Steak, burgers, sausages...these are considered the key ingredients of a summer barbecue. But have you ever considered making pizza the main course? With the right outdoor fireplace, stone cookers, and our guide on how to cook the best pizza at a BBQ, you can recreate the feel and freshness of your favourite Italian restaurants in the warm familiarity of your back garden. Choosing the right cooker/oven There’s no point striving to create the ultimate BBQ pizza if you don’t have...Read More

Fire bowls offer a convenient, low-tech and ultimately more affordable alternative to the more standard fireplaces. They’re ideal for summer use, and save you the effort of seeking out wood to burn or the hassle of a hassle-filled installation. Even better, there’s plenty of variety in the designs and functions available, so we’ve listed 5 of the best outdoor fire bowls to help you make the right choice for your garden or patio. #1. Estrella Large Fire Bowl The biggest and best...Read More

Putting on a perfect barbecue is the quintessential adult summer dream, and a joy for both hungry guests and skilled chefs alike! Whilst we’re still some way off before you can ready the charcoal and finally pull of that dust cover, it’s never too early to start improving your barbecue technique or to begin looking for your dream cooker. In this entry of the First Choice Fireplace blog, we’ll lay out our very best tips for a perfect barbecue, and how to ensure your flame-grilled, back...Read More

With eco-friendly, green concerns coming to the forefront of almost everyone’s consciousness, the manufacturers of heating solutions are back to the drawing board, redesigning our heating systems from the ground up in an effort to help conserve our natural resources.  At the moment, the environmentally-friendly options that are most available are bio-ethanol fires and gel fires.  We have already looked at bio-ethanol fires in one of our previous posts – see our bio ethanol fire blog post...Read More

With summer now upon us, all of our thoughts turn to getting outside and enjoying the beautiful weather when it allows.  The English climate is such a fickle mistress, that it becomes an all-out race for us to get everything ready to savour it as soon as we see the chance of sun!  Supermarkets run out of barbecue food within an hour and garages bring briquettes and firewood out from the stockroom, while we frantically ensure that our outside space is hospitable and welcoming for our family...Read More