The posts below cover some practical sides of outdoor cooking, things we all need to be good at, but that aren't specific to only BBQ or grilling.
We cover things such as using thermometers effectively and correctly, keeping your knives sharp, cleaning, charcoal storage, and the odd technique or two.
The idea of not finishing a steak may seem foreign to many, but sometimes it just happens. Maybe you have a no-show? Perhaps you filled up on a pre-dinner dessert? Whatever the reason, there’s NO reason you can’t reheat and enjoy a leftover steak for a delicious meal another day. Here’s how to do it.
Today’s money-saving article will teach you how to clean your grill brush — Whether bristled or bristle-free — to prevent tainting the taste of your food. Plus, learn how to keep it in tip-top shape with maintenance tips, so it lasts longer, and how to know when the time is right to replace it.
If you’re new to smoking, you probably have lots of questions. And if you use a pellet grill, an important one is: what’s the best way to store wood pellets? It turns out this mystery is an open and shut case. Get the longest life and best performance out of your pellets with our guide.
This is the guide you need for liquid propane to natural gas grill conversion. Learn what to consider before you start, two videos showing how to convert the most popular grill brands, and a step-by-step written guide to help make the conversion easy and seamless.
Get crispy pork skin — or even better, full on crackling — by following the simple tips in this guide, that work every time. We also cover a few things to avoid, because you can sabotage your crackling even when you think you've done everything right...when you haven't!
Leftover chicken wings? Apparently they do exist! And as they do, here are the best ways to reheat them, for the absolute best results, using your grill, oven, broiler, toaster oven, microwave, air fryer or deep fryer. Take your pick!
Charcoal grills do not have a simple on / off switch and can stay lit, wasting fuel and being a potential hazard due to their heat for hours. We look at extinguishing your charcoal grill safely in this post while saving any unburned charcoal for future use.
If your gas grill isn't heating as strongly or evenly as it once was, it could be due to clogged burner tubes. A common but easily solvable problem. Here's how to clean them to get the performance back where it should be, with a video to follow along to.
A dirty grill not only works less efficiently, but it can also spoil the flavor of your food, ruining all your hard work and not impressing guests with the food you produce. So keeping your grill reasonably clean is essential, despite all the highly vocal ‘that grease is flavor’ crowd.
A charcoal chimney is one of the most efficient ways to get a charcoal grill up to cooking temperatures quickly. It’s also a highly reliable to measure out different amounts of charcoal for different temperature cooks. Here’s when, why, and how to use one properly.
A dirty smoker can be unhygienic, produce tainted food, and be embarrassingly unsightly for any dinner party guests. So we have provided this step-by-step guide for cleaning your electric smoker, both inside and out, to keep it running smoothly, producing the best food, and extending its life.
In this guide, we take you through cleaning your gas grill inside and out in a few easy-to-follow steps. We cover the cleaning of all parts, surfaces, grates and all, to keep your grill looking immaculate and performing optimally while adding potentially years to its life.
Taking an accurate internal temperature of your food is the ONLY way to know when it’s cooked to your desired doneness. To do so, you need to use an instant-read food thermometer that reads quickly and accurately. Here’s how to use one correctly.
Cutting against the grain gives an entirely different ‘mouthfeel’ to meat during eating. It can be the difference between the same cut of meat feeling tough or wonderfully tender. So learn how to cut against the grain in our guide to getting the best results from meats you cook.
Despite its common name, a sharpening steel doesn’t actually sharpen, it simply hones. But what does it mean to hone a blade? How do we do it, and why? Learn how to use a sharpening steel in our guide to this essential knife sharpening tool.
There are four different types of knife sharpener. Which do you have? Are you using it correctly? In this guide, we detail step-by-step how to use every kind of knife sharpener, with instructional videos to help, so you can be sure you’re getting the most from your efforts.
You often have to cook food ahead of time, so it’s ready early, and then keep it warm for serving later when guests arrive, so you get to spend some time with them instead of slaving away in the kitchen. Here’s how to do so for hours, without loss of quality.
It pays to keep a stock of charcoal, so you never run out when needed. But are there rules for storing charcoal? Are there things to do and things to avoid? Can charcoal go bad or be ruined by storing incorrectly? And what are the best containers to use?
Thermometer accuracy can drift over time, so they need calibration to prevent false readings that can lead to woefully under— or over-cooked food and potentially even unsafe food. So follow the steps below to calibrate your thermometers, so you can trust them.
Can you roast and bake on your outdoor grills and smokers? Of course, you can! You can perfectly mimic your kitchen oven outdoors and cook anything on your grills and smokers you can in your oven with the proper technique. Here we look at exactly how.
Despite what some people say, that horrible baked-on grease and old food on your grates is NOT extra flavor. It’s dirty, acrid-tasting junk. Get it cleaned off! Here’s how to get your stainless steel grates looking like new and how to keep them that way.
Cast iron grill grates can last more than a lifetime if they are adequately cared for. This means regular cleaning, oiling, and ongoing general maintenance and care. Here are the four most effective, easy-to-use ways to restore your CI grates to their former glory.
Do you know the cooking technique of broiling? It’s similar to grilling, yet also very different because the heat comes from above, not below. Can this be achieved on our standard BBQs and grills? Why would we even want to bother? Find out below.
It’s best to cook multiple racks of ribs to make the best of your time and fuel, which leads to storing and reheating them later. But how do you reheat ribs? What is the best way? Here’s how to reheat ribs, keeping quality high as if fresh off the smoker.
