Quick and Easy BBQ Recipes for New Year's Weekend Feasts

Author: Sasha Halabi  Date Posted:25 December 2025 

As the year winds down and the holiday celebrations continue, there’s no better way to enjoy the New Year’s weekend than with a BBQ feast. Whether you’re hosting a big family get-together or having a relaxed BBQ with friends, these quick and easy recipes will help you feed the crowd in style. With the right tools from Flaming Coals, your cook-up will be smoother, quicker, and more flavourful than ever before.

We’ve paired each recipe with a Flaming Coals product to ensure you’ve got everything you need for a perfect New Year’s BBQ.

1. Succulent Chicken Gyros

Recipe:

Chicken gyros are an easy and fun BBQ favourite, perfect for feeding a crowd. Marinate your chicken pieces in olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and your favourite herbs. Thread the chicken onto skewers and hold in place with the gyros discs. Cook over a hot charcoal grill until golden and juicy.

Golden, juicy chicken gyros cooking on a rotating spit, tightly stacked and crisping over charcoal.

Product Pairing | Gyros Discs:

For these juicy skewers, use the Flaming Coals Gyros Discs to get perfect, evenly cooked gyros every time. The durable construction ensures there is no unwanted movement in the protein, and they’re easy to clean for your next BBQ!

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2. Grilled Veggie Medley

Recipe:

For a healthy and colourful addition to your BBQ, try grilling a medley of seasonal veggies such as bell peppers, zucchini, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes. Toss them in olive oil, salt, pepper, and fresh herbs before placing them on the grill. Grill until tender with a bit of char for added flavour.

Assorted vegetables including peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and mushrooms grilling on a cast iron plate over a Flaming Coals barbecue.

Product Pairing | Cast Iron Griddle

The Flaming Coals Cast Iron Griddle is the perfect tool for cooking vegetables on your BBQ. The cast iron gives you even heat distribution, ensuring your veggies cook perfectly every time while retaining their natural flavours.

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3. Lamb Shank Soup

Recipe:

For a hearty and warming dish, try making lamb shank soup. Brown the lamb shanks in the Flaming Coals Cast Iron Camp Oven, then add vegetables like carrots, potatoes, onions, and garlic. Pour in some stock, and let it simmer on the coals for a couple of hours until the lamb is tender and the flavours are rich.

A cast iron pot simmering with lamb shank soup over an open flame, with wood and hot coals burning beneath the grill.

Product Pairing | Cast Iron Camp Oven

Use the Flaming Coals Cast Iron Camp Oven for this recipe. The heavy-duty cast iron ensures even heat and slow cooking, perfect for this rich, savoury soup. Cook in the backyard, or when you go travelling, its portability allows you to bring it anywhere life takes you. 

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4. Juicy Beef Burgers

Recipe:

Everyone loves a good beef burger. Season your ground beef with salt, pepper, and garlic powder, form into patties, and grill until they’re cooked to your desired level. Serve with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and your favourite condiments for a classic BBQ meal.

A backyard kettle barbecue with burgers, bacon, onions and a cast iron burger press, with a flare-up flame on the cooking surface

Product Pairing | Cast Iron Grill Press

For the perfect sear, use the Flaming Coals Cast Iron Burger Grill Press. This grill press helps speed up cooking times by pressing your burgers from both sides at once, locking in moisture and flavour while ensuring that beautiful sear everyone craves.

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5. Charcoal Chicken

Recipe:

Charcoal Chicken is a BBQ classic. Coat your chicken in olive oil, salt, pepper, and your favourite spices. Grill it over the coals, turning every 15 minutes until golden and crispy on the outside, and juicy on the inside. The smoky flavour from the charcoal makes it irresistible.

Multiple whole chickens rotating on a commercial spit rotisserie over hot charcoal, cooking evenly with golden, crispy skin.

Product Pairing | Chicken Prongs

The Flaming Coals Chicken Prongs are perfect for cooking multiple pieces of chicken on your spit. They ensure that each piece rotates evenly, giving you a consistent cook, ideal for charcoal chicken.

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Ready to Fire Up the BBQ?

These recipes are just the start of what you can cook on your Flaming Coals BBQ gear. Whether you’re hosting a New Year’s Eve BBQ or spending the day with friends and family, these simple and delicious BBQ ideas are sure to impress.

To elevate your outdoor cooking experience, make sure you’ve got the right tools from Flaming Coals to ensure your next BBQ is unforgettable. From skewers to griddles and everything in between, we’ve got you covered!

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