Grill Maestro

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In the June/July 2008 issue of Everyday with Rachel Ray, my parents-in-law gave me the issue, there’s a piece by Dorothy Krasowska in which they sampled dozens of hot dogs and chose their favorite. This, hot on the heels of a “hot dog battle” between Oscar Mayer and Ballpark, is certainly something that piques my [...]

I was reading through Bobby Flay’s Grilling For Life book, a gift from my wife, and read this tip about buying electric coffee grinders to grind up your own fresh spices: You should always have two: one for your coffee and one for your spices. Toasting and grinding your own spices makes such a big [...]

When I was in college, I watched our fraternity cook boil ribs prior to putting them into the oven and then basting them with BBQ sauce. I thought the ribs were delicious and I thought that boiling ribs was the way you were supposed to prepare them so they fell off the bone like his [...]

This weekend four friends, my wife and I drove down to Washington D.C. (it’s only 20 minutes away, it’s not an epic journey) to see the 16th Annual Safeway National Capital BBQ Battle for the first time. One of my friends’ boss had competed in these contests on numerous occasions and always wanted to go, [...]

Whenever cooking burgers, I usually cook to both time and touch. That means I cook until the burgers to what I consider an adequate amount of time and to a firmness is what I associate with a particular level of doneness. This, however, can be dangerous according to some studies. In fact, courtesy of Megan [...]

In the mood to grill some fish but don’t have a basket or cedar planks to grill on? Try making a temporary grilling platform using a piece of cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil. That’s right, stiff cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil is a great way to create a small platform for you to grill fish [...]

If you are going to be grilling fish on cedar planks, I recommend spending the extra money and getting fresh fish over frozen fish. The main difference between frozen and fresh fish is that fresh fish is often jucier and more flavorful than frozen fish. Frozen fish sometimes gets a little dry, a little tigher, [...]