Tips and Menu Ideas For The Barbecue Grill

Below are some great free BBQ tips and menu ideas for the grill so if any ladies out there have read my article entitled “Modern Man And The Barbecue Grill” you’ll already be on your way to converting your man from the fire pits to the BBQ King with some Easy BBQ Recipes.

I’ve already spoken about the patience that’s required when it comes to lighting the grill and the need to heat up the coals and get rid of the fire. Remember, “coals are hot, flames are not!” and we’re on the road to a successful BBQ cookout.

So what’s the next step? The best tip I can give is to take time to plan the menu, think hard about what you’re going to cook.

But isn’t it easier just to do burgers and sausages? No! In fact burgers and sausages are quite difficult for to reasons:-

1. Relatively speaking they’re high in fat compared with other foods. Now I know we need fat to drip onto the coals to create the smoke to give the flavour but too much fat and the BBQ will flare up – a sure fire way to cook up a burnt offering.
2. They’re made from minced meat and that means they must be cooked through. Food poisoning is generally caused by the bacterium e-coli that grows on the surface of the meat. Cook the outside of a steak and you can safely eat the inside raw but think about a burger, with mince, everything is on the outside.

So if you’re not yet convinced about your man’s BBQ capabilities choose a meat that doesn’t need to be cooked through to be safe. Try beef, lamb or fish.

Back to the “coals are hot, flames are not” theme it’s important to start the grill on its highest position away from the coals. This means that the meat will be cooked slowly therefore giving you the best guarantee that it will be cooked through and should there be a “flare up” you are as best protected as you can be from burning. Of course if it’s going too slow, lower the grill step by step until you get the sizzle, in other words start gently and slowly work up the heat.

Finally to make for a really flavorful cookout, why not try a marinade? Marinades not only add flavor they also tenderize and all that’s needed is a little thinking ahead for preparation time. There’s a good few websites out there offering Free Barbecue Recipes so it’s easy to find different menu ideas.