Samantha Michaels - BBQ Cookbooks: Make Your Summer Go With A Bang! A Simple Guide To Barbecuing

Whenit comes to cooking outdoors the most popular method is to use a barbecuegrill. Quite a few of us do have experience of using such devices but generallywill only cook on such when the weather is nice. So most of us tend to leave itoutside to the elements and course end up having to buy a new one before summercommences because it has been neglected and left to rust.

Inorder for you to realize just how great using such equipment throughout theyear can be we take a look at some of the pros and cons of cooking using abarbecue grill not just in the summer.

Youwill find that cooking food on a barbecue grill tastes much more delicious.When you cook food on such a device the intense heat helps to caramelize thesurface of it. As well as giving the food a much nicer color (a rich goldenbrown) you will also find it helps to bring out more of the raw foods wonderfulflavors. Furthermore you can add other wonderful flavors to your food. Forexample using a wood smoker box with your gas or charcoal grill will help toimpart some lovely smoked wood flavor to the food.

Youwill often find that these types of devices are much more convenient to use. Not only are these types of devices readily available but also extremely easyto use. They do vary in price from basic models that cost only a few dollars tothe more elaborate ones that come with a wide array of cool features that couldcost you a couple of thousand dollars.

Thereare several kinds of barbecue grills now available. You can go for the more traditionalcharcoal models, which impart a different kind of flavor into your food. But ofcourse setting them up can be quite messy, and you need to use the right sortsof equipment to help get the charcoal alight initially.

Otherwise you can go for the moreexpensive models, which run off gas. As well as being a lot less messy to usethey are also a lot easier to get up and running. You can if you want actuallyconnect these devices to the mains gas line at your home so not only will theyprove much cheaper to run, they will also prove to be much better for theenvironment especially if you home runs on natural gas. Plus of course youwont have to worry about buying replacement gas bottles.

Also if you want to you could considerinvesting in one of the models that has infrared burners installed. As thesehave only recently come onto the market be aware that these are the mostexpensive to buy. But as they supply a very high intense heat when turned onthey sear the food very quickly ensuring more of the juices are sealed inside.This in turn means that more of the nutrients, minerals and vitamins are beingretained within the food as well.

Whenit comes to cooking on a barbecue you arent limited to just putting meat orfish on it to grill. There are plenty of other cooking methods you can employincluding direct heat or indirect heat cooking, along with smoking androtisserie cooking. So this is a very versatile piece of equipment to use tocreate delicious tasting healthy meals for the whole family.

Youwill find that there are different styles of cooking that can be altered sothat they can be cooked on a barbecue. As you will see at the end of this bookthere are numerous recipes, which you can use to create fantastic meals on abarbecue.

Therearent that many cons of cooking on a barbecue grill. However below are some ofthe ones that a few people tend to complain about when barbecuing.

Ofall the forms of cooking you can do these days this tends to be the messiest, especiallyif you are using a charcoal model. Also if you dont take care of yourcorrectly after each use, which means cleaning everything down then of courseyou are at risk of causing harm to others.

Theproblem with using a barbecue grill is that it takes time to get it up andrunning. Therefore if you want to prepare food in a matter of minutes thenusing a barbecue grill isnt going to be your best option. Of course that isonly if you are using a charcoal fuelled model. If you are using a model that usesgas then of course it only takes a few minutes for the grill to reach therequired temperature for you to then cook on it.