In summer, the barbecue is essential for successful outdoor meals. But beware, smoking out your guests could ruin the evening! The solution is simple though!

In summer, the barbecue is the star of our outdoor meals! Grilled meat or fish, skewers, sausages, barbecued summer vegetables, roasted pineapple, chocolate banana, or even grilled marshmallows, there is no shortage of recipes for a festive barbecue meal. But if there’s anything annoying about barbecue, it’s the smoke and the flames! Some people may be inconvenienced. Beyond comfort, breathing barbecue smoke is not very good for your health. Luckily, there is an unusual trick to avoid this.

Here is a very simple, economical, but above all very effective grandmother’s technique to stop the smoke coming from your barbecue in an instant. Take a handful of coarse salt and throw it on the coals. The smoke will dissipate in the blink of an eye. As soon as the smoke reappears, renew your gesture. The advantages of this trick are numerous:

Be careful, however, to maintain a sufficient distance from the flames of your barbecue as always.