Time For The Barbeque Grill
So you've finally purchased that fancy charcoal or electric grill and you're just itching to fire it up and cook a few burgers right? Well, before you rush to the grill and start plopping down meat patties, take a few minutes to make some preparations and plan your line of attack, so to speak. Let's face it, a barbeque grill is pretty simple to use, but how many times have your hotdogs come out way too burned or just not that tasty? Here are a few tips that will help you make your next barbeque experience a great one and have your friends and family begging for more.
- Always preheat your grill. Turn your burners to high for roughly five to seven minutes and close the hood. Preheating the grill helps to ensure that whatever you're cooking starts frying as soon as it hits the hotplate.
- While cooking, try to keep the hood of your grill down as often as you can. This creates a sort of vacuum effect and helps the heat to circulate, thus cooking the meat more evenly. Keeping the hood closed also has another benefit in the fact that it helps to reduce the costs of gas. While the money saved is not that large of an amount, every bit helps, especially if you're the type of person who likes to hold barbeques often.
- Say you've got a pretty large party going on and you're starting to feel a bit overwhelmed since numerous people have requested that their meat be cooked well done, medium well, or rare. You're getting a bit confused and flustered and beginning to lose track of everyone's requests. There's a simple solution to this very common problem. Simply place all of the requested well done meat on the grill first, wait about five minutes or so before placing the medium requests, and then after another five minutes add the rare meat requests. This way, all of the meat is finished grilling at roughly the same time and everyone's thinking, ''Wow, this guy's an expert, I need to come by more often!''
- If you've marinated the meat before hand, and you've got some great tasting marinade leftover, try using it as sauce. However, it is extremely important that you boil the marinade for at least two to three minutes before trying to use it as extra flavoring for your meats. The reason? There is a very high probability that the marinade will have some sort of bacteria on it, as all raw meat has bacteria. Boiling the marinade will kill any germs and make it safe to use on anything that you wish.
- When deciding how much meat to purchase for your next barbeque, a good rule of thumb to follow is to buy more than what you are planning on eating or grilling for that day. Barbeque meat preserves very well in the freezer, and the various sauces and spices tend to enhance the flavor of the meats if or when they are reheated in the future.
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