Carbon Addiction

09/09/2026

🔥🍖 The Cambridge Classic BBQ Festival is THIS WEEKEND PEEPS! 🍖🔥

Who's coming?! 🙌😎

Full details below 👇 See ya there! 🤙🔥

🎉 THE PROGRESSIVE PROPERTY CAMBRIDGE BBQ FESTIVAL 2026 🎉

📅 12th – 13th September 2026
📍 Hautapu Sports Club
🏠 8 Laurent Road, Cambridge 3434

🍖 Smoked Meat
🍺 B**r Garden
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kids Area
🎶 Live Music
🔥 BBQ Demos from some of the best in NZ 🇳🇿
🆓 FREE ENTRY! 🆓
🔥 Smokin' Oak Barbecue Winners of TVNZ Cooks on Fire will be there serving up delicious bbq treats🔥

🍺 B**R GARDEN
Bar service with drinks on tap! 🍻

🔥 LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATIONS
Cooking whole lamb 🐑 and hog 🐖 over live fire!

🎈 KIDS AREA
Inflatable Castles for the kids to play on 🏰🎉
🍦 Plus an Ice Cream Truck right beside it!

🎸 LIVE BAND
Playing the hits throughout the day! 🎶🤘

📅 SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2026
⏰ 11am – 5pm
🏆 Prizegiving at 5pm

📅 SUNDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2026
⏰ 11am – 4pm
🏆 Prizegiving at 4pm

🔥🏆 COMPETITION FEATURING: 🏆🔥
🥩 NZBA CAMBRIDGE CLASSIC II 2026
🔥 SCA SUNNY CAMBRIDGE STAKE & SIZZLE 2026
🐖 MAPARI MEATS NZBA WHOLE HOG NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

🍖🔥🍺 Good food. Cold drinks. Live fire. Live music. BBQ. What more do you need?! 😎

SEE YA THERE! 🤙🔥🇳🇿

29/08/2026

Never forget to Treat yourself ❤️

De-boned lamb loin chops with Pork sausage from Mapari Meats and fried beans.🤤
Chops seasoned with Intensify then rolled and tied followed by a light sprinkle of Ramrod from Rum and Que

🔥Seared for a couple of minutes either side in a cast iron pan then placed on their edges to render that fat and make the perfect lamb crackling, thus was the time I added the sausage to the pan too

I Kept rolling around on the edges until
An internal temperature in the lamb of 120f, and 170 for the snag. rested for 5 minutes sliced and served.

Life changing 🙌

23/08/2026

🥩🥗🍟🍳 sirloin steak, fried egg, Greek salad, parmesean garlic bread, pork sausages, and potato gems🍳🍟🥗🥩

Try and Name a better combo, ill wait

20/08/2026

🔥 FOOWHEEE! Stonefields is the place to be this weekend! 🔥

Plenty happening around the area, so get the family together, head down, and make a day of it! 🙌

And while you’re there… you’d better make sure you swing by Mapari Meats for a burger! 🍔🔥

The grills will be HOT and firing from 10am till late, serving up the good stuff! 🤤

📍 Mapari Meats – Lunn Ave
🔥 Grills on from 10am till late
🍔 Come hungry!

Support local, eat local and have a bloody good weekend! ❤️

Come see us guys, grab a burger and some meat, and enjoy the lights, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

12/08/2026

Then VS Now

5 years ago and now, with every single cook we improve

Never stop pushing 💪

Yes that is 5 ribs in the box.. Who rememberes that from King of the mountian 2021 😅

11/08/2026

They ain't pretty but HOLLLY these were amazing!

2kgs of wings smashed down in like 5 mins between william and I, And I want more

Rum and Que Hazy IPA seasoning with our take on an Alabama White Sauce is a match made in the heavens, let me know if your keen on the recipe for the Sauce, it WILL change your life 😉

Blasted indirect as hot as I could on the kettle using Lump Charcoal until crispy on the outside and an internal temperature of 206f, rested for 5 before literally pouring Sauce over the top

🔥🍗😋

Served up with a bacon cabonara and an avocado slaw

10/08/2026

King of the Mountain BBQ Competition 2026 🏔️🔥 — New Plymouth! Huge thanks to Smokn Comrades and the team for another epic event! 🤘🍖

🚛💨 Friday we hitched the trailer up to the new towrig (see what I did there..) and headed for the mighty Mountain. I loathe to say it, but that thing has put the Hilux to shame 😂 Over 10 hours of heavy driving and getting out feeling refreshed is a huge win! 👌

Once at comp, we realised it had felt like an eternity since seeing the Barbecue Brothers & Sisters ❤️‍🔥 So good to catch up properly afterwards at The Corner for a few refreshments 🍻

🔥 We had a solid cook and thought things were looking promising, but got hit hard in a couple of proteins, landing us 11th overall.

🥉 Best result was 3rd in pork! This made my weekend! We haven't managed a pork trophy in over 2 years, and even then that was the only one on the shelf. Until now! 🏆🐷

🍖 Ribs were our second best, and these really played hardball when boxing up 😂 but still pulled 7th.

🏆 Massive congratulations to Cook Cartel for their GC and automatic entry into the BBQ World Cup & Expo, representing NZ in LAS VEGAS! 🇳🇿🇺🇸🔥

Rum and Que were this 🤏 close behind, just 2 points in fact, for RGC! 🥈

👏 Hat tip to Joint Smokers BBQ for 1st place chicken 🐔🏆 and Smokesman Competition Bbq Team Team for 4x top 10 calls! 🔥

And to everyone else who came and gave it their best shot — especially the new teams! ❤️ See ya next time! 🤙

❤️‍🔥 Cheers to our amazing sponsors: ❤️‍🔥

🥩 Mapari Meats — the best cuts of meat in NZ, hands down

🌶️ — the driving force to our winning flavors

🔥 FireBoard NZ — making pit management a dream

♨️ — bringing the heat

🌳 Urban Lumberjack — subtle licks of smoke

🥫 Pit Barrel NZ

🔥 BBQ Pro NZ — use CARBON10 at checkout for a discount

And we couldn't do what we do without these guys! 🙌

Barbecue BOI
Oklahoma Joe's Smokers NZ
Team Bbqwar

🏁 We've got work to do before the Cambridge Classic. The end of the year is heating up 🔥

Time to and push, push, push! 💪🔥🏆

06/08/2026

Watch out New Plymouth here we come!

31/07/2026

What is it about this time of the year.. seems to be trailer upgrade or modify month, no current photos because I cant get the chaos all into one photo but believe me there is definitely trailer admin happening.

Who else is pushing a time frame before King of the Mountain BBQ Competition next weekend 😅

Lemme see those build pics!