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Your Braaimate is the South African behind braaimate.com. Twenty years in Australia, one well-used backyard braai, and a running list of every swap, shop and workaround that keeps the taste of home alive. He tests every substitute himself, buys what he reviews, and has lost enough biltong to Brisbane humidity to write the guide. Say howzit at howzit@braaimate.com.

Braai vs bbq: an expat settles it

16 July 202611 July 2026 by Your Braaimate
A charcoal kettle braai with glowing coals beside an open gas barbecue on an Australian patio at sunset

Braai or barbie? A South African expat in Australia settles the difference, from the fire to the boerewors to what the Aussies get gloriously right.

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