Built-in braais are the original in statement braais. A product that is not just a cool extra addition to your home, but a centerpiece to braai on in winter, summer, rain, or shine! A built-in braai is basically a box that can show off your multi-tasking skills. Here is why we think so; picture this, you’ve got a fire going in your ember maker while you’re prepping the last of the meat. As the coals start to form, you scrape them over underneath the grid to start braaiing. In the air hangs a potjie with a beautiful sourdough bread on the potjie hook, doing its thing while the chops are cooking. You add more wood to your ember maker just incase you need more coals, and to keep the ambience going.

Multi-tasking supreme braai chef? We think yes! Check out our top 10 recipes on your built-in braai:

Meat Rangers braai broodjie

1. Meat Ranger’s Braai Broodjie

Melted cheese, gooey cheese, and even more cheese in the Meat Ranger’s braai broodjie. We’ve tried many braai broodjies before, and this one is the most gourmet that you can get!

See recipe here.

2. Jan Braai’s Pork Neck curry

Delicious and easy on the wallet as well. Nothing like a hearty curry with a side of samp or rice for the fam. The great thing about making a potjie on a built-in braai is using your potjie hook. For example sear your pork neck chops on the grid while your onions, garlic and spices are sauteing in the pot.

See recipe here.

3. Naqiyah Mayat’s Peppermint crisp s’mores

Yummy fun dessert that everyone will love! Get the kids involved with a spread of different sweets for them to be creative and make their own s’mores.

See recipe here.

4. Sourdough braai bread

There’s nothing that won’t go with sourdough braai bread as a side. Just with rich butter and salt, apricot jam, or the vehicle for soaking up all the potjie juices left in your plate.

See recipe here.

5. Jan Braai’s steak with red wine sauce

Steak big enough to serve as a braai tapas dish or as we know it in South Africa, plankie braai. Jan Braai created this recipe with a crowd pleaser red wine sauce that is a combination of creamy, smokey and with extreme depth of flavour.

See recipe here.

6. Elvis Blue’s lamb saddle chops

Subtle flavours of lemon, pepper, coriander, and salt. The trick to Elvis Blue’s Lamb Saddle Chops is to skewer them before you place them on the braai. This will make it easier to flip and for an even braai on each side. The success of this method will help to render the fat and infuse the flavour back into the meat, because it cooks on its side.

See recipe here.

7. Jan Braai’s Coriander lamb chops

For the intense coriander lovers out there, check out Jan Braai’s coriander lamb chops!

See recipe here.

8. Huli Huli chicken

Sweet and sticky, who doesn’t love a yummy piece of braaied chicken? Our favourite is the charred bits on the skin for a quick bitter burst between the sweet infusion of the pineapple marinade.

See recipe here.

9. Fillet steak with mushroom sauce

This is really a crowd pleaser, and something to show off your braai chef skills. Braai a whole piece of fillet with the reveal of medium rare on the inside when cut. Serve with our mushroom sauce and your golden!

See recipe here.

10. Mexican street corn

Add this as a side to any meat hero dish. Braaiing corn on the cob is foolproof, and cooks quickly for an impulsive weeknight braai.

See recipe here.