“Aussie Barbecue Heroes” Is Impossibly Perfect

    A CHALLENGE CALLED GANGLAMB STYLE?

    Mat Whitehead
    by Mat Whitehead

    BuzzFeed Staff, Australia

    Australia, your new obsession has arrived: Aussie Barbecue Heroes just aired its first episode and it is ICONIC.

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    Nine teams of Aussie BBQ champs face off in a series of heats (hah) to impress the judges and become ~Aussie BBQ Heroes~. AND. IT. IS. PHENOMENAL.

    Grilling the teams are celeb chef Ben O'Donoghue, BBQ expert Jess Pryles and My Kitchen Rules alum Robert "Tex" Murphy.

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    While Tex isn't exactly the most ~authentically Aussie~ person to be sitting on a judging panel, he does give us PERFECT quotes like:

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    Brb just using this to describe literally everything from now on.

    But Tex isn't the only one with a keen eye for wordplay. Some of the teams on the show include Pam and Andrew:

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    Becky and Ricky:

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    And literally the best fucking team name in the history of television, Suzanne and Joanne:

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    HONESTLY, WHO CAME UP WITH THIS because I legit don't know if I hate them or want to pash them.

    And if you love wordplay, you're going to LOVE the challenges. The three teams in episode one were faced with a seafood challenge Ben announced as:

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    I screamed at the TV.

    But the wordplay don't stop there... the Country Champs got a bit creative with their prawn dish:

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    Oh, Annie, you are barbe-cute AF.

    For a "rapid fire challenge" the Prawn Supremacy sure showed off what the teams can do!

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    But wait, there's more wordplay. The second challenge of the ep, teams had to serve a lamb dish with two side dishes they called:

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    SAY THAT AGAIN?

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    Yes, thank you, that is perfect.

    And the BBQ Wizards didn't do too baa-dly on the lamb challenge!

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    The Shank Brothers seriously brought it out with their "Chillichurri" and BOURBON & MAPLE GLAZED LAMB.

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    Why doesn't everything have a bourbon & maple glaze?

    Look, if you're not yet sold on the show then Tex and I only have one thing to say to you:

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    Aussie Barbecue Heroes airs on Channel 7 at 7:30pm on Wednesdays.

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