Essential Disposable Bbq Cookout Tips
Not so many moons ago I wrote an article entitled "How To Have The Perfect Barbecue" in which I lambasted most of my friends for burning food on the BBQ and shared my essential tips for ensuring a perfect barbecue every time. An alternative way to put it is "How to BBQ without flames" because the secret to charcoal cooking (and indeed gas barbecuing) is sizzle and not flames.
The fat in the food is mobilised in the heat, drips onto the charcoal which creates the smoke to flavour the food. What we want is to hear the sizzle but no flames because flames will char the outside of the food leaving us at best eating something semi raw and at worst in bed with food poisoning. Easy huh?
Well it is quite easy if you've got a barbecue grill with adjustable rack height but if you're the true outdoor type travelling light you may well have a disposable charcoal barbecue tray. If you're not familiar with the disposable barbecue grill it's essentially an Aluminum Foil tray filled with lump wood charcoal and a light mesh cover. On top of the charcoal is a fuel impregnated mat which once lit is all that's needed to get the grill going making them ideal when travelling light or for cooking whilst on a picnic. One thing is clear though and that is there's no adjustment to the height of the grill and this means being careful not to burn the food, more on that in a minute.
The main advantages to this piece of equipment is that it's light and portable, it's really quick to get going and also really cheap so for a few dollars more you can really add a new dimension to you picnic. Having recommended trying one of these trays I think it's also important to point out the downsides of cooking on them so here are my essential tips for cooking on a disposable barbecue grill:-
1. Sometimes the lighting mat can fail so if satisfying your hunger is totally dependent on cooking then remember to take a firelighter as back up - and don't forget the matches!
2. Choice of food to cook is really important because there's not much flexibility with the heat and it doesn't last forever. Because of the lack of flexibility, avoid fatty foods such as sausages because these will simply spray fat onto the coals and cause flare ups. As I've already said, the flames will burn food but it's not just that, flames are wasted energy and your charcoal won't last as long. Try fish and steaks and other lean cuts of meat.
3. It's not an expensive piece of kit so don't expect an enamel grill. The best tip I can give is to brush the grill with oil before putting any food on it and this will prevent it from sticking especially if cooking fish.
One final point; It is as it says, "disposable" so if you've just finished your cookout, please look after your environment and dispose of the wreckage responsibly.
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What is a good cold dish to bring to a potluck?
One of my classes is having a potluck in a few weeks and I'm trying to figure out what to bring.
There is no access to power for heating anything and I have to bring it in a dish that I can leave there (like one of those disposable aluminum foil trays).
Most of my classmates are bringing things like cheese and crackers, chips and salsa, carrots and dip. Wow way to be creative right?
So I want to do something a little more in depth, but no sweets because people have signed up for a ton of those as well.
It will also be a food that is sitting out for a few hours while people get a chance to go in a eat. And it's starting at 7 o'clock in the morning.
Thanks!
Well a favorite of mine is pumpernickel bread and spinach dip. The dip can sit out for awhile and is really a little better at room temp anyway. You can either but a whole loaf of the bread and tear into small pieces or this time of year you can get the small square loaves of party bread and use that.
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