Keep your cool in the sun with our barbecue etiquette guide

Explorer Bear Grylls has said: 'My favourite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue'

Who doesn’t love smoked food in the great outdoors? Picture: iStock

Barbecues are popular with every age group and are the quintessential scent of summer — and will be particularly in vogue as temperatures soar this weekend.

It’s a comfortable entertaining fit for most of us, keeping wanderers out of the house, and reducing slops of Beaujolais on the cream carpet.