How to BBQ properly?

[pugwash4x4]

After reading a couple of posts on here it has come to my attention that i am merely "grilling" my food when using my BBQ.

So how do you BBQ properly with a lid and everything?

[pugwash4x4]

Mobile Chicane said:

escargot said:

If you cook it on a BBQ, it's a BBQ.

I agree, however in the UK - and it's normally men who oversee the production of this (sorry) - food is carbonised on the outside due to uncontrolled fat flares and raw in the middle.

Thankfully the Americans have invented a BBQ with a lid.

and how do you use such a thing succesfully? guess its mostly heat management, but i need tips and techniques!