The Braai Baas blog
Springbok fixtures, Heritage Day plans, camping kit, cleaning guides, hacks and proper South African braai recipes — written by people who braai every week.
Featured · Rugby & Braai Culture
Every Springbok test window in 2026, when to fire up the coals, how much meat to buy per person, and how to get the grid match-ready before kick-off.
SA Culture
24 September is Heritage Day and National Braai Day. Here is the history, a full regional menu, a shopping list and the hour-by-hour plan for hosting the best one on your street.
Camping & Outdoors
From Kruger to the Cederberg: the camping braai kit that actually earns its space, three easy camp recipes, and how to clean a campsite grid without a tap.
Cleaning & Maintenance
The complete step-by-step guide to cleaning a South African braai grid: remove baked-on carbon, prevent rust, season cast iron and choose the right brush for the job.
Braai Tips
Coal control, wors that never splits, braaibroodjies done right, a heat-timing chart and the clean-up trick that saves half an hour.
Recipes
Boerewors, sosaties, braaibroodjies, snoek, chicken flatties, pap and sheba, chakalaka and malva pudding — full ingredients, method, heat levels and timings for each.
Braai Cleaning & Maintenance
Wire brush, grill stone, nylon bristles, steam or a cordless electric grid brush? Here is how each option really performs on a South African braai grid, plus the seven buying criteria worth checking before you spend.
Braai Cleaning & Maintenance
Nine braai grid cleaners ranked for South African braai grids in 2026 — what each one costs, how long it takes to clean a full grid, and which is the best buy for weekly braaiers.