Barbitec & BSAA Directory
BBQ Cooking, Advice & Maintenance Services
“Ensuring the Australian public get the highest quality BBQ services & information, independent & genuine.”
Barbitec is your source of Barbecue Reviews, Product Road Tests, BBQ Cooking guides, recipes and books. BBQ Maintenance tips information along with their fully equipped maintenance workshop for repairs and some warranty fixes.
Barbitec also provide a full consultancy service for new BBQ area planning and advice (fees may apply)
The BSAA Barbecue Service & Maintenance Directory contains vetted suppliers of key BBQ maintenance services for the whole of Australia.
BBQ Cooking Skills – Events & Appearances
Events & Appearances
All Things BBQ Workshops. Learn from the master of ‘all things BBQ’, Ross will show you and demonstrate how to get the best out of your barbeque. Delicious food, tips and ingredients, how to cook and deliver the best BBQ food for all occasions.
BBQ Cooking & Recipes
We are passionate about BBQ food. For many years Ross has been cooking as well as maintaining barbecues. He has run cooking workshops, online cooking guides and amassed a wealth of fantastic recipe ideas with his own take on how best to deliver great BBQ food.
British & Australian BBQ Secrets
Ross & Ben ‘Love to BBQ & Love to cook’, so please use our books to their fullest extent, add, change, innovate and excel to make our books ones that you will keep for always …We now have 3 ‘Secrets’ books in the collection with 3 more to come!
Need Local BBQ Experts for Maintenance, Repairs or Installations Near You?
Meet Ross
Ross has owned and run Barbitec for over 26 years in Perth, knows the in’s and out’s of Barbecuing and now dedicates his time to cooking, famously known for the first ‘WA BBQ Chef’ to start BBQ cooking classes back in early 2000.
This website, is all about cooking, BBQ Maintenance, regulations, tips and many ways to make your BBQ experience better, so browse and feel free to send him questions on anything BBQ..
Passionate about food, wine, cooking and recipes you can follow him daily on his Instagram page for cooking tips and advice. He is the author of four books, his latest being ‘British & Australian BBQ Secrets- V4 ‘The Beginning‘ a rewrite of his original ‘Drongo’s’ book with UK Celebrity Chef Ben Bartlett (aka BBQ BEN). At least 2 more coming in the series making 6 books in total.
Their next book in the ‘Secrets’ series V5 – Title to be decided – will be out in 2027. Remember this is a ‘BBQ Book series’ so ultimately the collection will be sold as a BBQ Box Set.
The Technical Expert: He is a fully licensed and qualified gas fitter/ BBQ technician. This gives him a deep, professional understanding of the engineering, gas safety, and mechanics behind how barbecues operate.
The Culinary Expert: He is a trained, professional BBQ chef who understands flavor profiles, meat preparation, heat distribution, and advanced grilling techniques.
The Educator: He has authored multiple books on the subject, including the British & Australian BBQ Secrets series, and regularly runs masterclasses to teach others how to Master the grill.
He has been on many local Radio stations including 6PR and ABC Perth and continues to be asked for his expertise. He set up the ‘BARBECUE SERVICE ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA DIRECTORY’ for BBQ servicing, repairs, etc. Australia-wide. So if you want a like business to Barbitec but you are in another State go to www.bbqsaa.com.au all businesses listed are 5 star!
Join him at his ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshops in and around Perth WA, most of them are free or for little cost. Learn to cook, maintain and buy a BBQ. for more information click on ‘EVENTS & APPEARANCES‘‘Barbitec through its resources helps and supports ‘WA Local and Australian Businesses‘ – So should you! .. Local & Australian products that we use are:
3 Drops Olive Oil – Giovanni Coffee – York Olive Oil – Tasman Sea Salt – Caves Road Beef – Humpty Doo Barramundi – GasMate – Barbeques Galore – Capital Meats – SUPAGAS
We welcome Capital Meats & SUPAGAS as Sponsors for our ‘All Things BBQ’ Cooking Workshops as Capital will be providing us with Black Angus Beef Scotch Fillet & SUPAGAS with bottled LPG for our workshops in 2026/7. Thank you both Capital Meats & ‘SUPAGAS’ for your support, we really appreciate it!
REMEMBER, Barbitec has no allegiance to any manufacturer or any particular brand of BBQ. However, we do get offered BBQ’s for reviews and we use some in our ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshops that we think are fit for the purpose. We are an Independent BBQ resource for reviews & testing… We are of course grateful and would like to express our thanks to the companies that supply us with BBQ’s, food and other equipment that are used in our BBQ workshops…
British & Australian BBQ Secrets Volume 4 ‘The Beginning’ is out in now, this is Ben and my 4th book based on my first book published some 19 years ago, this has to be our best in the series !
All our books are available on Amazon or BBQ Bens website or on this one. So BUY NOW!!
The Barbitec BBQ Food Gallery
For real-time updates follow Ross on his Instagram page, ‘he has a new cooking direction almost every day’
Meet Ben Bartlett- aka BBQ Ben
BBQ Ben is one of the UK’s foremost demonstration chefs and was the first winner of Britain’s Best BBQ’er.
Recently appointed a director of ‘Love British Food’. His many talents include being a Board Member of Master Chefs of Great Britain. He has won many BBQ competitions worldwide and now acts as a Judge for many. Ben is currently running BBQ Cooking demonstrations around the UK. He has appeared on the BBC’s Ready Steady Cook and is a regular on British TV and Radio.
Ben has co-written ‘British & Australian BBQ Secrets’ Volume I, 2 ‘Roasts, Rubs & BBQ Blends’ and Volume 3 ‘Fish & Crustaceans – From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean’ with Ross Yarranton and three more ‘Secrets’ books will be in the pipeline making a series of 6 in total. Volume 3 has just been published and is available on Amazon. Volume 4 (due May 2026) will be a remake of the ‘Drongo’s book’ Ross wrote some 19 years ago!
Ben & Ross are an amazing BBQ team, even though one is in the UK and the other in Western Australia, they have a perfect balance for BBQ Food and all of their books compliment this perfect alliance…
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Latest from BARBITEC
At Barbitec we constantly monitor the BBQ market place and associated BBQ area items like patio heaters and pizza ovens etc. The Barbitec blog is packed full of interesting articles on new products, BBQ reviews, technical information, maintenance advice and even some cooking and recipe tips. Dive in and have a look around – if you need any specific information just contact us as that’s what we are here for!
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October 7, 2026
Jeffrey Archer, Author and Politician – A sad day for Novelists – my favourite author died yesterday, he was a family friend and a great bloke, I have just finished reading the first of his ‘Prison Diary’ books and now am on his latest & last one, ‘Adam & Eve’, delivered yesterday, RIP Jeffery You as always were an inspiration and a great Author, We will always remember and love you mate!!
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September 29, 2026
Ben & I are looking for BBQ Recipes!!!!!! its “YOUR” Secrets Book – At the end of our current Secrets series we will be looking for BBQ recipes from you – dont make them hard just simple, easy, tasty BBQ recipes….Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Fish, Vegetarian, Desserts, Starters, Bread, Curry’s, Tacos anything…..send to.. [email protected]. If your recipe is published you will get a signed free copy of the book!
Your BBQ Recipes
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September 29, 2026
BRISTOL UK..This event is now over!
BBQ Ben and Ross Yarranton in Bristol launched their latest book with Exclusive Signings at Clevedon Pier and SS Great Britain, Bristol UK on Saturday 29 August 2026. Picture shown at Clevedon Pier, all their books are available on Amazon…
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Pea n pumpkin quiche, sauté potatoes and a mixed salad, coleslaw…. #barbitec #quiche #salad #healthyfood #lovetocook
Chicken n chips! Well chicken parmi and chips actually! #chickenparmigiana #chips #barbitec #snackmeal
Had a lot of ‘not so good’ food yesterday watching the AFL grand final sooooo today is back to a more healthy diet with full veggie soup and crusty m-grain rolls!! #barbitec #soup #lovetocook #mycooking #wafood
Back to a home cooked breakfast and coffee! Love it! #wafood #lovewa #homecookedmeals #barbitec #healthyfood
Did a msa bolar blade roast on the gas bbq this pm, with a bourbon glaze, from wollies, cooked at 170c for 2 hours, it was lovely and moist.. so my tip is, lower and slower!! Go for msa blade roast a great roast cut of beef! Ross #beefroast #wa beef #barbitec #lovetocook #lovetobbq
Humous my favorite protein dip with sesame crackers, healthy food! #humous #healthyfood #lovetocook #barbitec #protein
Perfect, Perfect, Perfect…. Burns beach WA… listen to those waves! Missed you!! #burnsbeach #barbitec #wabeaches #liveinwa #bestplace
Spaghetti bolognese tonight, lovely!!! #spagbol #foody #spaghetti #lovetocook #homecooking
Yes my last BBQ with help from my sous chef Peter! Lovely to catch up with family and friends and a few drinks too! Last BBQ before heading back to OZ! Also a BIG thanks to my co-author Ben for looking after me in Bristol… and who is the guy reading my book!! love all u guys! #bbq #bbqfood #barbitec #bbqben #lovetocook
Last bbq in UK! Lots of fun and weather good too.. #barbitec #lovemyfood #lovemybbq #bbqben #bbq
So, in Henley UK at good friend’s BBQ, Peter, great corn fed chicken, ratatouille and corn, awesome on the spit roast charcoal bbq, well done, lovely not to cook for a change!! #bbq #charcoalbbq #barbitec #bbqben #lovetocook
Pizza ‘the lot!’ #pizza #barbitec #pizzabase #lovepizza #lovemypizza
Off to Bristol UK tomorrow so I thought I would bake a chicken pie and roasted veggies for when I leave London rather than they starve!! 🤣🤣#barbitec #chickenpie #lovetocook #wholesomefood #veggies
So cool! Teaching today in the UK, my Goddaughter’s partner Sameer, a great student / cook hope you learnt a lot mate!! Ross #barbitec #lovetocook #lovemybbq #greabbq #loadsoffood
Beautiful Duck at the The Kensington at Lynton Devon just right, well done Chef a credit to you and the staff, thank-you, Ross #barbitec #duck #lynton #lovemyfood #greatfood
Awesome stop on our way to Devon on a lookout point where can you get a view like this… ? #barbitec #greatview #uktrip #cliffviews
Awesome Tagine chicken, made by my mate Peter in Henley UK, thank you Peter great meal ..!! #tagine #barbitec #maroccan #lovemyfood #food
In London!! I thought Perth WA was hot !!! #weather #ukweather #barbitec #hotweather☀️ #heatwaveuk
Funny that the simplest meals are often the best! Chicken schnitzel with spinach, shredded carrots, mushrooms and I cheated with Paul Newmans awesome ceasar salad sauce.. sorry but even the best chefs cheat sometimes..!! #barbitec #bestchef #lovetocook #schnitzel #chicken
