BBQ Grill Lighters

BBQ Grill Lighters

Features to Look for When Buying a Grill

When looking into different grills features, you may be faced with what seems like a foreign language. How are you suppose to pick the grill that is best for you if you do not understand what you are reading? While the language used when describing grills will not get any easier to read, understanding what the majority if what it means will help you make an informed decision.

BTU is the measure of the amount of cooking power the barbeque grill as. Simple math will be needed in determining the amount of heat that your grill produces. Take the amount of space available for cooking (typically measured by square inch) and divide it by the total amount of BTU's. Ideally you will want at least 95 to 100 BTU's per square inch of cooking space. So for example, if you have a grill with 50,000 BTU's and 450 square inches of cooking space, then you will be receiving about 111 BTU's of cooking power per square inch. Anything less, and you may want to consider a different grill.

The next thing you will want to consider is the cooking surfaces. How much space does it have? Will you be able to cook for just yourself, or you entire family? Depending on your situation, you may want to consider a larger or smaller grill.

Grills come in a wide array of surface types. These different cooking surfaces can include a BBQ surface, a flat grill, and a ribbed grill. Some grills even offer these types of surfaces as none stick, which allow you to cook a whole array of foods that you would not be able to cook on a grill otherwise. Some gas grills even contain a Wok type surface for cooking pasta and rise dishes, or a full rotisserie set that allows you to cook rotisserie chicken. Weigh your options, and remember that some grills even come with the ability to interchange the surfaces. This way, if you decide that you want to start cooking Rotisserie chicken, all you will have to do is buy the accessory kit for it.

Perhaps one of the most important things you should consider is the fuel type. Charcoal grills are one of the most used types of grills. Charcoal grills utilize charcoal and lighter fluid to heat up and cook your food. Charcoal grills come in all shapes and sizes, and vary in cost. Charcoal requires you to buy charcoal and lighter fluid each time you cook with it. It must also be cleaned out each time. Charcoal grills come in small sizes, which are ideal for apartment dwellers or people with small homes. Once you have used your Charcoal Grill, you can clean it, and store it away. Propane grills are also useful for someone in small areas, since they can come in smaller sizes. Propane grills use propane gas to cook your food. If you want to quickly cook foods while still maintaining a grilled flavor, you may want to consider Propane grills. Natural gas grills are a little more complicated then smaller grills, so they require more room. Natural gas grills are meant to hook up directly to your home's natural gas line, and can cook meat in record time. Smoker Grills are used when flavor is the number one priority. Smoker grills use wood to slow cook your meat. Flavor can be controlled by using different types of woods.

If you still do not understand the basic information provided about the grill, it may be a good idea to talk with a professional. There are stores designed specifically for barbeque grills and barbeque grill accessories. Other stores, such as your larger department stores may not have professionals trained specifically in barbeques, but chances are at least one employee in the store likes to barbeque, and can aid you, if on nothing else by personal opinion.

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For tips on how to barbeque ribs and how to light a barbeque, visit the How To Barbeque website.

How to properly heat your coals in the BBQ grill.?

I've been BBQing on my own for a few months but it seems no matter what I do the coals just won't keep hot long enough to cook a nice thick steak. I have a regular BBQ grill and use firestone coals and lighter fluid. Help a fellow BBQ lover out.

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It sounds like your either not heating the coals long enough or not using enough coals.

1) Heat long enough: be sure to heat the coals until they are uniformly white/gray. You can use a chimney starter (recommended) or lighter fluid. Using a chimney starter is very simple: load the starter with coals, wad-up paper beneath the starter, light the paper, flame-on for ~10 mins, dump the hot coals into the grill, and cook. Lighter fluid requires a little more finesse: stack the coals into a pyramid in the middle of the grill, coat with fluid (remember - you're going to EAT from this grill, so don't hose the place down with volatile chemicals), light in multiple places until the stack is alight, walk-away for ~20 mins, observe the white/gray pile of coals, distribute the coals across the grate, and cook.

2) Not using enough coals: the goal is to sear the steak over a super-hot fire, so you want to be sure to use enough coals. Use enough coals to stack 2-coals-high under the steak (below the cooking surface), then a 1-coal-high height under the rest of the cooking surface. This is a two-stage fire, and is recommended for steaks.

Technique: sear the steak over the "hot" (2-high) coals, then move to the "cold" (1-high) coals to cook longer.

If you have a grill with an adjustable rack (not nearly as common as the classic Weber kettle) then you don't need a two-stage fire, just get those steaks close to the coals for the sear, then most them up for the cook.

The best part of this kind of cooking is the discovery: you can eat steak after steak as you develop the perfect cooking technique.

Good luck!

The Secret To A Good BBQ

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