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The sun is shining early this year, and those with outdoor spaces at home are already itching to get their grills ablaze to cook up a barbecue feast. But you can take your barbecue further than the usual sausages, burgers and kebabs.
Below we list 10 of the best weird and wonderful food options you could try cooking the next time you fire up your barbecue, and handy tips on how to cook them.
Some could be unorthodox options that you've tried once or twice before, while others you might not have even believed were possible to cook on a barbecue.
Read on to find out 10 ways you can broaden your barbecue horizons, or compare our barbecue reviews to find a new top grill for your garden.
If you do plan on having a barbecue, check the latest advice from your council on lighting barbecues, bonfires and wood-burning stoves during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some have advised against this due to its potential to aggravate respiratory conditions. Check our recent news story rounding up the latest advice.
Halloumi is often the go-to cheese for enjoying straight off the grill, but introducing some smoky flavours to your camembert can upgrade an already indulgent snack to another level of gooey deliciousness.
Camembert is usually topped with rosemary or thyme and garlic and enjoyed with torn-off chunks of tasty bread or carrot sticks for dunking.
A chilled glass of white wine is the perfect accompaniment to a smoky camembert. Head to our roundup of the best white wines for 2020 to pick out the best bottle.
Using fire to cook pizza is a traditional and often favoured method, but you don't need to invest in a brick oven to cook pizza outdoors.
It's perfectly doable on a barbecue, you just need a hood or lid and a way to prevent direct heat from hitting the pizza.
Want to find out the best olive oil for drizzling over your barbecued pizza? Check out our handy guide on the best olive oils.
Barbecue pizza oven toppers can be handy, as they let you keep an eye on the pizza as it cooks. Check out Aldi's cheap £40 barbecue pizza oven topper if you want to give one a try.
Paul Hollywood would probably go spare if he caught you popping a cake tin on your barbecue grill, but we won't tell him if you don't.
As you might expect, barbecue-baking cakes is a risky business. Temperature control is a major factor in baking and, especially in the case of charcoal barbecues, this can be difficult to master.
Cooking tips
You don't need to switch the oven on for the perfect side to be served with your freshly grilled burgers.
In fact, you don't even need a baking tray. Fresh or frozen chips and some aluminium foil is all you need to make crispy fries with cheese or other tasty toppings for your barbecue feast.
Our consumer panel taste tests have recently uncovered the best frozen chips you can pick up from the supermarket. Check out our best frozen chips guide before you go shopping.
If you want to add some Mexican flair to your barbecue, quesadillas are a tasty and very easy-to-cook option.
You won't even need a pan unless the gaps between the grill bars on your barbecue are wide enough that tortilla wraps could slip through.
All you need for a simple quesadilla is high-quality tortilla wraps that won't crumble or split easily, some cheese, and a filling such as cooked chicken, peppers, beans or sweet potato.
Perhaps a more familiar but nonetheless unconventional barbecue food, bananas can make for delightful hot desserts to be served up when the coals are dying down.
They'll come out blackened and steaming, and are especially good when served with a lump of ice cream, blueberries or a light sprinkle of brown sugar.
Our roundup of the best vanilla ice creams can help you mix the perfect blend of flavours for your barbecue dessert.
Charcoal barbecues will give you the best grilled bananas. Check out our guide to the best charcoal barbecues to make sure your bananas turn out delicious.
It may not appeal to cook on your barbecue on a cold Tuesday in February, but for those who enjoy pancakes for breakfast all year round, cooking them on your barbecue can prove very rewarding.
There is very little difference in the method, but you're likely to get beautifully textured pancakes that are the perfect mix of crisp and fluffy if you cook them over the grill.
Another menu item for a breakfast barbecue, eggy bread (or French toast if you're not British) can be a chargrilled delight when cooked up on the grill.
You can use the grill bars or a griddle, but a pan isn't recommended, as you'll probably get similar results to those you get on the stove, rather than the benefits of barbecuing.
If you want a great gas barbecue to keep firm control on your cooking temperature, our top five gas barbecues guide can help you choose.
Guacamole might be a regular attendee at barbecues, but sliced, chargrilled, smoky avocado is much less common.
You can still mash it up into smoky guacamole after you've grilled it, of course. This versatile fruit can be enjoyed on its own as a side, or integrated into several areas of your barbecue feast, from burger fillings to salad ingredients.
Fish may be a familiar food on the grill bars of your barbecue, but there is plenty more seafood that is just as barbecue-friendly.
Oysters are a stress-free seafood that will elevate your barbecue beyond the norm. Once you've shucked them, they can simply be placed shell-first on the grill bars.
Ready to treat yourself to a barbecue that can cook up this whole lot without breaking a sweat? Head to our Best Buy barbecues to see the top models we recommend.