When it comes to detecting when your steak is done, there are those among us who eschew meat thermometers in favor of using what’s known as the touch-test method. But does this form of culinary palm reading actually work? [More]
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Here’s How To Grill With Charcoal
By 7.21.17
If you’re the kind of person who loves the taste of a char-grilled steak but are intimidated by anything that involves more than flicking a switch, don’t despair: There are experts who can tell you exactly how to grill with charcoal at home. [More]
4 Tips For Maintaining & Repairing Your Gas Grill
By 5.26.17
Whether you’ve been using it all year or haven’t touched it in months, you should give your grill the once-over before the holiday weekend. Use these maintenance tips to help keep your grill in top shape or to spot problems that aren’t worth fixing. [More]
Grilled Guacamole, Donuts & 7 More Out-Of-The-Ordinary Grilling Ideas For Your Fourth Of July Cookout
By 7.1.16 — Updated: 6.30.17
While no one will fault you for grilling up hot dogs and hamburgers at your Fourth of July cookout, these and other traditional grill fare are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to yummy things you can cook over an open flame this weekend — so why not celebrate by grilling something a little more unexpected? [More]
5 Pro Tips For Making A Juicy, Delicious Burger This Memorial Day
By 5.27.16
You can see it now, can’t you, in your mind’s eye? It’s juicy, it’s delicious, it’s cooked perfectly, and you made it: it’s your ideal Memorial Day burger. Let us help you get there with a few handy tips that will help your fantasy burger become a reality this holiday weekend. [More]
5 Cold-Weather Grilling Tips For Your Super Bowl Party
By 2.2.16
Super Bowl Sunday is a time for football, friends, occasionally creative commercials, and food, lots of food. But firing up the grill on a February afternoon isn’t exactly the same as cooking out on the Fourth of July. [More]
The Backyard Barbecue Isn’t As Popular As It Used To Be
By 9.4.15
Though visions of hamburgers and hotdogs may be dancing through your head as we approach the Labor Day holiday weekend, the heyday of the backyard barbecue has come and gone, some say, partly because of the high price of beef. [More]
If You’re Not Cooking With Hot Lava Or Lightning, Just Quit Calling Yourself A Grillmaster Now
By 7.31.14 — Updated: 5.2.17
I’m not here to burst your happy grilling bubble, but come on — can you really consider yourself a master of the art of grilling if you haven’t tried cooking with hot lava? What about lightning? Maybe. But bending the forces of nature to do your culinary bidding? There’s no topping that, at least not yet. Call me when you beat an egg with a tornado. [More]
Woman Grills Meat, Gets Wire Brush Bristle Stuck In Her Throat
By 7.29.14
A California woman ended up in emergency surgery after a regular old barbecue with some friends. What caused the sudden, sharp pain in her throat? A wire grill brush shed one of its wires, which ended up lodged inside the piece of meat, then lodged inside her throat. [More]
Going Beyond The Tongs: The Ham Dogger, Pizza Oven Box And Other Grilling Gadgets
By 7.3.14 — Updated: 6.30.17
You’ve got your apron, your tongs and your basic tools to turn, poke and otherwise keep your meats, veggies and other grilling ingredients happy while you cook up a summer feast. But you’re not limited by the usual fare of basic hamburgers, kebabs and hot dogs. Not with things like a pizza oven box and a plethora of other unnecessary but nonetheless existing gadgets. [More]
At Walgreens, Nothing Says “Grilling Essentials” Like Colorful, Highly Flammable Feather Boas
By 6.24.14
You know exactly how this scenario plays out: You’re standing there in front of your backyard grill –whether it’s traditional charcoal or gas — hands empty, brain blank, just wondering what in the heck you need to get this thing going. Forget lighter fluid, propane or charcoal, tongs, mitts and grill scrapers. If only someone could tell you the answer… [More]
Who Are We To Argue With Chemists Advocating Meat Marinated In Beer?
By 3.28.14 — Updated: 5.23.17
Listen, when science tells you to do something, I’m not going to argue. And so if chemists says marinating meat in beer before you cook it to help kill potentially scary carcinogens, well, we’re listening. Because let’s face it, there’s a high possibility that you’ll have beer hanging around that summer barbecue (if summer ever shows its sunny face, sigh). [More]
12 Delicious Ways To Alleviate Grill Fatigue This Summer
By 7.2.13
Full disclosure: I am a fan of the humble grilled hot dog and will ingest it on sight in matter of seconds. But if you’re lucky enough to have a grill it could be time to upgrade from your standard meaty fare, lest you get stuck in a cooking rut and start ignoring your outdoor equipment altogether. Thank goodness the Internet has provided more than enough food fodder to alleviate even the worst grill fatigue this summer. [More]
The Fiery Debate Raging Over Charcoal Briquettes Vs. Lumps Is Making Us Very Hungry
By 5.24.13
Full disclosure: I’m clueless when it comes to lighting grills, be they charcoal or gas. As such, I never realized there’s a heated debate (pun totally intended) over what kind of charcoal one uses, should that be the grill of choice. I see chunks of black stuff on fire cooking up a burger and I think, “Yum. Gonna eat that.” But it’s true, dear readers — there’s a battle brewing between charcoal lump fans and charcoal briquette devotees. [More]
The Great Grill Debate: Gas Or Charcoal?
By 5.31.10
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Memorial Day. That means overblown, low-quality movies that will earn more in a weekend than some small countries will in a decade and — most importantly — it’s grilling season. Alas, despite decades of debate, countless technological advances and several attempts by Presidents Clinton, Carter and Bush to bring resolution to the matter, there still remains a great divide in this nation between those who swear by charcoal and those who are cooking with gas. [More]
Be Safe When You Barbecue Today
By 5.31.10
The State of New York would rather you not burn it down today if you strike up the grill today, and although it probably doesn’t care whether or not non-residents torch their own states — after all, it’s all just flyover territory to them — feel free to use its tips from the New York Department of Health wherever you might reside. [More]
Seattle TV Station Offers Delicious Accidental Chicken Barbecue Recipes
By 6.4.09
Seattle TV station KIRO, like a lot of media organizations, has sponsored links on their front page. This is all well and good, since you have to pay for the camera(wo)men and the antennae and the pixels somehow. The problem is that sometimes sad news stories and contextual advertising lead to… hilarity.
Grocery Shrink Ray Extends To Propane Refills
By 5.25.09
When the cost of propane shot up to $1.70 or more per gallon last year, propane dealers quietly cut the amount they were putting into refilled tanks without telling customers. Now the cost of propane is under a dollar per gallon, but retailers aren’t increasing the amount back to previous levels.
