About Ross

After working for Shell Oil in London and for his Uncle’s Total Oil & Calor Gas (LPG) Depot in South London, where he reached Director level he decided to emigrate to Australia as the opportunites there seemed very inviting…..

After a barbeque party at his home, he thought to himself, ‘who assembles and maintains barbeques in Perth?’ visiting the local barbeque store the following day, his barbeque business was born.

Barbitec was formed in 2000 and handled BBQ warranty work for leading BBQ manufacturers such as GasMate and Barbeques Galore up to 2019 as well as private work. Now more ‘workshop’ based, most of the work is carried out in his ‘fully equipped’ workshop. If the item is irreparable no charges are made, so if it cant be fixed its free!

His interest in cooking, in particular BBQ cooking led to two years of recipe collaboration with professional chefs in Western Australia, culminating in writing his BBQ cookery book “Drongo’s Guide to BBQ Mastery” and offering BBQ Mastery cooking classes and being the first WA BBQ Chef to start BBQ Classes back in early 2000. He still offers guidance to the ‘would-be’ BBQ cooks out there for free, sharing most of his experience on his INSTAGRAM page.

Also set up is the ‘Barbecue Service Alliance Australia Directory’ This directory has the names of BBQ service businesses all across Australia so if you want a 5 star BBQ repair business go to:

www.bbqsaa.com.au  

BBQ and Patio Heater servicing is now carried out in our comprehensive workshop but Ross can also offer advice on what BBQ to buy, whether your old bbq is worth repairing, Alfreso areas compliance issues etc.,

Ross is married, lives in Perth Western Australia, is a fully qualified, licensed gas technician as well as an author and professional Cook.

Follow him on instagram https://www.instagram.com/barbitec/

   Photos Ben Bartlett UK celebrity Chef, BBQ UK and World BBQ Champion : George Calombaris Australian Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur, also one of the judges of the Network 10 series MasterChef …

   Taken at the commercial kitchen show, London 2022. Good Food and Wine Show, Perth, WA 2022

revised 13/11/2025