Its Grilling season!!

[The Kizzy]

I just bought a grill, and a whole shit load of meat, steaks, chicken breasts, chicken quarters, hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, salmon, shrimp and even asparagus!!

Anyone have any good grilling tips or suggestions? Thanks.

[Tikker]

get a man to do it for you since women can't bbq for shit

[The Kizzy]

Bleh, I live with my brother, he can't cook a frozen pizza.

[Narrock]

get a man to do it for you since women can't bbq for shit

I lol'd

[KaiineTN]

Make kabobs~ They're the shiznittle bam bomb diggity ^ 7

I've always wanted to throw kabob stuff in with some type of noodles, maybe some sauce, and see how it tastes... I should try that soon ~_~

[Gypsiyee]

i love to bbq~ you should get some corn on the cob too, best ever on the grill

and for the asparagus, get some butter and lemon juice and garlic and let the garlic sit in the melted butter for it to absorb the flavor of it and then wrap it in aluminum and grill it all together. lemon garlic butter on asparagus is like one of my absolute favorite things

[The Kizzy]

That sounds great Gyps, thanks!!

[Evermore]

Kizz i sent you a PM, lets chat. I live on Q and my grill.

[vonkaar]

I've posted several recipes... how big is your grill and what type is it?

[Harrison]

how big is your grill and what type is it?

He's wants to put his meat in it.

[brinstar]

or maybe he's was just wondering

[The Kizzy]

Vonkaar, this is what the tag says:

497 Square Inches Primary Cooking Surface
3 Stainless Steel Burners
45,000 BTU Main Burners and 12,000 BTU Side Burner
Electronic Ignition System
Stainless Steel & Die Cast Aluminum Construction
Porcelain coated Cast Iron Cooking Grates
Porcelain coated Steel Flame Sheilds

[The Kizzy]

I'll take a pic of it and post it a little later, right now all my drives are being used for my neice's IPod

[Zanchief]

how big is your grill and what type is it?

He's wants to put his meat in it.

Quoting so when you edit there will still be evidence of your boobery.

[kinghooter00]

barbequeing chicken wings is great.
i'm a big steak fanatic... Love to grill, i only have an electronic one though since my apartment requlations says i can't have propane.

[Harrison]

If you're implying that I'm going to edit my post in order to hide it, you're sadly mistaken.

[Tacks]

Harrison talking about anyone sticking their meat in anything is fucking hilarious.

[Evermore]

harrison likes to hang his boobery out for all to see.

[Arlos]

Ick, you got a gas grill. WTF even bother then, you might as well be cooking it on the stove inside, or in the broiler in your oven. Charcoal is the only way to go. Especially if you get a couple types of charcoal: Complete mesquite if you're going for that flavor, or a neutral ordinary briquette to which you add wood chips of various types to get specific flavors. (applewood is great with chicken, for example, etc)

That said, there's a couple ways you can do corn on the grill: 1 leave it in its husk, soak the whole thing in water, and just roast it all. The way I do it is to strip it down to the cob, then wrap it in a single paper towel square. Then, you run the whole thing under the faucet to get the entire paper towel soaking wet, and then wrap that whole thing in aluminum foil. Depending on how hot the fire is, takes 30-45 minutes to get done, but effectively what you're doing is steaming it in the foil, but since it's not airtight, the smoke gets in there and flavors it too. Just turn it every 5-10 minutes or so, so it doesn't dry out on that side and let the paper towl go brown.

For Asparagus, the way my friend does it is about the only way I like it: He rubs the asparagus all over with olive oil, and then sprinkles on garlic salt. He then puts them on the grill until they get cooked and dark, then takes them off and drizzles on a bit of red wine vinegar.

One big advantage to a grill (yes, even gas) is that it makes it a lot easier to cook food that's been marinated, especially if there's any sugar in the marinade (which there most certainly is for things like teryaki, etc.) Try that on the stove, you'll get a blackened mess in your pan as the sugar caramelizes and burns. So, with the grill, you can start experimenting with a bunch of different marinades for whatever meat you're cooking. There are way too many possible marinades to list here, look at just about any cooking website. There's also a bunch of at least semi-decent ones you can get premade in a jar at the supermarket. Hell, a grill lets you use a BBQ sauce easier, just use a spoon or a brush to get it onto the meat, and you can not worry about when it runs down and drops off.

Anyway, while you certainly won't get anywhere near the flavor from a gas grill that you can get from charcoal, it does make certain things easier. So, play around with it, don't get too disappointed when your first few attempts come out as solid lumps of carbon, and try not to burn the house down.

-Arlos

[Tossica]

My gas grill works fine. Charcoal is great for those twice a summer BBQ's but for every day cooking, gas is the way to go.

[Tikker]

Ick, you got a gas grill. WTF even bother then, you might as well be cooking it on the stove inside, or in the broiler in your oven. Charcoal is the only way to go.

liar

[Evermore]

Gas has its uses. Personally i use both a gas and a charcoal along with my smoker.

and this is just incorrect

"Anyway, while you certainly won't get anywhere near the flavor from a gas grill that you can get from charcoal, it does make certain things easier. "

[Tikker]

Arlos, you always sound like you're reading theory from a book, rather than something you've actually tried

[Arlos]

Nope. I have a Weber Kettle at home, and 3 different buckets for charcoal. 1 has kingsford briquettes, 1 has the high end pure-mesquite charcoal that actually looks like burnt tree parts, and the 3rd is for bags of wood chips. I'm mostly out of those right now though, since I haven't BBQed in a bit, but I think I still have a bit of a bag of applewood chips.

During later spring/summer I BBQ all the time. I even have my own variations on the family BBQ sauce recipe that got handed down to me and my brother form our dad. (damn good sauce, too)

So no, this is not even remotely theory.

-Arlos

[Lionking]

Arlos, you always sound like you're reading theory from a book, rather than something you've actually tried

I've always admired his ability to take wikipedia articles and turn them into his own.