Friday-fun — How to BBQ your product team

[Gergo Matyas]

Hi everyone — I'm Gergo, PM at EverIT. Let me share my hobby. I can't stop smoking, glazing, and grilling food outside. 🥩 🫑

It was an exciting journey to become a BBQ enthusiast. I started with the cheapest and simplest grill I could buy a few years ago — just to enjoy the summer and invite friends. Then I wanted to improve and prepare better, tastier meals. So I dove into researching better ingredients, bbq gadgets, etc. When I bought the first sack of professional charcoal (with way more heating power), it nearly melted my beginner BBQ set... 

 

Although I love hamburgers and steaks with a lot of veggies, I'm also a great fan of grilling seafood.

I improved myself step-by-step, and everybody loved joining the events. Having real conversations while waiting for a juicy burger or a tasty steak isn't just for private relations. It worked well for organizing a team retro, planning the upcoming quarters, and refining complex issues. These events connect the team members and build a shared understanding of our goals. And it's fun!

Here are my tips on how to improve the team's efficiency with BBQ events as a product manager 🤩

• set milestones; if the team reaches the goal -> invite them to a BBQ
• raise bonuses (drink or food) for extra achievements (eg: delivering a few nice-to-have features) 
• the product team definitely provides a shorter deadline for the upcoming features after having a good meal 😁

Atlassian Community folks! Are there any BBQ fans here? I'm really curious about your proven meals/recipes.

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

I used to grill and BBQ so much, since I was very young (with my father)! I loved to be honest, not the grilling procedure, but what was coming after, which meant food and drinks with friends and family! For a few years now, since I moved away from my home town and living on a building, is quite hard to have even a small BBQ. :(

[Summer Hogan]

Hi @Gergo Matyas - nice to meet you! 

I am not the BBQ Fan in the family; my father is! He is great at grilling! The best thing he makes in my opinion is whole lobsters. They are so good! 

[Johanna Pichotka_APTIS_]

At our company we have a tradition to go out for steaks when we celebrate a big win. And in summer we also have some barbecues together. Good food definitely helps raise the mood! 

I'm a vegetarian but at one of this years barbecues I ate a burger with some roasted veggies which was really delicious. 

[Marta Woźniak-Semeniuk]

I wish we could do it with my teams, one of the problems when you work remote-first :( 

[Craig Nodwell]

I love my grill.  I'm a traditionalist, I won't use gas.  Hardwood for me, BBQ is worth the wait.
Each year the 3rd Sat. of December we have a BBQ party.  Yes, I live in Canada.  Yes, it's cold.  Yes, there's snow.  My dogs love it when BBQ dripping fall into the snow  :) 
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I once bought a dual BBQ charcoal on one side, gas on the other.  When this BBQ was put to rest (donated to a younger family member) the gas side was never used for anything other than holding raw food covered while the charcoal side was heating up and getting ready.

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[Dan Breyen]

I actually grilled outside a few times this last winter amongst the snow and ice of the Midwestern US.  This summer's challenge to use the rotisserie!