Your Guide to Outdoor Gas Grills

Cooking on a bas gas bbq is actually one of the easiest ways to cook meat. This is because you can easily control the temperature, and flare ups are not hard to control. Read on how to successfully cook different meat products on the grill.

Burgers, Steaks, Chicken Breasts, Pork Chops (basically all cuts of meat without a bone).

The first and most important thing to do is light up the grill, keep the lid closed, and make sure it gets as hot as it goes. Clean the grill as good as you possibly can. While all this is happening, keep your meat out of the fridge. It will cook much better if it is at room temperature. Once the grill is heated, and your meat is at room temperature, you´re ready to start grilling! If you have a basting brush, put a bit of vegetable oil on it, and spread that over the grill. If you don´t have oil or a brush, you can cut a piece of fat off of your meat, and use that. This will help your meat to seal quickly when it touches the grill.

Next step – throw your meat on the grill. Close the grill, and let your meat cook for one minute. Open the grill, flip your meat, and close the grill again. Turn the heat down to medium low (or medium if you don´t have much time). The idea for the high heat at the beginning is to ensure the meat is seared on both sides. By doing so, you will keep all the delicious juices inside. However, it is super important to turn the heat down after the meat has been seared, or you will dry it out while it cooks. We all know how disappointing a big juicy steak or chicken breast is if its dried out.

Continue cooking the meat until it is finished, at low temperature. If you do not have much experience grilling, get yourself a nice meat thermometer, which is a great grilling accessory.  Using it will help you to know when your food is finished cooking, without having to cut it open.   This is very important, because cooking your food for too long will also dry it out.

Fish and vegetables

Fish and vegetables are usually cooked in tin foil, because they do not cook well right on top of the grill (although a few vegetables such as peppers, corn, and onions can be cooked using either method). The barbecue should be preheated to medium heat. You can then place the fish and vegetables on the grill. Keep it covered int the tin foil the whole time, which will help to keep it moist. Once it has passed the correct amount of time, check to see if it is done, and remove.

Another very popular method for cooking certain pieces of fish is on a piece of cedar, but we´ll touch that on another post.

Other
You can cook just about anything on a grill, you just have to know how. For example, most appetizers or snacks need to be heated, and you can easily do this on your grill by heating them up. Wrap them in tin foil, and stick ‘em in the grill until they are warm. Other appetizers, such as skewered prawns, sausages, or chicken tots, can be grilled by direct fire.

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