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Grilling Tips

How to BBQ Chicken Breast

Not many people have the skill to grill chicken right, but knowing how to grill a chicken breast will make you a hit at the next neighborhood cookout.

Chicken is a great menu item, but it can be difficult to handle on the grill. Following a few simple tips will make your next barbecue a success. Learn how to make a great grilled chicken breast.

How to BBQ Chicken Breast: Prep time

Because of the shape of chicken breasts, it is easy to overcook some parts of the chicken while leaving other parts underdone. An easy solution is to cut the meat to a more even shape and then pound the chicken to a thickness of about 1/2 inch. Another option is to cut the chicken into strips; just make sure they are large enough so that they do not fall through the grill. A good way to keep the chicken moist is to use a brine or marinade, soaking for about 30 minutes before grilling; an oil-based marinade works best. Do not apply sugar-based sauces, such as BBQ sauce, before grilling because they can cause the chicken to burn; apply these sauces only after the meat is done.

How to BBQ Chicken Breast: Cook time

Before placing the chicken on the grill, you may want to coat the clean grill with oil or cooking spray; this will keep the meat from sticking to the grill. The key to cooking chicken is to use direct heat for a short period of time. You need to turn the meat over only once, and there is no need to sear the chicken; searing the meat will allow the juices to escape and dry out the meat. Boneless chicken will cook in less time than chicken with the bone in.

How to BBQ Chicken Breast: Brine Time

Brine is simply a saltwater solution that chefs use to add more flavor and tenderness to their meat. A basic brine solution is 1 cup of table salt to 1 gallon water; you can adjust the measurements based on the amount of meat you have to prepare, but you want enough brine solution to completely cover the meat. The time for soaking varies depending on the amount of meat and the level of salt flavor you want.

Using these simple tips and the recipes for chicken at iGrillBBQ.com, you will having a winning menu that keeps them asking for more.

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Grilling Tips

How to Barbecue Steak

Do you want to know how to grill steak? Are you looking to impress your friends and family with a mouthwatering barbecue steak recipe?

Learning how to grill a steak takes more than just throwing a piece of meat on the grill.

With the right tools and techniques, your steaks will be the talk of the neighborhood. And it’s not complicated; in fact, knowing how to grill a steak is quick and easy.

How to Barbecue Steak: Buying the Meat

The first decision to make before going to the grill is what cut of meat are you going to use; this is mainly a matter of preference. What can you afford? What flavor do like? How much fat do you like in your steak?

The filet is the most tender of the steak choices, though with less steak flavor; it is also the more costly. Ribeye steaks have more fat marbled throughout and provide a juicy, flavorful steak when cooked properly. Going down the cost spectrum, you have strips, T-bones and Porterhouse, and finally sirloin.

No matter what cut of steak you get, make sure it is a good thickness, about an inch.

How to Barbecue Steak: Prepping the Meat

The best steak is a fresh steak, so try not to freeze your steaks; instead, try to purchase them on the day you are going to use them. If you have to freeze them, try to thaw them in the refrigerator or cold water. When it is time to throw those steaks on the grill, they should be at room temperature.

After patting the steaks dry, feel free to cover them in a rub or marinade (remember marinades should be applied about 30 minutes before grilling). You can find great recipes for rubs and marinades at igrillbbq.com.

How to Barbecue Steak: Cooking the Meat

Gas grills are best for cooking steaks, but charcoal grills are great too for giving that meat a nice charred flavor; either way, make sure your grill is hot. A gas grill should preheat for about 20 minutes, and charcoal should be covered in gray ash. If using a charcoal grill, you may want to consider an alternate heating source for lighting the goals to avoid the taste of starter fluid.

The key to barbecuing good steak is to use the shortest amount of time possible without burning the steak. Once your steak is at room temperature and you have applied any rub or marinade, place your steaks on the hot grill and close the lid. Don’t let your steaks catch on fire but watch for the sides to turn gray; then turn the steaks over and close the lid again.

Once all the sides are gray and there are the tell-tale grill marks on both sides, you can check for doneness. After you have achieved the doneness you like, let the steak sit about 5 minutes and then enjoy. Congratulations! You’ve learned how to grill steak!

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Grills by Brand

Holland Grill Recipes

Are you the proud owner of a Holland Grill and ready to cook up some mouthwatering, out of this world taste sensations? Holland grills have plenty of recipes to fit the menu.

The Holland Grill’s unique no-flare grilling system allows you to cook up the most flavorful dishes. And the drip pan that sits between flame and food puts the sizzle back into your food.

Holland Grill Recipes for Meat

Have you ever thought about barbecuing pot roast or meatloaf? With your Holland Grill, you can cook these and other traditional beef Holland Grill Recipesdishes, including ribs, steaks, and brisket. From BBQ to tenderloin, from roast to chops, these simple cooking instructions will set your mouth to watering for pork. Chicken, turkey, Cornish hens, quail—they can all be barbecued on the Holland Grill.

Holland Grill Recipes for Seafood

Grilling seafood is the tried and true method for cooking up fish, lobster, and shrimp. These easy to follow instructions guide you through the tricky task of cooking flaky, tasty seafood. And you won’t stink up the house.

Holland Grill Recipes for Vegetables

If it grows in your garden, you can cook it with the Holland Grill. No one will turn away from these tasty menu items, and your kids may even ask for more.

The Extras

Recipes for Sauces and Rubs

Though the Holland Grill gives your food great flavor by itself, some may want to try new combinations for rubs and sauces to spice up the menu.

Recipes for Breads and Desserts

Homemade bread and fruit pies of every variety never tasted so good as when cooked on the grill. Turn your barbecue into a bake-off.

Holland Grill Recipes for Breakfast

Rise and shine to try grilling for breakfast. With sausage, eggs, and biscuits hot off the grill, you won’t start the day hungry.

Finding the Best Recipes for Holland Grills

Check out our site for more great recipes. Each recipe comes with a list of ingredients and instructions as well as the Holland Grill accessories needed to make the perfect dish. Print individual recipes and cooking time charts, or get the book and try them all.Watch a cooking demonstration of your favorite recipes online or in person and learn the skills for making your next cookout a hit. Impress the neighbors with award-winning recipes, made on your Holland Grill.

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Grilling Tips

How to Cook Pork Chops in the Oven

How to cook pork chops in the oven using plain and simple methods and you have a meal to remember. Check it out.

Can you find a better treat than a couple of thick juicy oven baked pork chops cooked with the bone in?

For great oven cooked pork chops, starting with the right piece of meat is critical. However, you must know how to prepare and cook it if you don’t want it dry and disappointing.

How to Cook Pork Chops in the Oven: Your Choice of Pork Cut

If you want great flavor, you need to know how to shop for the right cut of pork and this is counter intuitive to many things you hear about meat. First of all, the right cut is critical. For great oven baked pork chops you need to have plenty of meat on the bone and pleanty of fat and rind on the meat. The pork chops should should be an inch thick or better and have the bone in.

Those boneless, thin, lean pieces of pork chop filet you find in so many supermarkets today end up at best tasteless and at worse end up tasting like dried out cardboard when you try to bake them. The good news is that he pork chops you want are often sold as the cheaper or discount cut because of higher fat content and for having the bone left in.

Chops in the Oven: Preparing the Chops for the Oven

Prepare the chops by snipping the rind every inch or so around the chop. Do this without cutting into the meat. This keeps the chop from curling up while cooking. Rub the chops down with olive oil and season with black pepper and sea salt. Preheat your kitchen oven as high as it will go. Place the pork chops on a tray.

Chops in the Oven: Cooking the Chops

After the oven is hot put in the pork chops. Cook them until the fat turns crispy and brown, about 10 minutes. Turn the temperature down to 300 degrees F and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Remove the chops from the oven and then allow them to rest for a while. Resting is critical because when the meat starts to cool, it contracts and the juices are drawn back to the center of the chop.

This plain and simple way of how to cook pork chops in the oven is very satisfying, but oven baked pork chops is also a great opportunity to try out some of your favorite seasonings and rubs.

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Grilling Tips

How to BBQ Tri Tip

Want to know How to grill Tri-Tip?  When grilled right, tri-tip is a beautiful, succulent juicy piece of meat.

Tri tip is a triangle shaped piece of meat from the bottom of the sirloin. We will show you simply how to grill this cut of meat resulting in a delicious, succulent roast every time.

How to BBQ Tri Tip: Keep it Simple

Tri tip is marbled superbly with fat. When grilled properly, trip tip is a juicy, delicious piece of meat. However, most grillers do not know how to grill tri tip without ruining it. They do things like trimming every bit of fat off of it,  stuffing it with garlic, overdoing it with some random spice combination and constantly tinkering with it on the grill. The secret is to do less to this piece of meat, not more. Do less and your guest will think you are a great cook. But before putting the meat on the grill, you have to make sure you have a great piece of meat.

How to BBQ Tri Tip: Picking Out and Preparing Your Tri Tip

Tri tip comes in trimmed and untrimmed versions. Untrimmed comes with a layer of fat on one side. As you would expect, the untrimmed is cheaper. Get the untrimmed and you can do any trimming you want to do at home. Look for nice even marbling. The rule of thumb is that no marbling should be wider than your finger. Without trimming, you will have a lot of fat and many flare ups on the grill. Go ahead and trim off the layer of fat, but not all of it.

  • You should leave about 15%-20% of the fat layer on the tri tip.
  • Use a bit of meat tenderizer. Don’t overdo it; too much tenderizer can turn your meat into mush.
  • Coat it with your favorite dry rub for beef. Out favorite is Grizzly Joe’s “Trail Dust”. Don’t overdo the rub. You still want to taste tri tip, not just seasoning. It is not necessary to oil tri tip before adding the rub; the meat already fatty enough. The natural juices will pull the flavor from the spices into the meat.
  • It is important that the meat is room temperature when you grill it. Let it set for 2-4 hours before grilling.

How to BBQ Tri-TipHow to BBQ Tri Tip: Grilling Your Tri Tip

Get part of the grill good and hot, about 400 degrees, and have a section that is closer to medium. Put the meat with fat side up over the medium part of the grill but close enough to hotter part that it gets indirect heat. Do not let it drip and flare up, you want a nice indirect heat. Do not stab or poke the meat. This is very important because poking and stabbing lets the juices run out. Do not touch the meat, just let it cook.

The meat is flipped once and only once. After about 15 minutes on the first side flip the roast. Let it cook about 5 minutes on the second side and then start checking it by pressing on the center of the roast. If it feels mushy it is still raw in the middle. Keep checking it and as soon as it is firm take it off grill. It should be medium-rare.

Meat will continue to cook for about ten minutes when taken off the grill. When you let the meat rest, the roast will contract and it draws the juices back to center of the roast, making it more juicy and tasty. Cut it against the grain into ½-inch thick steaks and enjoy.

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Grill Vegetables

Grilling Baked Potatoes

Are you looking for a creative way to use your bbq grill in addition to creating delicious meat dishes?

This recipe will add a spectacular side dish to whatever cut of meat you are already grilling.

There are a variety of ways to prepare baked potatoes on the grill; you can experiment to see which one fits your taste. Barbecuing is all about adding your own flair to whatever recipe you are using.

Grilling Baked Potatoes Info

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutesGrilling Baked Potatoes

Makes: 4 baked potatoes

Servings: 6 (2/3 potato per serving)

Grilling Baked Potatoes Ingredients:

4 large baking potatoes, quartered

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons dried rosemary

salt to taste

Grilling Baked Potatoes Directions:

After cutting the potatoes in quarters, place them in a pot of water. Bring to a boil and then cook on medium high for 10 minutes. Drain and toss with other ingredients. Grill potatoes on a medium-high heat grill (indirectly) until grilled to your taste (around 15 minutes). Brush with remaining ingredient mixture and serve.

Of course, if you want another easy side dish, you can cook many vegetables in a similar way. Carrots, bell or sweet peppers, zucchini, and squash are all ideal grilling vegetables.

Baked potatoes are an ideal companion to most grilled meats, but during the summer you may not want to turn on the oven. Cooking potatoes on the grill is not only more convenient; you will probably become hooked when you taste the unique texture of grill-roasted potatoes.

This simple recipe makes a great-tasting dish, whether you use large baking potatoes or smaller red potatoes. Reviewers report success with a wide variety of different potatoes, as well as variations to the spices used in the oil mixture. If you would prefer to grill your potatoes whole, cover your potatoes with the same mixture, poke holes in them with a fork, and then wrap them in aluminum foil.

Whatever individual changes you decide to make, you are guaranteed to find that grilled baked potatoes add an unexpectedly delicious side dish to your barbeque dinner! Surprise your friends and family at your next bbq by serving this delicious recipe.

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Grill Sauces

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Marinade

A great marinade for pork tenderloin has the ability to make an already-good cut of meat extraordinary. This one is great!

By not only tenderizing the meat but also infusing it with new flavors, a marinade can take your pork barbeque meal to the next level.

This marinade recipe is one of the best available. As with any marinade, feel free to personalize it with your own secret ingredients, such as artificial flavorings or sauces:

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Marinade Info

Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: 5 minutes

Makes: 1 cup marinade

Servings: N/AGrilled Pork Tenderloin Marinade

If you have a larger amount of meat, consider increasing the ingredients in the marinade. You should have enough marinade to just cover the meat in whatever container you use.

 

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Marinade Ingredients:

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup teriyaki sauce

2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Marinade Directions:

Simply combine ingredients in a shallow container and allow your meat to soak as long as desired. Turn meat periodically during marination for an even saturation. The longer your meat soaks, the more tender and flavorful it will become.

Be sure to keep the marinading meat in the refrigerator to keep it at a safe temperature. During the grilling, you can brush the remaining marinade on the meat to enhance the flavor even further and keep it as moist as possible.

Some reviewers of this recipe noted that the liquid smoke flavoring added a rather strong element to the marinade. Of course, you can use less to balance the flavor, or you can add an alternate flavor that is more to your taste if desired.

Ideally, a marinade should be personalized, so after trying this recipe out, continue to experiment with your own favorite flavors to perfect it. To round out the meal, put some sliced potatoes, zucchini, and sliced bell peppers on the grill as well to serve along with your signature tenderloin.

Barbeque experts know that the secret to making a great-tasting meal on the grill is often a good marinade, and with this pork tenderloin marinade, you can make the most of your next cookout.

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BBQ Recipes

What makes grilling and barbeque so healthy and inviting? Where do you find the best BBQ recipes that show you how to prepare foods that are good for you and taste good at the same time?

Check out our barbecue recipes to learn how to make the best grilling recipes!

BBQ Recipes – Bringing Out the Best

Grilling brings out the unique flavors of your meat, vegetables and fruit entrées. The addition of sauces and marinades can make the difference between a standard entrée and a truly memorable one.

BBQ Recipes – Enjoying the Flavors

Be sure to check back often for our many different barbecue recipes for the grill!

Grilled Meat
Beef, chicken, pork and fish all have distinctive flavors and textures. Grilling and barbeque bring out the best in your choice of meat. From steak, bar-b-q ribs, and chicken, meat and BBQ recipes are classics for grilling recipe delicacies.

Grilled Vegetables
Grilling brings out the very best in vegetables. If you can imagine tender, crisp grilled vegetables, you will enjoy the wide variety of vegetable bbq recipes. Vegetables are a naturally low fat, healthy food choice. Grilling brings out the natural juices and true flavors of the vegetables. Seasonings and marinades will add personality to the vegetables as they grill.

Grilled Fruit
Like vegetables, grilling brings out the best in fruit. Warm, sweet grilled fruit is a delightful treat and, with these bbq recipes, they are fast and easy to prepare. With fruit, the grilling process seals in the warmed fruit juices. The BBQ recipes will show you how to perfectly grill fruit to that tender-crisp texture and warm tastes.

Sauces & Marinades
Truly memorable grilling and barbeque includes sauces and marinades. The bbq recipes for sauces and marinades put zip and tang in your dishes. Sauces and marinades are perfect when you want a change of pace or want to explore new flavors.
For these sauces, check out our sauces for the grill page.

Other Foods
With some practice and skill, there is a variety of not-typical-grilling-foods that can be grilled. The results can be awesome and fun. Entire parties can be centered around grilled pizza and smores. All you need is a good recipe and some modest grilling skills.

BBQ Recipes – Conclusion

From grilled and barbequed main entrées, to snacks, to warm salads and fruit desserts, bbq recipes will make every meal and party special. After you have tried these recipes, you can try with some of your own.
Check out our different recipe pages!

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Grills by Brand

Grill Brands

All the grill brands aside, grilling and barbeque are among the most popular forms of cooking. But which brand makes the best grill?

What makes grilling and barbecue so inviting? And why does that grilled smoky bbq’ed food taste so good? It has a lot to do with your grill brand!

Grill Brands: Performance, Convenience and Savings

First, you may want to consider the type of grill, the main types being gas or charcoal. Then you should consider the importance of your grill brands. Grill brands are numerous:

  • Amana Grills
  • Aussie Grills
  • Beefeater Grills
  • Big Green Egg Grills
  • Blue Ember Grills
  • Bond Grills
  • Bubba Keg Grills
  • Bradley Smoker
  • Brinkmann Grills
  • Broil King
  • Broilmaster Grills
  • Char-Broil Grills
  • Charmglow Grills
  • Cla Grills
  • Coleman Grills
  • Dcs Grillsgrill brands
  • Ducane Grills
  • Fiesta Grills
  • Fire Magic Grills
  • George Foreman Grills
  • Grillmaster Grills
  • Holland Grills
  • Huntington Grills
  • Jenn-Air Grills
  • Kamado Grills
  • Kenmore Grills
  • Kitchenaid Grills
  • Lynx Grills
  • Master Forge Grills
  • Members Mark Grills
  • Minden Grills
  • Napoleon Grills
  • New Braunfels Grills
  • New Holland Grills
  • Perfect Flame Grills
  • Primo Grills
  • Solaire Grills
  • Sonoma Grills
  • Stok Grills
  • Sunbeam Grills
  • TEC Grills
  • Thermos Grills
  • Traeger Grills
  • Uniflame Grills
  • Vermont Castings Grills
  • Viking Grills
  • Weber Grills
  • Wolf Grills

The Right Grill Brands for Great Fun

Grilling and barbecue have evolved over the years from a mere method of cooking into a virtual art form. Beyond the seriously delicious tasting food, bbq get-togethers are great fun and an ever-ready excuse to party – whether it is a hot summer day picnic, a cool autumn evening on the patio or lively Super Bowl parties in the dead of winter, grilling and bar-b-q are great fun.

In addition, it is a chance for you guys to show off your shiny new grill and your newfound barbeque skills to your buddies. By the way, some of the grills on the grill brands list look positively spectacular.

Finding the right grill brands

When considering grill brands, the gas-fired models have a level of convenience that charcoal fired grills cannot match. However, many grilling and barbeque aficionados prefer the taste of food cooked over a real bed of charcoal. Those who fall into the gas grill camp point out the convenience – just turn it on and “hello”, you are ready to go.

Moreover, gas burns clean, there is no messing with charcoal briquettes, no lighting, no lighting fluid, no waiting around for the fire to glow, and much easier easy clean up.

A charcoal grill is not as convenient, but it has one feature that for some grilling enthusiasts overrides all other considerations: smoke flavor. Skilled cooks know how to use that dry, white-hot heat to quickly sear meat and give it that caramelized, crusty coating with that smoked flavor.

The trade off is that it takes more attention, time and clean up for a charcoal grill than a gas grill. When shopping for grill brands, charcoal grills will be less expensive than gas grills. Charcoal is more portable for taking on picnics and trips. Plus with charcoal grill brands, you get the fun of playing with fire.

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Grill Types

Types of Grills

I love bbq, but with all the types of grills out there how can I know which type of grill is best for me?

I’ve researched all the different grill types and I’ve found which one I like best.  Find out which one works best for you.

Types of Grills: Performance, Convenience and Savings

Most of us who love barbecue are familiar with a couple of basic types of grills. However, there are several less familiar options out there to enhance your grilling experience.

Gas Grills

  • Flattop Grills
  • Natural Gas Grills
  • Propane Gas Grills
  • Rodizio Grills

Infrared Grills

Charcoal Grills

  • Barrel Grill
  • Ceramic Cooker
  • Gas and Charcoal Grills
  • Hibachi Grill
  • Kettle Grills
  • Pellet Grills
  • Portable Charcoal Grill
  • Square Charcoal Grill
  • Tandoor Oven

Outdoor Kitchen

  • Built in Grills AND Gas Grill Inserts
  • Grill Islands

Smokers

  • BBQ Smokers
  • Homemade Smokers

Portable Grills

  • Portable Charcoal Grills
  • Portable Electric Grills
  • Portable Gas Grills
  • Portable Infrared Grills
Types of Grills Features

Types of grills have their unique advantage. Of all the grills, gas grills are the easiest to manage. They have unparalleled ease of use and convenience.  Gas grills are easy to fire up and reach cooking temperature quickly. Gas grills are easy to shut down, clean up and put away.

People who are big fans of infrared grills claim they are equal to traditional gas grills in ease of use and clean up while making the food better. Since infrared allows for much higher temperatures, it allows for more intense sear, locking in juices and flavors. Infrared grills used to be extremely high end, but prices have been dropping with entry level units in the mid-price range.

Charcoal grills offers something no other types of grills can. That is a wonderful smoky tasting, crusted, caramelized exterior on steaks and chops. For many, this flavor trumps any lack of convenience associated with cooking with charcoal. Charcoal grills come in just about any size, shape and price you can imagine. They tend to be cheaper than gas grills and assessable for most budgets.

If you come to realize that you are a carnivore that cooks most of his meals out-of-doors, you might see an investment in an outdoor kitchen as a wise move. You can design and build in your grills, outdoor refrigerators, barbeque smokers, bbq side burners or just about anything else you can imagine.

People who do not see grilling as true bar-b-q, invest in smokers fueled by charcoal or wood. The by-words for bbq smokers are “low” (temperature) and “slow” (lots of time).

The wide variety of portable grills allows for great barbeque on picnics, beach outings, camping trips and more. They are surprisingly versatile, efficient and can cook lots of food. They come in all fuel types.

Types of Grills – Conclusion

Grills have their own peculiarities, but what they have in common is outdoor cooking and celebration at its best. Choose well and establish a firm foundation to master your skills with the grill and with barbecue.

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