Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Relax Outdoors While Grilling Your Favorite Foods Using Charcoal Briquets

By Rachael Hansen


Grilling with charcoal briquets can help make your evening outdoors fun and dinner delicious. It gets you out of the kitchen and the smoky flavor may just be what you have been craving.

The key ingredients char and coal. When purchasing your product you might read to see if states it can burn a long time. You might also find that cooking with coals cost less than propane. Coal is what can give you higher temperatures and char is what can give you the smoky taste that is associate with outdoor grilling. Char as an ingredient might make the coals light more easily.

There are some easy suggestions to help in using the product for your outdoor cooking fun. The first is remembering to keep yourself, as well as everyone else safe, when choosing to cook with an open flame.

When you are lighting the grill, lighter fluid might not be the best choice. The food could absorb flavor that covers up the smoky flavor you might be seeking when grilling your favorite foods. It can take a little effort to light the coals. You might try using crumpled paper to create a flame.

Always keep plenty of water near the site of the fire. If you need to put water on the fire, do not place the coals in trash. Even after they have cooled they could retain enough heat to cause you a serious burn. By allowing the coals to totally dry you may be able to use them on another day.

An important step to remember is making sure to cook your foods to the correct temperature. You may find monitoring the heat is difficult in the beginning, but over time as you learn the process of adding to or taking away coals from the fire, it can become easier.

When cooking your kabobs or thin fillets you might choose to use a thin layer of coals to maintain a lower heat allowing the food to cook slowly so it does not burn. Once you place your food on the grill you might want it to be approximately six inches above the heat.

When cooking meats that are thicker you might want to move the heated coals to the sides of grill and then place your food in the center of the rack. This ensures the meat will cook more thoroughly from the inside out.

Make sure to enjoy the summer by choosing to grill outdoors with charcoal briquets. It's fun and although a little effort may be involved, the food you cook can be delicious.




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