BBQ Class Schedule Announced!

Friendly Fires

WOW! What a winter this has been and it's not even over yet! Spring is coming however and it's time to start thinking BBQ!

As a customer of Friendly Fires we are giving you advance notice of our 2014 BBQ Class schedule. Sign up early as we will begin advertising our classes on TV, online as well at the Peterborough Home Show this weekend (March 14-16).

That's right, catch us in the front lobby of the Peterborough Memorial Center this weekend for what we promise will be the best BBQ prices of the year. Come ready to buy because Sunday at 4:01 pm prices go back up.

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2014 BBQ Class Schedule

3rd Annual Kawartha BBQ Competition

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Friendly Fires 2014 BBQ Class Schedule

Below you will find the schedule for our BBQ classes in 2014. We are very excited to be welcoming back both Chef Brian Henry (http://www.chefbrianhenry.com/) and Master Butcher George Madill from Primal Cuts (http://primalcuts.ca/). New this year is Chef Erik Hoflick from Dr.J's BBQ & Brews - a new authentic BBQ restaurant that opened recently on the corner of King and Aylmer (no website yet just their facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dr-Js-Bbq-Brews/606724612707997).

Once again, the majority of our BBQ classes take place on Saturday mornings at our Peterborough store location - and usually rain or shine so come dressed for the weather (tents are erected in the case of rain).

To see pictures of past BBQ classes including our BBQ competitions, CLICK HERE

For a copy of the schedule you can print off and post on your fridge, CLICK HERE

Saturday May 31st - 10am

Friendly Fires staff would like to introduce you to cooking on an outdoor wood-fired oven. Some call them pizza ovens and they do cook the best pizza you've ever had BUT you can cook almost anything in them. Steak? Yes! Chicken? Yes! (cost is FREE!)

Saturday June 7th - 10am

Master Butcher George Madill from Primal Cuts in Peterborough will be exploring the world of steak. He will guide us through many different cuts, how to choose, what to look for and of course, how to grill them! Primal Cuts is known for using ethically raised local animals and being the only shop in town that dry ages beef up to 90 days! (cost is $15 per person)

Monday June 9th - 6pm

Friendly Fires' own Hayley Doyle, Valerie Adams and Andrea Drake will be hosting an evening of fun and food where women can feel free to discuss all things BBQ. Experience is not necessary. Come for the experience, come for the food, come for the techniques but leave happy, full and eager to get home to turn on your own BBQ! (cost is $25 per person and class is approx 2 hours long)

Saturday June 14th - 10am

Chef Brian Henry will have you falling back in love with burgers. Chef Brian will show us how to select the meat, grind it ourselves, season it and in the end ... grill it! You will never go back to frozen burgers again.

Saturday June 21st - 10am

Master Butcher George Madill from Primal Cuts in Peterborough will be again be exploring the world of steak. He will guide us through many different cuts, how to choose, what to look for and of course, how to grill them! Primal Cuts is known for using ethically raised local animals and being the only shop in town that dry ages beef up to 90 days! (cost is $15 per person)

Saturday July 5th - 10am

Chef Brian Henry is back and this time he is taking on what has been referred to as "the Mount Everest of BBQ" .. the brisket. Learn all you'll need to know about this well known but rarely attempted cut of meat. Done right, brisket will have your guests talking for years about your last BBQ dinner party. (cost is $15 per person)

Monday July 7th - 6pm

Saturday July 12th - 10am

Chef Erik from Dr.J's BBQ & Brews will teach us all about Ribs! Dr.J's is a recent addition to the Peterborough restaurant scene. Located on the corner of Aylmer and King, Dr.J's menu specializes in southern BBQ including ribs and most food is cooked on their custom made smoker out back that they had shipped up from the deep south. Chef Erik will guide us through making our own BBQ sauce, rubs and how to prep and properly cook ribs.(cost is $15 per person)

Saturday July 19th - 10am

Chef Brian Henry's last class of 2014 will explore the world of Brazilian BBQ. Churrasco as it's called in South America, is the art of BBQ'ing large pieces of meat on skewers which are then sliced off the skewer table-side. (cost is $15 per person)

To sign up for any of our classes, please call our Peterborough location (705-741-1900) or drop in (981 Highway 7 East, Peterborough). Due to the popularity of these classes and the need to know numbers for estimating food, please note that prepayment is required to hold your spot.

Chef Brian Henry

Primal Cuts Butcher Shop

Dr.J's BBQ & Brew

Friendly Fires 3rd Annual Kawartha BBQ Competition

2014 - Rib Challenge

Think you can cook some kick-butt Back Ribs? Now's your chance to prove it. We're offering a one day "Rib Competition" with the winner taking home a brand new Napoleon Charcoal Grill valued at $1,000.

First Prize For Best Ribs!

Here's the details - we are offering a spot for up to 20 teams to cook back ribs on their Smoker/BBQ at our Peterborough location on Saturday July 26th. You can begin cooking whenever, but judging will be done by a 3-5 person judging team at 3pm with the winning team getting a Napoleon Charcoal Grill as pictured to the left.To sign up your team contact Friendly Fires. Entry fee of $50 must be paid to register.

If you are a BBQ'er this is a great opportunity to come out, have some fun for the day, talk with other cooks and share recipes and ideas.

If you are not a great BBQ'er here's your chance to wander our parking lot picking the brains of the areas best backyard chefs! There will be a live band, a bouncy castle and plenty of BBQ samples to taste ... all for FREE!

Enjoy BBQ? Have a few friends that do too? Why not challenge them to enter and compete to decide which of you truly is the best chef?

Did you know that we now do rooftop solar in Peterborough? Our Kingston location has been a leader in solar installations for 20 years! Government programs are still in place allowing you to generate thousands of dollars a year (for 20 years!) from your roof. Drop in and see how we can facilitate the entire process for you.

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Your roof can earn up to $7,000 per year for the next 20 years!

Ontario's MicroFIT program allows individuals to sell their solar power under contract for the next 20 years with returns of up to 13%. Most times we hear "This just sounds too good to be true! What's the catch?". .... There isn't one.

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We can handle your entire project, from government approvals, site inspections, system design and engineering, through to installation and servicing. We only use the best equipment; products we know are going to last and offer the best value to you, our customers.

If you'd like to know more about the MicroFIT solar program but are overwhelmed by the wide array of conflicting sales claims and misleading advertising, come in and see us today. We have 20 years of solar experience and more than 750 projects installed. We can get your applications submitted for you while we still have the best incentives and lowest equipment prices = more money in your pocket!

Did you know that we now do solar-powered swimming pool heating systems in Peterborough? Our Kingston location has been a leader in solar installations (including for swimming pools) for 20 years! These systems are close in price to natural gas or propane systems but involve no ongoing costs! (price of fuel).

Solar swimming pool heating system

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4 - 8�C per day!

Interested in increasing the length of your swimming season but don't like the trouble of natural gas and propane heaters that are expensive to fix? (never mind the cost of fuel!)

Ask us about our solar-powered swimming pool heaters. These can be installed on a nearby roof or even on a patch of unused ground 100 feet away!