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FAQs

What are the best foods to cook on the grill? ›

General Grilling Safety Tips

Keep children and pets away from the grill area: declare a six-foot "safe zone" around the grill. flipping burgers. Periodically remove grease or fat buildup in trays below grill so it cannot be ignited by a hot grill.

Patience is the First Rule of Grilling

Avoid over-manipulating your food, and allow it to rest before serving.

A traditional grill with slatted grates is able to put food in direct contact with the flames for a charred summer kiss, but those penetrable grates can also making cooking certain foods a tricky business. Some items, including flaky fish, scallops, bacon and smaller vegetables aren't good candidates for the grill.

Cook Low and Slow:

One of the secrets to perfectly grilled meat is cooking it low and slow over indirect heat. This method allows the flavors to develop slowly while keeping the meat tender and juicy throughout the cooking process.

For thicker cuts, you want to close the lid to keep the temperature high and even. Large steaks, chicken, and roasts have much more depth for the heat to penetrate, and closing the lid will give the heat time to sink in and cook the meat through in much the same way an oven does.

Chicken is a leaner option for grilling and one of the easiest meats to grill. Popular choices include chicken wings, drumsticks, and breasts. Leaner cuts like chicken breasts or tenders are great for hot and fast grilling.

What is the 321 method of grilling? ›

3 hours of smoking unwrapped at 225 degrees, followed by. 2 hours of cooking wrapped in foil (with a little liquid, such as apple cider), followed by. 1 hour of cooking unwrapped at a higher temperature, with a generous basting of barbecue sauce.

What should you cook first on a BBQ? As a general rule of thumb, the best order to cook food on a BBQ is starting with a thick piece of meat that typically takes a while to cook (for example chicken on the bone, a thick steak and sausages), so we'd recommend cooking them first.

"Cooking with the lid down captures the heat and lets it do its magic on the food," says Elizabeth Karmel of girlsatthegrill.com, and author of Steak and Cake. "The food will benefit from the rotating hot air (convection) and it won't take as long to cook."

Hamburgers and steaks are traditionally the most common food item thrown on the grill, although there are so many more options for what to serve at a barbeque. From steak to oysters to vegan salad, grab some inspiration from our list of BBQ food ideas.