★★★★★ ★★★★★ Recommended American Smoking BBQ Cooking Class Michael 10 August 2025 Fantastic class. Warm welcome and a welcome drink upon arrival. The chefs were very informative and knowledgeable about the history of American BBQ, types of smokers, and the tips and tricks to cook the perfect home feast. The meal at the end after all the cooking was done was magnificent! Customer Experience Hi Michael, we're so pleased to hear you enjoyed your experience. We appreciate you taking the time to leave such positive feedback! 11 August 2025
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Recommended Great day learning lots of bbq tips and tricks. Damien 21 January 2024 We had a great experience today. Welcomed with a completely drink, then into food preparation. Coleslaw, jalapeño poppers for a start. Then we prepared and seasoned baby back ribs, then into the smoker. During the few hours there a few items were prepped and cooked, due to time constraints some was pre cooked (pulled pork for sliders & brisket). All told it was a great experience, highly recommend.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Misleading and not worth the money Lang Fei Qian 19 December 2019 Course description is misleading and overpromises. Do NOT sign up for this class you would like to learn the technical skills about meat smoking. We did not even get to set up a smoker nor touch a piece of meat. In fact, we didn't even see a proper smoker in action. This class is more about eating than learning (ready-cooked meat were presented). If you can already cook, this class will be an insult to your intelligence.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ A disappointing class. Brad 16 December 2019 This class failed to teach me how to smoke meat. During this class I didn't touch a piece of meat, charcoal or timber. The focus was on eating and not learning.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ American style smoking Roi 16 September 2019 The afternoon was well organized and informative and would go again
★★★★★ ★★★★★ American BBQ Cooking Class Candi 15 July 2019 I bought this for my hisband as a Christmas present. So far, so good. (That was the Red Balloon bit) Then the cooking school bit: BOOKING: I am not too bad with tech but had difficulty using the online booking system and I had to call them to actually make the booking so, all up, it took about 2 hours for me to book. CLASS: My husband drove 2 and a half hours to attend the cooking class. He was told after he arrived that they were running late and it had been rescheduled from 3pm to 6pm. He had no options but to sit in their bar/waiting room for 3 hours and then, if it started at 6pm, to get home at an estimated 1am to 2am on a weeknight. H He had one beer, which he had to pay for, and drove 2 and a half hours home. 5 hours gone and we received a call the next day from the organisers to say "Sorry." Which didn't really cut the mustard for the inconvenience of it all. They then booked my husband in for another session without consultation, just sent an email with our assigned date. I assume this is so they can claim the funds from Red Balloon and say we were a "no show". Then I get an email asking "How was it?" Well, it was unprofessional, useless and worthless experience. I would NOT recommend to anyone, unless you want to get messed around, pay too much for a beer and just get a "sorry" as compensation.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ American BBQ. Paul 19 May 2019 Amazing food. The Chefs were very experienced, knowledgeable and gave valuable advice. Overall a fantastic night.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Learnt a lot! Big group Jo Anne 15 April 2019 The chefs had good tips and tricks, very interactive. Food was delicious. The only downside was it was a really big class, over 20 people. Felt like they jam packed us in to an area too small to see much. The equipment was great and varied.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ A fun and enjoyable afternoon Brad 3 March 2019 Understandably, we couldn't be there for the whole smoking as of the time it takes, so most of the smoking was done. However, the instructors were great, I learnt a lot of different techniques and tricks that will greatly improve on my smoking ability. I had a stack of questions to ask, and they were all answered with a great amount of knowledge. At the end we sat down to some amazing food. I would recommend this course.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Great food and flavours DT 23 January 2019 Food was delicious and hosts were good however there's a couple of reasons I wouldn't give it 5 stars. Firstly it was more of a demonstration than a 'cooking class'. Secondly we weren't told that the complimentary drinks to go with the food was beer only. It was also a bit pricey without a lot of 'cooking'. Despite all of this, food was delicious and we enjoyed it.