Grill Maestro

BurnJel Plus, the makers of a wonderful salve for burns, sent me a list of kitchen safety tips I thought would be useful even for the more hardcore grillers. While these tips are focused for the kitchen, many of them apply to the grill as well.
For example - “avoid wearing loose-fitting clothing” is something you [...]

Real Simple recently published a story about common cooking mistakes and the very first one is a mistake that I’ve made before. The mistake? Not reading the whole recipe and instructions before starting…
7 Common Cooking Mistakes [Real Simple]

The HPBA (Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association) is a great organization that frequently puts out fun consumer opinion polls and this Fall, one of the questions related to the worst BBQ attendees. Can you guess the number one most disliked person is? So much so that you would choose to not invite them? It’s the [...]

The following list is taken from White Trash BBQ and is his Americanized take on Andrew at Very Good Taste’s Omivore’s Hundred.
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment [...]

Gppd Jpiselee[omg offers up some grilling “secrets” from the pros in their Grilling Guide.
Here are their tips for shish kabobs:
Foods that are cooked together on the same skewer should heat quickly and take the same amount of time to cook. Foods with different cooking times, like vegetables and meat, should be grilled on separate skewers. [...]

I love spicy food.
I, however, don’t love face-numbing, lip-burning, tears-until-I’m-dehydrated, could-drink-a-whole-cow level spicy food. Fortunately, there’s a scale called the Scoville scale to measure the hotness of any particular chili pepper to guide me on what’s too much for me.
Peppers work because they contain a chemical compound called capsaicin. Capsaicin stimulates the chemoreceptor nerve endings [...]

This has nothing to do with grilling, other than the fact that it’s about a burger, but it’s entertaining nonetheless. And jet packs rule.
Oh, don’t watch if you just ate or are eating.

The fine folks at WaterJel recently sent me a sample of their emergency burn care product, BurnJel Plus with Pain Relieving Lidocaine HCL 2.5%. While I haven’t burned myself recently, it’s always nice to have a product like this around the house because it’s far superior to the standard advice of “run it under cold [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]