The Love For Grilled Food – Everything You Need To Know About Grilling
Shortly after the domestication of fire, the process of cooking food over direct heat has been discovered. This method, referred to today as grilling, is among the best loved ways of preparing food since then until today. Charcoal grills, portable gas grills, and electric grills are a few of the number of type of grills that are now available in the market.
To cook through the process of grilling, food is exposed directly above or below temperatures often in excess of 260 C (500 F). As was aforementioned, grills come today in a variety of types. Nonetheless, each of these grills can use a grill, a grill pan, or a griddle as a container where food is kept while grilling. A grill refers to an open wire grid where the heat source to cook food is directly either above or below it. On the other hand, a griddle has its heat source directly below it and is designed as a flat plate. Lastly, a grill pan is designed with raised ridges to mirror the wires of an open grill yet generally resembles frying pans.
The history of grilling has been discovered shortly after the domestication of fire, which as was aforementioned was around 500,000 years ago. Nonetheless, grilling as an open-air cooking often done in backyards was first popularized between the 1940s and 1950s. The first grills that mimic those we know today were made from shallow-meal pans sitting atop spindly legs. Called brazier grills, these grilling devices then used charcoal to cook food. These grills are the forerunner of the modern grills. From these devices, various experiments were done to enhance their quality, as well as the quality of food grilled on them. Today, from those aforementioned experiments, a variety of grills such as charcoal grills, portable gas grills, and electrical grills have been invented.
There generally are four types of grilling. These are direct grilling, indirect grilling, spit-roasting and rotisserie, and grill smoking. Producing a crunchy or slightly charred exterior and moist interior, direct grilling involves quick cooking of food at high temperatures over direct heat. This type of grilling is recommended for small pieces of meat such as steak, kebabs, and chicken breast. On the other hand, indirect grilling, which is ideal for large cuts of meat, cooks food slowly and more evenly on a grill over a foil drip pan with coals burning on either side. Alternatively, rotisserie grilling keeps the interiors of the meat juicy and the skin crispy by rotating the food over hot coals. Lastly, grill smoking which adds a special smoky flavor to food involves adding a couple of wet pieces of wood to the grill and covering the food item inside.
As was aforementioned, there are a variety of grills now available in the market. Among these are electric grills, charcoal grills, and portable gas grills. Electric grills are often used indoors are among the easiest to use among any other types of grills. They are designed to be smokeless and are convenient to use and easy to clean. Charcoal grills on the other hand, as the name suggests, require the use of charcoal to grill food. These types are the best to provide real fire flavors. Portable gas grills, alternatively, are also easy to use and convenient and are often less expensive than electric grills.
Cooking food in the open-air has never been easy with the invention of grills. With portable gas grills, charcoal grills, and other types of grills backyard cooks may choose from, enjoying the food in the backyard with the entire family will always be a fun activity.
Jennifer Lorenzo is a sous chef at a 5-star in Paris, France. At home, Chef Jennifer enjoys with her family in their backyard using a Landmann Gasgrill.
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