The Best BBQ Skewers

The Best BBQ Skewers are a great way to add some delicious flavour to your barbecue. These barbecue skewers for grilling can be used over and over again for the perfect barbecue experience every time. The best part about these skewers is that they’re versatile enough to use with any type of meat or vegetable you want!

Can you use wooden bamboo skewers on a BBQ?

You can also use the wooden bamboo skewers as a base for foods that don’t need heat, such as vegetables and fruit. This will keep them from falling through metal skewer holes onto the grill or flame below when you flip food in your BBQ cooking area.

What type of metal skewers are there?

There are two main types of metal skewers: stainless steel and aluminum. Stainless steel is heavy-duty, durable, and can be reused after being cleaned properly (a dishwasher should suffice). Aluminum skewer has a light weight and can also be used over the stovetop or grill without any issues. The drawback to using them is that they bend very easy.

Other metal skewer materials include steel (most common), titanium, copper or brass.

What if I don’t have any skewers?

Don’t worry. You can make skewers with just about anything that will hold the food in place, including regular household items like toothpicks or even small pieces of metal (like a paperclip). Metal skewers are great because they’re reusable and don’t burn over an open flame. Make your favourite BBQ dish on some sturdy herb sticks, like Rosemary stalks.

What about wooden handles on metal skewers?

Wooden handles on metal skewers are great if you’re looking for a more traditional look. They also provide an excellent grip, especially when the meat has sauce all over it! Wooden handles can be made from things like: bamboo, oak or hickory and they come in different colours such as light brown, dark stained wood or black.

I would suggest you use these type of skewers more on a direct grill where the lid is open and you can place the handles out of the way.

What can you cook on barbecue skewers?

The best BBQ skewers can be used for so many dishes! These skewers are great because they allow people to cook a number of different items at the same time. Oftentimes, cooking individual pieces means that some might get done before others and there is no way to adjust accordingly. With these skewer-ready ingredients, everything should be of the same size giving an even cook to the skewered food.

You can use them for anything from grilling meat, such as, lamb, pork, beef and chicken. Fish is another good example, you can use the skewer so you don’t need a grill surface where sometimes the skin sticks, or even a load of Shrimp which is very time consuming turning over one by one!

It’s also just as easy to prepare veggie skewers which contain your favourite veggies from onions and peppers to mushrooms, corn-on-the-cob and Zucchini…the list is endless!

Why stop there, what about dessert? For a simple fruit kebab, just infuse some basil in a sugar syrup and drizzle over your skewered strawberries but watch for flare ups!

What are the best skewers for BBQ?

There are a number of different types of skewers you can use for BBQ. The most popular skewers today include steel, bamboo, and some type of metal like aluminum or stainless steel that is designed not to rust if it gets wet. There’s also the kebob skewer which is basically just a flat piece of metal that holds the food very well. There’s also the pronged that suits flipping your food without damaging it or it falling off.

The type of skewer you choose will depend on what kind of food you are cooking. For example, if the meat is a thicker cut then it would work better with stainless steel skewers than say kebob or pronged. If using bamboo for anything other than veggies and fruit I recommend soaking them in water first to try and prevent them burning.