I'm throwing a barbeque party...please give me some tips!

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Hey, I'm throwing a BBQ for about 25 people: most of which are my age (21, 22) also some younger kids and adults.

I'm counting on my awesome Dad to help cook...(I guess a bunch of hamburgers) also I'll buy some food. I also have a very weird and small pool in my backyard (it's cement and like 3 feet deep but it's cool) so we'll put that to some use.

I'm getting really into making an iPod playlist, and I really want to get people dancing. (I'm not sure if that will be really hard or really easy.) It's difficult because I love hip hop and I don't want to make the adults hate me or the party, or play things that are tooooo inappropriate for the younger kids. (most of it will go over their head i guess).

I don't know, I'm also not sure how long I should expect this to be and what to do to prevent people from getting bored. I feel like people are going to start going inside, and I was hoping to keep it mostly outside.

Yeah, that's pretty much it...I've never thrown a party or barbeue myself before so if any of you guys have any advice I'd really apreciate it!

Thanks!

Peace

― yoyoyo (Colin Cassidy), Sunday, 25 June 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

Go find Three Feet High and Rising by De La Soul. Adult friendly, kid friendly, and yet good. Also matches your pool.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Sunday, 25 June 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

invite girls

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 26 June 2006 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://about-australia-shop.com/images/products/Apron_Flag_on_Navy_5217A.jpeg & http://img1.travelblog.org/Photos/2064/4503/t/16029-Typical-Aussie-Fridge-0.jpg

Obviously, A selection of Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes solo for the music.

― S- (sgh), Monday, 26 June 2006 01:46 (nineteen years ago)

Get some Belgian endive, quarter them lengthwise and grill them, slathering them periodically with balsamic vinaigrette. Put 'em in one of those burger-griller wire cage thingies. Takes a long time for them to get crispy at the edges because the leaves are so water-filled, but when they do, oooooweeee!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 26 June 2006 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

Also, set up an outdoor ping-pong table.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 26 June 2006 01:54 (nineteen years ago)

jim very much on the $. pool is also a good thing to have around if the weather is good.

― NEUBROMANCER (haitch), Monday, 26 June 2006 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

get a dope ass barbecue apron that looks like a tuxedo

http://www.coolstuffcheap.com/black-tuxedo.html

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 26 June 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

make it happen:
http://www.garatshay.org.uk/images/splash.jpg

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Monday, 26 June 2006 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

Play some DJ Quik.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 26 June 2006 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

Let's get this straight...you can cook on grills already, yes?

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 26 June 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know, I'm also not sure how long I should expect this to be and what to do to prevent people from getting bored.

people won't get bored unless you invite boring people! get a mix of people that know each other and some that don't, we had a barbecue last sunday and bc i've just moved into a new place my flatmate's friends and mine had never met, everyone figuring out where everyone else fits in gives everyone stuff to talk about. Obv you don't want only people who've never met any of the other people there. Also that was my first barbecue (as one of the hosts) with a small child and a dog in attendance, and they provided plenty amusement for all.

I feel like people are going to start going inside, and I was hoping to keep it mostly outside.

Dunno where you live, but if the weather's like here it's pretty much inevitable at some point, it'll get a mite too cold to be outside a couple of hours after dark and they'll head in. You can delay it if you've got the speakers inside for the music to be heard outside, it's too loud for anyone to stay inside and they can't turn the music down because it's not fair for the people outside to have no music.

― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 26 June 2006 08:44 (nineteen years ago)

I think you have to let people do what they will, and go where they want. Go into it with as few expectations as possible: then things can’t “go wrong.” If someone wants to hear Brown Eyed Girl, but you had planned a mix that you know they’d like if they’d just listen (they might not – they’re the normals), be willing to accommodate. Don’t try to force your ideal afternoon on the spontaneous drunken vagaries of your guests. Likewise, if they want to go inside, good! If that’s what they want to do. Fuckin ride the snake, man.

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Monday, 26 June 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

If you have stacks of foid to cook and lots of impatient, hungry guests, it's always worth partially pre-cooking sausages, chicken etc in the kitchen oven first and then finishing them off on the barbecue grill.

Make sure any meats you grill are properly cooked through.

― C J (C J), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

have ample seating and an extra can of bug-repellent. and ice. don't forget the vegetarians!

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

Put food on wayy before people get hungry, or they'll dig in relative to how hungry they are as opposed to how cooked it is.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

Tiki torches provide a nice atmosphere in twilight and at night.

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Get one of those citranella (sp?) candles that repell misquitoes. Do you have some sort of grass yard, or is it just the pool & concrete? If you have a yard, try setting up a game - horseshoes or cornhole or something.

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

Oh no, wait, BADMINTON.

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

totally

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

Marinate yr meat

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

oops wrong thread

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Beverages can make or break your BBQ. Lemonade, iced tea, and beer are recommended.

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Monday, 26 June 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

Can't go wrong with Coronas...or can I?

― ccc (Colin Cassidy), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 03:41 (nineteen years ago)

With lemons jammed in the neck natch!

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

Coronas are only for morning-after, when you can't cope with anything with flavour.

― S- (sgh), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 04:56 (nineteen years ago)

heh.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 05:12 (nineteen years ago)

when was the bbq?

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 05:38 (nineteen years ago)

sixteen years pass...

don't cook actual ppl

― Mr Haaland's Opus (Neanderthal), Friday, 9 September 2022 05:45 (three years ago)

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