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Cooking
Grilling Tips
A few helpful hints will ensure that your grilling results are perfect every time.
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Apply a light coating of cooking oil to your cooking grids before grilling, to prevent foods from sticking.
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Cook similar portion size together, so that they all cook evenly.
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Use tongs to turn food on the Grill.
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Never pierce foods while they are cooking on the Grill, as this will dry them out.
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On foods such as pork chops and steak, slit the fat strip to prevent the meat from curling during cooking.
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Turn foods infrequently. Some chefs say that a good steak should never be turned more than once.
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Apply sugar-based sauces such as commercial barbeque sauces only during the latter stages of cooking,
to prevent charring.
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Soak the wooden skewers that you intend to use for kebabs for several minutes before using them for
cooking.
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Use a disposable aluminum tray filled with water, fruit juice, wine or marinade to add extra flavor and
moisture to slow –cooked foods such as roasts, whole chickens, turkeys or ducks. Place the tray on the top of
the sear plates below the Grill surface and immediately under the foods being cooked. This will buffer the
heat from below, thereby slowing the cooking process and protecting the bottom of the food from over
–cooking. Check the tray periodically during cooking and Keep it filled with liquid.
WARNING: Never let the tray boil dry. That could be hazardous, as grease from
fatty foods that has collected in the tray could ignite and possibly cause bodily
injury or property damage.
NOTE:
Always trim excess fat from your foods to reduce the occurrence of flare –ups during cooking.
