So there’s no excuse not to fire up the barbecue and get some sausages sizzling.Gone are the days of running between your kitchen and garden to fetch chips, potatoes, mozzarella sticks, or other oven-cooked sides.

Your prize could be the world’s first 36-inch griddle with air fryers.  Or write to Sun Blackstone competition, PO Box 3190, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8GP.YOU’D be forgiven for thinking summer had started this week with all the warm weather.Griddles, made of steel, have a non-stick surface once seasoned and are used in every restaurant and food cooking establishment in the UK. They are used for their versatility of cooking, speed and simplicity.

Griddles are the latest part of the outdoor cooking revolution in the UK where flat plate griddles are starting to take over from traditional grill style BBQ’s. Ends 23.59GMT 19.4.25 T&Cs apply.For more competitions follow me @biros_and_bloomInclude your name, age, email or phone. UK residents 18+ only.

And it comes the same week as Blackstone launch a National Griddle Week.

To win fill in the form below,The new Blackstone griddle provides everything you need in one place, combining the power of a 36” griddle with integrated airfryers and a warming drawer, perfect for cooking a variety of meals simultaneously, and ensuring that everything is ready to serve at the perfect temperature. Arriving this weekend for the first time in the UK – it coincides with the the annual awareness week in America that has been celebrated for the last 4 years.  But if your barbecue is looking a little worse for wear after the Winter – now is the perfect time to enter this competition to win a Blackstone £899 36in griddle. It will be running for a week including two glorious weekends between April 5^th and April 13^th.