Grilling


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How to Prep & Smoke Ribs

Smoke and fire are primal. For eons people have been gathering family and community around a crackling fire and warming embers. And you will too! With this step-by-step guide to charcoal smoking, you’ll dominate the smoker with an ever-popular menu that’s certain to impress not only yourself, but anyone lucky enough to be invited to your party.

Move Your Kitchen Outdoors To The Smoker

Move your cooking outdoors and start putting your smoker to work. Not only does our smoker get dinner on the table, it also helps us stock our freezer. Here’s why my family loves our smoker and why you might be interested in purchasing one too.


Tips

Platter Protection for Grilling

Why use two dishes and/or make two trips in and out of the kitchen when grilling? Here's a way to reuse the same platter for both raw and cooked meats.

Griddle Grilling

Expand the possibilities of your grilling by using a cast-iron griddle as another cooking surface for your grill. You can cook just about anything you would make in your cast-iron pan or griddle indoors and it takes the fun outside.

How to Find the Hot Spots on the Grill

Find the hot spots on your grill with this super simple trick. Plus, you end up with some tasty grilled bread!


How-To's

How to Flavor & Tenderize Meat and Vegetables with Marinades

Look around your kitchen, and you’ll see everything needed to add extra layers of flavor or to tenderize your favorite meal — vinegars, juices, milk, vegetables, spices, even wine. In this step-by-step tutorial we explain all that you should know about marinades and how they work . . . while you relax.

How to Grill the Perfect Steak

A perfectly flame-charred steak is truly a work of art, but you need more than just a full tank of propane to become an artist. These tips are sure to put you on the road to success.

Learn All About Indirect Grilling

What is indirect grilling? It's bascially a technique that turns your grill into an outdoor oven so you can cook big items, like whole chickens, pork loins, pizzas, etc. So the next time you fire up the grill, follow these four simple steps, and take the indirect route to perfectly cooked meats, vegetables, and more.

How To Grill Fish

Does grilling leave you fishing for compliments? Have no fear, simply follow these three simple guidelines and five rules for grilling flawless fish fillets every time. Not sure what fish to buy? Read on. How should you prep the grill and the fish? That's covered. Not sure when the fish is done? Follow our test for doneness. This step-by-step technique article walks you through all you need to know about How To Grill Fish.

How To Make Grilled Pizza

Grilled pizza has everything going for it — crispy crust, delicious smoky flavor, and the chance to be outside. So grab our simple Pizza Dough and Oven-Roasted Tomato Sauce recipes, check out some of our topping ideas, below, then follow these step-by-step instructions on making perfect grilled pizza every time.


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Recipes

Lamb Skewers with mint gremolata

The most popular cut of lamb — rack of lamb — gets skewered and grilled, bringing juicy flavor plus fun and casual elegance to the table. Select small racks so you can cut them into double chops. To keep the bones from burning, it’s best if you “french” the bones (remove the meat and tissue between them) before wrapping them in foil.

Grilled Ratatouille

Since there's tons of fresh produce available this time of year, put it to good use in Ratatouille [ra-tuh-TOO-ee], a traditional dish of simmered vegetables popular in the French region of Provence. This grilled version keeps everything fresh-tasting and complements your favorite grilled meats.

Mediterranean Pork Bowls with grilled summer vegetables

Mediterranean flavors rule in this pork bowl, with a special shout-out of thanks to za’atar (read all about it below). The spice blend plays a starring role in the brightly flavored vinaigrette, plus, it seasons thin slices of pork tenderloin to perfection. Fresh summer veggies get into the mix along with couscous for a bowl full of yum that you’ll savor with each and every bite.

Grilled Shrimp "Boil" Bowls with Old Bay sauce

A classic shrimp boil is reimagined for the grill, delivering a fairly fuss-free meal to the table in about 45 minutes. A quick shrimp stock adds tons of flavor, but the cowbell is the Old Bay butter sauce — it’s just so good. Thankfully, the only thing missing will be some sand in your bowl!

Roasted Potato Salad with garlic mayonnaise

For a new twist on potato salad, don’t skip the Roasted Potato Salad with garlic mayonnaise. Potatoes, bacon, and mayonnaise; is a match made in heaven.

Grilled Lamb Tacos with lentil corn salsa

Lamb tacos, eh? Yes, it is a little bougie to cut meat from a perfectly good chop — but these Grilled Lamb Tacos are worth it.

Smoky Beet & Black Bean Burgers with cilantro-lime vegan mayo

These classic summertime burgers turn into vegetarian (actually vegan) delights with smoky beet & black bean patties, and a cilantro-lime mayo that sends this sandwich over the moon. It'll stack up to any meat lover’s version — for real.

Grilled Kielbasa Sandwiches with sweet & sour sauce and pineapple relish

Polish kielbasa, that U-shaped smoked pork or beef delight, is split open for faster, less roly-poly grilling in this Grilled Kielbasa Sandwich with sweet & sour sauce. A pineapple relish brings a bright, sweet salute to Hawaiian flavors. Half a sausage satisfies smaller appetites (or use a whole sausage if you’re really hungry!).

Grilled Chicken Caprese on focaccia

This Grilled Chicken Caprese sandwich reflects summer’s favorite easy salad — basil, tomato, and fresh mozzarella — except you can hold this in your hand... Maybe two.

S'mores Pizza

Food + Fire is a collection of more than 150 recipes — like this S'mores Pizza — that celebrates the flavor of fire. Whipped-cream mixed with nutmeg, cinnamon, and turbinado sugar adds a hint of graham cracker flavor.

Photograph courtesy of Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet

Hanger Steak Tortas

Hanger steak is a thicker cut that’s flavorful with a coarse texture. Hanger has long been prized by butchers for its beefy flavor — they would keep it for themselves since there are only two steaks per steer. Taming this cut is easy glory for the griller, and these Hanger Steak Tortas transform it into a Mexican-inspired summertime comfort food.

Zucchini Pizza with roasted garlic and pine nuts

Food + Fire is a collection of more than 150 recipes — ten years in the making — that celebrates the flavor of fire. With secrets to grilling and barbecue to recipes fit for any occasion, this cookbook captures outdoor cooking at its finest. And the best part, you don’t have to have a Kalamazoo Grill to enjoy all these outstanding recipes, l…