Barbecue Pit
Grill in Style with a Barbecue Pit
When you show up to a family gathering or a grilling competition with a barbecue pit, people know you are serious about your food. Designed for all walks of life – from homeowners to professional grillers, pits come in a multitude of different sizes and shapes. However, no matter how big or how expensive your barbecue pit is, all pits are designed with the same goal in mind: to allow you to grill a vast quantity of the best ribs, steaks, chicken and hotdogs that you possibly can – every time.
Many people from around the country who are not as into grilling and barbecuing as people from Texas, Tennessee and other famous grilling states may think that a barbecue pit is something that people used thousands of years ago. It certainly sounds like a big hole in the ground where people make a fire and cook their foods accordingly. However, this could not be further from the truth, as a high quality modern day pit is truly a work of art which will guarantee that its owner can make the best possible meals over and over again (so long as the griller knows what he is doing).
Even though most of the barbecue pit varieties available on the market today are incredibly well constructed and will take thousands of degrees of heat without a problem, there are a few simple tips which you can use to keep your barbecue pit working long after you have left this world. A good idea before you begin cooking anything is to coat the entire pit in a coat of cooking oil. You can either use oil from a bottle or from a can. Apparently well known oil manufacturer PAM now makes a special spray just for barbecue pit owners. Once everything is coated, make a very small fire in the center of the pit and let it heat the pit until the fire has burnt out. After at least two hours, your pit will be ready for use.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
BBQ Gas and Grill
The Barbecue Gas Grill Defies Tradition
The traditional classic barbecue grill offers a tremendous way to cook food. In fact, while the barbecue grill is usually associated with the summertime, there are those individuals who gladly use their barbecue grills in the dead of winter. The dead of winter, by the way, does not always refer to weather that is merely cold. And it also does refer to weather that is merely frigid. There are those people that will actually cook outdoors on a barbecue in the winter…in the snow. Heavy snow. Yes, barbecues have their die hard fans.
However, while everyone enjoys cooking on a barbecue grill, no one enjoys cleaning it. Cleaning a barbecue grill can be quite a hassle and it is also a potentially excessively time consuming process. Also, the traditional grill also has the potential to be a fire hazard. Sometimes these negatives can outweigh the benefits of the traditional barbecue grill.
The alternative to the traditional grill is the barbecue gas grill. The barbecue gas grill dispenses with the trappings of charcoal, ash and burning embers, and replaces them with a manageable gas tank that turns on with one depression of an ignition switch. One press, and it fires up. And it fires up in a manner that is safe and manageable. There is no issue of the mess and cleaning required with combating traditional grills. As such, the barbecue gas grill has grown tremendously in popularity in recent years. This is not surprising. But does the barbecue gas grill provide the same quality as the traditional charcoal grill?
Yes. There is virtually no difference on the taste of meat that is cooked on charcoal vs. that which is cooked on a barbecue gas grill. So, it goes without saying that the barbecue gas grill is a highly recommended item.
The traditional classic barbecue grill offers a tremendous way to cook food. In fact, while the barbecue grill is usually associated with the summertime, there are those individuals who gladly use their barbecue grills in the dead of winter. The dead of winter, by the way, does not always refer to weather that is merely cold. And it also does refer to weather that is merely frigid. There are those people that will actually cook outdoors on a barbecue in the winter…in the snow. Heavy snow. Yes, barbecues have their die hard fans.
However, while everyone enjoys cooking on a barbecue grill, no one enjoys cleaning it. Cleaning a barbecue grill can be quite a hassle and it is also a potentially excessively time consuming process. Also, the traditional grill also has the potential to be a fire hazard. Sometimes these negatives can outweigh the benefits of the traditional barbecue grill.
The alternative to the traditional grill is the barbecue gas grill. The barbecue gas grill dispenses with the trappings of charcoal, ash and burning embers, and replaces them with a manageable gas tank that turns on with one depression of an ignition switch. One press, and it fires up. And it fires up in a manner that is safe and manageable. There is no issue of the mess and cleaning required with combating traditional grills. As such, the barbecue gas grill has grown tremendously in popularity in recent years. This is not surprising. But does the barbecue gas grill provide the same quality as the traditional charcoal grill?
Yes. There is virtually no difference on the taste of meat that is cooked on charcoal vs. that which is cooked on a barbecue gas grill. So, it goes without saying that the barbecue gas grill is a highly recommended item.
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