7 BBQ Boxes To Order For Summer Feasting
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Master the al fresco feast with these pre-prepared kits
The sun is shining, and the smoky scent of barbecues is wafting through the streets. If you haven’t dug yours out of the shed yet, now is the time, with the Met Office predicting a sizzling summer ahead. And to simplify the process, order from one of the many BBQ boxes on the market – many of which do the marinating for you. We’ve picked out the best of the bunch for 2025, featuring ethically-sourced meat, fresh veggies and flavoursome side dishes to create the ultimate chef-style feast.
Best BBQ Kits For 2025
Dishoom
Summer BBQ Box, £55
BEST FOR: Indian flavours
You can always count on Dishoom to bring the flavour, and its newly launched Summer BBQ Box is suitably tasty. It includes fiery marinated lamb chops, chicken tikka and murgh malai (marinated chicken thigh), which are all ready to be cooked on the BBQ (or under the grill, if the weather lets you down). The box also comes with Dishoom’s house spice mix, kabab masala, which is used to top many of its best-loved dishes.
Simon Rogan
Our Ultimate BBQ Box, from £200
BEST FOR: Real foodie types
Hosting a big party? You’ll be sure to impress your guests with this BBQ Box from Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan. Each month there’s a new menu based on what’s in season; for June that includes the likes of Lake District steak, slow braised beef brisket (plus milk buns and cucumber burger sauce), and Tomahawk pork chop. Rogan is a veg-first chef, though, so of course there are lots of veggie dishes too, such as BBQ purple kohlrabi salad, charred confit potato salad, and broad bean hummus with burnt leek and pitta.
The Black Farmer
Hot And Spicy Box, £63
BEST FOR: Spice lovers
Those with a penchant for all things spicy should give this meaty box from The Black Farmer – the award-winning Devon-born farm shop which now has a branch in Brixton. It contains chicken wings, pork ribs, lamb chops, ribeye steak and drumsticks – ideal for groups with lots of meat-eaters who can handle the heat of jerk and chillies.
Pipers Farm
The Big BBQ Burger Box
BEST FOR: Burger night
Burgers might be one of life’s simpler pleasures, but mastering the dish isn’t easy. First and foremost you need really good meat, but the type of bun, fillings and sauce are also crucial components. With this box from Pipers Farm, you’ll guarantee top quality on all of the above. It contains four grass-fed burgers, four chicken burgers and four lamb and mint burgers, alongside buns, ketchup, pickled cucumbers and fermented kraut. Better still, all its meat is ethically sourced from small-scale family farms.
Wright Bros
BBQ Seafood Box, £87
BEST FOR: Fish lovers
Did someone say shrimp on the barbie? Well… scallops, prawns and octopus in this case. The Wright Bros’ BBQ box includes everything you need for a giant seafood feast which will feed between four to five people, including a large monkfish tail, which arrives skinned and on the bone (here’s how to BBQ fish like a pr0).
Fortnum & Mason
The Fortnum’s BBQ Selection, £60
BEST FOR: A classic BBQ
You can always count on Fortnum & Mason to deliver on the foodie goods. This box includes 12 traditional sausages, six Sussex wagyu burgers, a spatchcock free-range chicken, and some fennel and preserved lemon paste to incorporate. It’s enough meat for six people, you’ll just need to whizz up a few sides to go with it.
Made In Oldstead
The BBQ Box, £65
BEST FOR: Superior sides
Tommy Banks’ delivery service Made In Oldstead strikes again with this generous box which contains everything you need for an al fresco lunch for two (minus the BBQ itself). There’s beef burgers, brioche buns and fermented tomato ketchup, alongside honey and black garlic chicken wings, spiced lamb koftas and pork sausages. Sides-wise, you can enjoy miso-glazed corn on the cobs, macerated red cabbage coleslaw, and potato and lemon verbena salad.
