://www.fourge.uk/product/founders-box/

Meet the Founders already carrying the flame:
https://www.fourge.uk/story/founders/

UNITED BY FLAME. 🔥

#FOURGE #UnitedByFlame #MEATUPFestival #UKBBQ #LiveFire BBQCommunity

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One week since MEATUP . . . and honestly, we’re already missing it. 🔥

Seeing so many people walking around the festival wearing FOURGE hoodies was a proper moment for us. Four mates started this — and suddenly, there was a whole crew carrying the flame with us.

There are now only a limited number of places remaining among the first 50 FOURGE Founders.

The £150 Founders Box includes:

🔥 The Founders Fourged in Fire Hoodie
🔥 Your choice of FOURGE T-shirt or trucker cap
🔥 All five Pass the Flame rubs
🔥 Two future FOURGE releases before public launch
🔥 A numbered Founders Wallet Card with 10% off food at FOURGE-run events
🔥 Your permanent place on the FOURGE Founders Wall

Use code MEATUP at checkout to save 20% — bringing the Founders Box down from £150 to £120.

When the first 50 places are secured, it closes. No second drop. No reopening the gate.

Secure your place:
https://www.fourge.uk/product/founders-box/

Meet the Founders already carrying the flame:
https://www.fourge.uk/story/founders/

UNITED BY FLAME. 🔥

#FOURGE #UnitedByFlame #MEATUPFestival #UKBBQ #LiveFire BBQCommunity

smoke.sear Aug 5

MEATUP 2026 . . . what a weekend. 🔥

Our first ever festival as FOURGE.

In just two days we served 617 customers . . . a number that genuinely blows our minds.

As someone who’s usually hiding behind a screen or an iPhone, I wasn’t prepared for just how tough festival life is. Massive respect to everyone who does this every weekend—I was a broken man by the end of day one! 😂

The best part? Meeting so many of you, seeing people wearing FOURGE merch, hearing incredible feedback, and watching a brand that’s only a year old become part of something so special.

To everyone who queued, supported us, shared a laugh or simply stopped by to say hello . . . thank you. ❤️

If this was @meatupfestival first year, we genuinely can’t wait to see what the future holds.

617 transactions.
One unforgettable weekend.
We’ll be back. 🔥

#FOURGE #MEATUP #BBQ #LiveFire #FoodFestival

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smoke.sear Aug 3

🔥 WE NEED YOUR FOURGE PHOTOS & VIDEOS! 🔥

If you captured our food, us cooking, or any of the absolute legends walking around MEATUP in our merch — and you’re happy for us to share it — please upload it here:

https://www.fourge.uk/share/

THANK YOU to everyone for the love you showed us this weekend. Our first-ever festival as FOURGE was absolutely non-stop!

I’m physically and mentally ruined… but I’d do it all again. Maybe not next weekend though 😂

Seriously, your support genuinely means the world to us.

Lee, Liam, Andy & Ben 🧡🔥

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🔥 WE NEED YOUR FOURGE PHOTOS & VIDEOS! 🔥

If you captured our food, us cooking, or any of the absolute legends walking around MEATUP in our merch — and you’re happy for us to share it — please upload it here:

https://www.fourge.uk/share/

THANK YOU to everyone for the love you showed us this weekend. Our first-ever festival as FOURGE was absolutely non-stop!

I’m physically and mentally ruined… but I’d do it all again. Maybe not next weekend though 😂

Seriously, your support genuinely means the world to us.

Lee, Liam, Andy & Ben 🧡🔥

smoke.sear Jul 29

THREE BBQS. THREE FAMILY DINNERS. ONE BOX. 🔥

This is the BBQ Basics Box from Village Butchers, and rather than cooking the whole lot for one massive BBQ, I wanted to see how far we could actually make it go.

The answer? Three completely different dinners for me and the three kids — with plenty to go around.

🥩 Inside the box:

• 1kg Korean-style beef short ribs (Galbi / flanken cut)
• 2 x 10–12oz rump steaks
• 4 x 110g beef steak burgers
• 6 traditional English sausages
• 1kg butterfly chicken breast
• 4 lamb kebabs
• 2 pork chops

We spread it across three nights, kept the sides simple and cooked outside each evening.

🔥 Night one — Olivia joined me for burgers and sausages on the Ninja FlexFlame.

🔥 Night two — Oakley helped cook the rump steaks and butterfly chicken over charcoal on the Weber Go Anywhere.

🔥 Night three — Oscar joined me on the Kamado Joe for Korean short ribs, pork chops and lamb kebabs.

Nothing overly complicated. No expensive sides. No turning dinner into an all-day cook.

Just decent meat, simple sides and three proper family dinners.

BBQ doesn’t always need to be a big event. Sometimes it’s just dinner — cooked outside.

You can grab the BBQ Basics Box from Village Butchers here:

https://thevillagebutchers.co.uk/shop/meat-boxes/bbq-basics/

For clarity: Village Butchers sent me the BBQ Basics Box free of charge. I decided to turn it into three family dinners and cook each one with my kids.

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THREE BBQS. THREE FAMILY DINNERS. ONE BOX. 🔥

This is the BBQ Basics Box from Village Butchers, and rather than cooking the whole lot for one massive BBQ, I wanted to see how far we could actually make it go.

The answer? Three completely different dinners for me and the three kids — with plenty to go around.

🥩 Inside the box:

• 1kg Korean-style beef short ribs (Galbi / flanken cut)
• 2 x 10–12oz rump steaks
• 4 x 110g beef steak burgers
• 6 traditional English sausages
• 1kg butterfly chicken breast
• 4 lamb kebabs
• 2 pork chops

We spread it across three nights, kept the sides simple and cooked outside each evening.

🔥 Night one — Olivia joined me for burgers and sausages on the Ninja FlexFlame.

🔥 Night two — Oakley helped cook the rump steaks and butterfly chicken over charcoal on the Weber Go Anywhere.

🔥 Night three — Oscar joined me on the Kamado Joe for Korean short ribs, pork chops and lamb kebabs.

Nothing overly complicated. No expensive sides. No turning dinner into an all-day cook.

Just decent meat, simple sides and three proper family dinners.

BBQ doesn’t always need to be a big event. Sometimes it’s just dinner — cooked outside.

You can grab the BBQ Basics Box from Village Butchers here:

https://thevillagebutchers.co.uk/shop/meat-boxes/bbq-basics/

For clarity: Village Butchers sent me the BBQ Basics Box free of charge. I decided to turn it into three family dinners and cook each one with my kids.

smoke.sear Jul 28

Sometimes you don’t need to travel far for a cracking family day out 🙌

Spent a few hours at Tattershall Farm Park today with the kids and, as always, there was PLENTY to keep them busy.

Animals fed ✅
Parks conquered ✅
Jumping pillow ✅
Inflatable assault course ✅
Go-karts ✅
Giant bubbles ✅
Indoor play ✅
Ice creams demolished ✅
And then the main event… the 4pm FOAM PARTY 😂

Absolute carnage. They loved it.

We’ve been a few times now, but for less than £50 for me and all three kids, including a few bags of animal food, you really can’t argue with it. Especially during the summer holidays when keeping three kids entertained can very quickly get expensive!

And apparently the guy wandering around making giant bubbles will forever be known in our house as “The Bubble Man” 😂

Cracking few hours and three suitably knackered kids by the end of it.

If you’re looking for somewhere to take the kids over the summer, Tattershall Farm Park is well worth a visit.

#TattershallFarmPark #FamilyDayOut #Lincolnshire #LincolnshireDaysOut #SummerHolidays

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Sometimes you don’t need to travel far for a cracking family day out 🙌

Spent a few hours at Tattershall Farm Park today with the kids and, as always, there was PLENTY to keep them busy.

Animals fed ✅
Parks conquered ✅
Jumping pillow ✅
Inflatable assault course ✅
Go-karts ✅
Giant bubbles ✅
Indoor play ✅
Ice creams demolished ✅
And then the main event… the 4pm FOAM PARTY 😂

Absolute carnage. They loved it.

We’ve been a few times now, but for less than £50 for me and all three kids, including a few bags of animal food, you really can’t argue with it. Especially during the summer holidays when keeping three kids entertained can very quickly get expensive!

And apparently the guy wandering around making giant bubbles will forever be known in our house as “The Bubble Man” 😂

Cracking few hours and three suitably knackered kids by the end of it.

If you’re looking for somewhere to take the kids over the summer, Tattershall Farm Park is well worth a visit.

#TattershallFarmPark #FamilyDayOut #Lincolnshire #LincolnshireDaysOut #SummerHolidays

smoke.sear Jul 26

A new steak has entered the chat . . . introducing the Bull Horn Steak.

I asked Liam at The Catering Butchers to send me a selection of steaks with my latest order, and this rather unusual looking thing turned up.

It’s called a Bull Horn Steak.

Basically, it’s a ribeye that’s been butterflied open with the bone cut in half, giving you those two rather obvious horns.

This one was also Himalayan salt-aged and weighed around 670g.

Anyway, I got back from walking the dog absolutely starving, fired up the Weber Go-Anywhere and got it over the charcoal.

Nothing fancy. Steak, corn on the cob and a couple of fried eggs, with some chilli and garlic butter melted over the steak and corn.

I couldn’t even be bothered to plate it up properly and make everything look polished for the gram. Straight onto the board because I was bloody hungry.

And this steak . . .

Good lord.

So much flavour. Lovely bit of fat running through it, loads of flavour from the ageing and cooking it directly over charcoal just made sense.

At 670g it’s probably enough for two.

Probably.

I ate the lot.

Never heard of a Bull Horn Steak before this one, but I’d absolutely have another.

So if you spot one, give it a go.

After all, they do say grab the bull by the horns . . .

With this steak, you actually can 😂

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A new steak has entered the chat . . . introducing the Bull Horn Steak.

I asked Liam at The Catering Butchers to send me a selection of steaks with my latest order, and this rather unusual looking thing turned up.

It’s called a Bull Horn Steak.

Basically, it’s a ribeye that’s been butterflied open with the bone cut in half, giving you those two rather obvious horns.

This one was also Himalayan salt-aged and weighed around 670g.

Anyway, I got back from walking the dog absolutely starving, fired up the Weber Go-Anywhere and got it over the charcoal.

Nothing fancy. Steak, corn on the cob and a couple of fried eggs, with some chilli and garlic butter melted over the steak and corn.

I couldn’t even be bothered to plate it up properly and make everything look polished for the gram. Straight onto the board because I was bloody hungry.

And this steak . . .

Good lord.

So much flavour. Lovely bit of fat running through it, loads of flavour from the ageing and cooking it directly over charcoal just made sense.

At 670g it’s probably enough for two.

Probably.

I ate the lot.

Never heard of a Bull Horn Steak before this one, but I’d absolutely have another.

So if you spot one, give it a go.

After all, they do say grab the bull by the horns . . .

With this steak, you actually can 😂

smoke.sear Jul 24

TENTBOX SUMMER HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED! ⛺️

School finished, the car was absolutely RAMMED and within minutes it was me, three kids, one chocolate Labrador and far too much stuff heading off for our first little adventure of the summer. 😂

We didn’t go far — it was already 3pm — so we headed back to @theglampingpub and tried their brand-new Off Grid Meadow Camping.

Six acres, only 10 pitches . . . and somehow we had the ENTIRE meadow to ourselves.

Absolutely perfect.

Archery, football, laser tag, running around with the dog, music playing, pub food, games, evening walks and then films and more games in the TentBox before bed.

Although I’m not sure you can technically call it “off grid” when Dad turns up with portable power and Starlink. 😂

I’ve used my @tentbox loads on my own, but three kids + a Labrador takes TentBox life to a whole new level.

And this summer we’re going ALL IN on it.

No big expensive holiday planned. Instead, we’re going to load up the car, stick the TentBox on the roof and explore as much of the UK as we can.

One night here. A couple of nights there. New places. New adventures.

And hopefully a ridiculous amount of memories with the kids along the way.

We’re definitely still refining the setup though!

I need a decent family-sized portable gas grill for quick dinners and those occasions when lighting a BBQ isn’t sensible or allowed — exactly what happened this time because of the heat and incredibly dry ground.

And I desperately need to find four genuinely good compact camping chairs that don’t take up half the bloody car. 😂

But we’ll figure it out as we go.

The TentBox was an investment, absolutely — but THIS is exactly why I bought it.

A roof over our heads and an excuse to just get out there and have an adventure.

Summer 2026.
Three kids.
One Dad.
One chocolate Lab.
One TentBox.

Where should we go next? 👇

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smoke.sear Jul 23

A slightly different post from the usual BBQ stuff . . .

A few of the projects I’ve been working on are now coming to the end of the line, which means I’ve got some space opening up for new work.

Through @digital.ember , I work with businesses on websites, digital marketing, SEO, content and ongoing support — whether that’s a one-off project or something more retained.

And on the Smoke & Sear side, I’m also looking to ramp up the number of paid collaborations with BBQ, outdoor cooking, food and lifestyle brands.

I’m completely open when it comes to the numbers too. If a brand wants to know what my social reach looks like, how the website performs, audience figures, traffic, engagement etc, I’m more than happy to share it. I’ve always thought it’s better to be an open book.

Smoke & Sear itself has now passed 1,000,000 website sessions, which I’m pretty proud of considering it started life as a hobby.

The honest bit is that with three kids full-time, jumping back into the corporate world isn’t particularly straightforward, so I’m doing what I can to keep building work around family life.

No sob story. Just putting it out there.

So if you:

need a website building or improving,
need some digital marketing help,
want ongoing support,
or you’re a BBQ/food brand looking for someone to work with . . .

Drop me a message.

Even if it’s just to have a chat and see whether there’s a fit.

🔥 DigitalEmber
🔥 Smoke & Sear

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