Everyone loves to grill a steak or juicy hamburger now and then.
Indeed, most Americans know how to grill and over 70% of American homes have a
grill on the back porch, deck, balcony or in the backyard. We even take
grills with us when we go camping. Turn on the gas or light some briquettes, get the
grill hot and throw on the steaks,
burgers or dogs. Listen to that sizzle! When the meat is done, it
has a little pink on the inside. If you’re good, the outside will have a
cross-hatched grill pattern and be charred to perfection.
Wow! Makes your mouth water just thinking about a juicy steak or
burger. Barbecue requires the heat and smoke of a wood fire.
Charcoal is wood, so grilling a steak with charcoal makes it barbecue.
What about grilling with gas--is that also barbecue? We don't think so,
since our definition of barbecue is cooking meat with a wood fire.
In this web site, we will refer to using that thing on your back porch that
has a gas fire or uses charcoal as a "grill" and cooking on it as "grilling".
Barbecue to us is much more than just grilling in the backyard. Sure,
grilling is a great way to cook, and most serious barbecuers also do a lot of
grilling. We like to think of barbecue as a method of cooking meat where
instead of using the direct heat from the coals and flames, we use
the indirect heat and smoke to cook the meat.
OK, so you don't have a real smoker yet and you want to make some barbecue.
If you have a grill like the one pictured above, one with a fairly tight-fitting
lid, you are in luck. You can make prize-winning barbecue on a Weber
Kettle (or similar) grill. You can also do this in any grill that can take
charcoal and wood and that has a fairly tight-fitting lid. This included
barrel grills. The secret is in adapting the kettle-style
grill to an indirect method of cooking. Not to worry, no changes are required to the
grill itself, only its set-up and use. Interested?
Click here for details
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