Functions & private classes
Skip the boardroom, fire up the pit. Private masterclasses for 10 to 40 people: team days, birthdays, bucks and Christmas parties, in a fully licensed venue with AV set up.
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2026ABA BBQ Business of the Year
2×People's Choice BBQ Brand of the Year, 2018 & 2019
4.9★600+ Google reviews
1,400+Products in store and online
130+Brands on the shelves
2015On the comp circuit since
Australian Barbecue Alliance Hall of Fame 2026
ABA BBQ Business of the Year 2026
In 2026 the Australian Barbecue Alliance (ABA), the body that sanctions competition barbecue across the country, awarded The Que Club BBQ Business of the Year in its 2026 Hall of Fame, for our significant contribution to, and ongoing work with, the Australian barbecue scene. The award sits in the ABA's "Honouring the heart of BBQ" category, which recognises the people and businesses who have shaped Australian barbecue.
We're in good company. The 2026 honours also went to Big Smoke BBQ (Team of the Year), Russell Steele (Personality of the Year), Don Burningham (Crew Member of the Year), Fat Apple Events (Event Promoter of the Year) and Meatstock Toowoomba (Event of the Year). These are the teams, cooks and promoters we've stood beside at comps and festivals for a decade, which is exactly why this one means so much.
The award came as a genuine surprise, and we're honoured. For us it recognises the things we've done every day since we opened in 2017:
- Starting from the pit. The Que Club was founded by a competition team, and we still cook on the circuit.
- Only selling what we cook on. If it doesn't earn its place in our own cooks, it doesn't make the showroom floor.
- Teaching Melbourne to cook with fire. Thousands of backyard cooks have learned low 'n' slow in our school.
- Backing the barbecue community. From Meatstock to hosting the world's best touring pitmasters, we show up for the scene that built us.
A decade of smoke, fire and a few trophies
Awards & recognition
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2026
BBQ Business of the Year
Awarded by the Australian Barbecue Alliance for our significant contribution to the Australian barbecue scene.
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2019
People's Choice BBQ Brand of the Year
Voted by peers in the Australasian Barbecue Alliance.
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2018
People's Choice BBQ Brand of the Year
Voted by peers in the Australasian Barbecue Alliance.
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2015
Aussie Barbecue Heroes
Andrew and Pam cook their way to the semi-finals on Seven as the Natural Born Grillers.
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Now
Traeger Platinum Dealer
Top-tier Traeger dealer: the full range, parts and real know-how.
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Now
4.9 stars on Google
600+ reviews from Melbourne's barbecue crowd.
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Now
Top 150 in barbecue
Andrew Kavanagh is named in Underseasoned's Top 150 most influential people in barbecue.
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Now
Official dealer & distributor
Chuds BBQ, Hardcore Carnivore, The Feedlot and Looftlighter, straight from the source.
Andrew & Pam Kavanagh
The heart and soul of The Que Club
Every good barbecue has someone tending the fire. At The Que Club, that's Andrew and Pam. They turned a weekend obsession with smoke into a comp team, then a store, a cooking school and a whole community of people who'd rather be standing around a smoker than anywhere else.
They're still hands-on. Andrew sits on the board of the Australian Barbecue Alliance and has been called in by Good Food as one of Melbourne's barbecue experts. Pam is a familiar face in the cooking school, and customers regularly mention her by name after a class.
Between them they've cooked on just about everything in the showroom. That's the deal here: we only sell what we cook on, and we only cook on what we love.
Where it started · 2015
From the comp circuit to Melbourne's BBQ superstore
The Que Club started where all good barbecue starts: around a smoker at 3am, waiting on a brisket. In 2015 Andrew and Pam Kavanagh formed the Natural Born Grillers competition team, later joined by Dean and Dana. That same year Andrew and Pam cooked their way to the semi-finals of Seven's Aussie Barbecue Heroes.
The team was soon taking home trophies on the Australian circuit, including first place in pork ribs at the Cider & Pork Festival and at Sydney Yaks. More than a decade on, the Natural Born Grillers are still competing, still learning and still bringing what works on comp day back to the store.
2017 · Brunswick East
A road trip, an idea and September 2017
Back then there was nowhere in Australia to get serious barbecue gear, ingredients and know-how under one roof. So Andrew and Pam took a barbecue road trip across the US, from New York through Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis and Texas to Kansas City, studying the stores, pits and pitmasters that defined American barbecue.
They came home with a plan. The Que Club Pty Ltd was established in July 2017 and opened its doors in Brunswick East in September 2017 as a small store, café and cooking school dedicated to low 'n' slow.
2021–2024 · Lygon Street
Lygon Street to Syme Street
As Melbourne's barbecue scene grew, so did we. Around 2021 we moved to 434 Lygon Street, where the store, school and a full restaurant ran side by side and hosted some of the biggest names in barbecue.
At the start of 2024 we brought everything together in a purpose-built home at 3-7 Syme Street, Brunswick: a big retail showroom, a dedicated cooking school and an event space, with our wholesale and head office on site. The restaurant closed in mid-2024, and today our focus is where it started: the gear, the know-how and the people who love cooking with fire.
Today · 3-7 Syme Street
Melbourne's BBQ superstore, under one roof
Walk into The Que Club and you'll smell it before you see it: smoke, spice and something good on the go. Our Brunswick home covers around 1,650 square metres and is built for people who love to cook outdoors, with more than 1,400 products from over 130 brands, and cookers set up so you can lift the lid, check the build and see exactly what you're getting.
- BBQs and smokers: pellet grills, kamados, offset smokers, charcoal BBQs, drum smokers, parrillas and hibachis from Traeger, Kamado Joe, Primo, Big Green Egg, Napoleon, Weber and Tagwood.
- Pizza ovens: the Gozney and Ooni ranges, plus peels, stones and pizza pantry.
- Rubs and sauces: hundreds of rubs, sauces and seasonings, from Meat Church, Hardcore Carnivore, Blues Hog, Lane's, Rum & Que and Chuds to the best Australian-made rubs, glazes and hot sauces.
- Fuel: pellets, charcoal, smoking wood and fire starters.
- Tools and kitchen: thermometers, BBQ tools, knives, boards and cast iron.
- Outdoor and gifts: YETI coolers and drinkware, BBQ cookbooks, Que Club merch, gift cards and the Que Box.
But the real difference is the people behind the counter. Our crew cook on this gear at home, in our school and on the comp circuit. Ask them how to hold 110°C on a kamado, which pellets suit pork, or how to stop a brisket stalling, and you'll get an honest answer from someone who's done it.
Shopping online? We ship Australia-wide, with free shipping on orders over $149 (bulky items excluded), Afterpay and Zip at checkout, and click & collect from Brunswick, usually ready in two hours.
Our one rule
We only sell what we cook on
It's the simplest rule in the shop, and the one we've never bent: we only sell what we cook on, and we only cook on what we love. Every smoker, grill, rub and tool on our floor has been put through real cooks by our crew, in our school or at comps. If something doesn't make the cut, it doesn't make it to the showroom.
That's why some of the best names in barbecue trust us with their range:
- Traeger Platinum Dealer: the full Traeger line-up, parts and proper know-how.
- Official Australian dealer for Chuds BBQ.
- Australian importer and distributor for Hardcore Carnivore, Jess Pryles' range of rubs.
- Main Australian distributor for The Feedlot.
- Official Australian distributor for Looftlighter.
When you buy from The Que Club, you're buying gear that's already earned its place on our pits.
The Que School
BBQ cooking classes in Melbourne
The best way to get better at barbecue is to cook it with someone who's done it a thousand times. Our purpose-built cooking school in Brunswick runs hands-on BBQ classes taught by working pitmasters and qualified chefs. Every class is around three hours, you cook on real gear, and you eat everything you make.
- Smokin' with the Natural Born Grillers: our signature smoking masterclass. Fire and temperature control, wood choice, trimming brisket and ribs, rubs and sauces, wrapping and resting. More than 1,500 people have been through it.
- High Steaks: premium cuts across several BBQs, from Wagyu rump cap to dry-aged rib-eye.
- Easy Dough: dough, shaping and heat control for high-temperature pizza ovens.
- Shrimp on the Barbie: curing, brining, hot and cold smoking, and grilling seafood.
- Licenced to Grill: heat zones, flare-ups and getting the most from a gas BBQ.
Private and corporate classes. Skip the boardroom and fire up the pit. Private masterclasses run for groups of 10 to 40 with a custom menu, in our fully licensed venue with full AV. Great for birthdays, bucks parties, team building and Christmas. See functions & events.
Know someone who'd love it? Gift a class.
Community
Proudly part of Australia's barbecue community
Barbecue is social, and the Australian scene is a tight-knit one. We've been part of it from the start, and we put back in wherever we can.
On the circuit and behind the scenes. The Natural Born Grillers have been cooking competitions since 2015, including the National Barbecue Championships in Forbes. Andrew also sits on the board of the Australian Barbecue Alliance, helping the organisation that sanctions competition barbecue grow the sport. We know what comp teams need because we're one of them.
Meatstock and the festival scene. You'll find us in the expo at Meatstock, and on the Traeger & Que Club demo stage, cooking, teaching and talking barbecue with thousands of fans. Over the years we've also hosted Meatstock's Melbourne launch parties.
Home to touring pitmasters. Some of the biggest names in barbecue have fired up at The Que Club. We've hosted pitmaster dinners and masterclasses with Diva Q, Chuds BBQ's first-ever visit to Australia, cookbook masterclasses with Adam Roberts, and book signings with live-fire expert Jess Pryles, whose Hardcore Carnivore range we import. If a great cook is touring Melbourne, there's a good chance they're in our school.
Community cooks and events. From Gozney community hangouts to Father's Day feasts and our BBQ series with Prahran Market, we love getting people together around a fire.
The story so far
Year by year
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2015
The Natural Born Grillers
Andrew and Pam form a comp team as Seven's Aussie Barbecue Heroes starts filming, and reach the semi-finals.
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2016
On the circuit
First in pork ribs at the Cider & Pork Festival and Sydney Yaks, then the BBQ Wars at Meatstock Sydney.
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2017
The Que Club opens
A café, shop and cooking school opens in Brunswick East in September.
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2018–19
People's Choice
Voted People's Choice BBQ Brand of the Year by peers, two years running.
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2021
Lygon Street
Restaurant, bar, retail and cooking school together at 434 Lygon St, Brunswick East.
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2024
Syme Street
The new store and cooking school opens at 3-7 Syme St, Brunswick.
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2026
Hall of Fame
ABA BBQ Business of the Year. Chuds BBQ and Diva Q both cook at the store.
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Now
Still cooking
Classes most weeks, guest pitmasters, Meatstock, and 1,400+ products in store and online.
Always innovating
Always cooking up something new
Barbecue never stands still, and neither do we. We're always testing new cookers, fuels, rubs and techniques, and bringing the best of them to Aussie backyards with the newest gear from the brands leading the world. And there's more to the Que than the showroom floor.
Shop online, Australia-wide
The full range online with delivery Australia-wide and free shipping over $149 on most orders (bulky items excluded). Or click and collect from Brunswick, usually ready in two hours.
Shop the range
Que Wholesale & distribution
Que Wholesale supplies rubs, sauces and barbecues to BBQ retailers, butchers and specialist grocers right across Australia.
Wholesale enquiriesWhat we stand for
Everything BBQ, a celebration of smoke and fire
That's been our mission statement since day one, and it covers everything we do.
Our mission
Everything BBQ, a Celebration of Smoke and Fire. It sums up every part of The Que Club, from the showroom and cooking school to our events and wholesale.
Our vision
A store people don't just come back to, but stay in, and tell their friends and family about. Through our love of Everything BBQ, we want more people cooking with solid fuel.
Our culture
Born from our love of cooking, not just barbecue. Hardcore barbecuers, foodies, first-timers and everyday cooks all belong here. Barbecue is soul food. It's social, and it's fun.
The brands we cook with
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Where is The Que Club?
Our BBQ store and cooking school is at 3-7 Syme Street, Brunswick, in Melbourne's inner north.
What awards has The Que Club won?
The Australian Barbecue Alliance awarded us BBQ Business of the Year in 2026, for our significant contribution to, and ongoing work with, the Australian barbecue scene. We were also voted People's Choice BBQ Brand of the Year in 2018 and 2019.
How big is The Que Club store?
Our Syme Street home in Brunswick is around 1,650 square metres, with the showroom, cooking school, event space, wholesale and office all under one roof.
Do you run BBQ cooking classes in Melbourne?
Yes. Our Brunswick cooking school runs hands-on classes in smoking, steak, pizza, seafood and gas grilling, plus private and corporate masterclasses for 10 to 40 people.
Is The Que Club still a restaurant?
No. Our Lygon Street restaurant closed in 2024. Today The Que Club is a BBQ store, cooking school and event space at 3-7 Syme Street, Brunswick.
Do you deliver Australia-wide?
Yes. We ship across Australia, with free shipping on orders over $149 (bulky items excluded). You can also click and collect from Brunswick, usually ready in two hours.
Can I see the BBQs before I buy?
Yes. Our showroom has a wide range of smokers, pellet grills, kamados and pizza ovens on the floor, and our crew can walk you through which one suits how you cook.
From the archive
Smoke, fire and good times
A few favourites from the Lygon Street years and the Que Club kitchen.
Come and say g'day
Visit The Que Club in Brunswick
Drop into the showroom, book a class or give the Que Crew a call. We're always happy to talk smoke.
The Que Club
3-7 Syme Street, Brunswick VIC 3056
Hours
Wed–Sat 10am–5pm · Sun 10am–4pm
Closed Mon & Tue