How To Master Outdoor Grilling
It is summer and time to hit the beach, relax in the sun and get yourself a beautiful tan. It is summer and time to clear up those lawns and get your garden back in shape. It is summer and time to pull out your grill and start planning some wonderful barbecue parties.
Sure, it sounds easy enough. Get your grill going; once it is ready, put some ground beef or a steak on it. When done, you are ready to serve your burger along with some wonderful grilled vegetables as a side dish.
Grilling Tools and Accessories
Merely choosing the right grill is not the end of it – it is also very important that you choose a good set of tools and accessories to make the task of grilling more convenient for you. Let us take a quick look at some of the most basic tools and accessories that you should have before you get started on your grilling.
It is true that in the grilling process, other than the actual grill, there are very few extra tools that one could say are an absolute must. However, there are some tools that make the process more convenient, help prevent accidents and also ensure that the very best results are delivered, thereby making them almost essential to the whole process.
A Brief History of Grilling
Grilling, in the traditional way, over wood and fire has a long history, dating back almost 5 million years ago. Cooking was done outdoors from almost the time that man tamed fire, and continued to be the only way of cooking for many years.
Gradually various means of cooking indoors were invented and cooking outdoors was more of an occasion than a necessity. Grilling was almost always associated with picnics and campsites and even then, not everyone managed the whole process without any problems. Around the 1950s, more and more families started moving to the suburbs where a house had a backyard and a nice open space to carry out some decent grilling. Soon, outdoor grilling became the rage.
Lighting A Gas Grill
Here are the basic steps for lighting a gas grill:
1. Even while working with gas grills, make sure that the grill is in an open, well-ventilated place. It is dangerous to attempt grilling in places like garages or sheds. Make sure that the grill is kept away from the house and also that there are no low hanging tree branches nearby.
2. Since gas grills work on gas, you have to have a full tank before every meal. This will save you considerable embarrassment and some last minute running around, in case you run out of gas just when you are in the middle of your party and have a half-cooked steak on the grill.
