Grill Maestro

Happy Fourth of July everyone! Fire up your grill and have a great time today!

Heterocyclic amines-what!? Actually, I didn’t just make that up, heterocyclic amines is what happens to amino acids in the muscle meats of beef, pork, chicken (all fowl), and fish breaks down when exposed to high cooking temperatures - such as grilling. According to the National Cancer Institute, there are 17 different HCAs that are created [...]

In preparation for the great barbecuen that is likely to occur over the weekend, I’ve compiled some fun BBQ facts for your general consumption provided by the HPBA:

81% of US households own a grill, if you’re in the last 19%, what are you waiting for?
The top three days for grilling? You probably could’ve guessed them [...]

The fine folks over at Char-Broil have offered to send me one of their TEC series grills to try out! I’m pretty excited because I missed out on the NYC Bryant Park TEC grill unveiling event last time and I’ve never had such a nice grill before. My current setup is a Char-Broil propane grill [...]

1. It Tastes Better!
Whether you use charcoal or propane, grilling imparts a smokey flavor to your food (more with charcoal) that an oven just won’t be able to do. As you cook, the fat will cook into a liquid, fall to the coals or burners and sizzle, pushing a nice smelling flavor up into your [...]

Shoot! The month is nearly halfway over and I have yet to crank up the BBQ. Now, part of that was because I was in China the last two and a half weeks but that’s no excuse! According to the National Barbecue Association, May is BBQ month so get out there and grill!

I’ve never tried grilling a pizza on a charcoal grill before but this little recipe from the Food Network piqued my interest and it’s definitely something I want to try in the near future. Right now my fiancee and I make pizza in the oven, it’s a fairly simple process because you don’t need to [...]

If you’ve noticed, the last time anything was posted to this site was back in the end of February, but do not fret because your novice guide to all things BBQ and grilling is back and better than ever. Just the other week, just to stretch my wings, I grilled up some southern style pork [...]

The last few days in Maryland have been quite blustery and given the cooler temps I haven’t been grilling much outside, but the high winds sparked a thought in my mind about grilling and safety. Conventional wisdom warns against grilling on a wood deck because if you ever knock over your grill, there’s a potential [...]

You’ve heard of grilling seafood, vegetables, and fruit on a cedar plank to infuse the rich woodsy flavor into the foods but the latest “craze,” so to speak, involves the use of thinly cut cedar paper that is usually large enough to hold a single cut of fish. The principle is the same, you’re cooking [...]