More than half of Irish people plan on lighting up BBQ this summer

Irish people are longing to fire up the grill this summer, with 60% hoping to become pittmasters over the coming months.

While our weather can make al fresco dining daunting, we’ve all become more familiar with outdoor activities over the past year with many of us investing in BBQs and freshening up our outdoor spaces.

Chicken and steak are the top meats getting cooked up while 92% of us will make sure to serve a salad with the meal.

However, the survey from Aldi showed that it wasn’t all plain sailing as 62% of people have burned their food, while a hilarious 27% haven’t even managed to get the BBQ lit.

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And it also showed that 25.5% have undercooked food, so it’s no surprise we’re not confident (26%) when it comes to our grilling game.

Aldi has teamed up with grilling queen Trisha Lewis, to launch Raising the Barbecue, a new campaign to help turn the nation from pit-iful grillers to gourmet barbeque masters this summer.

She said: “I’m delighted to be part of Aldi’s Raising the BBQ campaign. We’ll all be spending a lot more time in our gardens this summer so it’s the perfect time to get a bit more familiar with your barbeque!

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“Aldi has delicious easy to follow barbeque recipes and I’ll be providing some really useful tips during the campaign to help you become a barbeque pro.

“Now all we need is some sun!”