Grilling Tips
How to Open a Bag of Charcoal
I was at a cookout recently and watched as a friend assaulted a charcoal bag with a knife. It was a tense few minutes while we watched him stab, slice and cuss the bag into submission, ultimately (and messily) freeing the charcoal held within the paper straight jacket. I was tempted to stepping in, but…
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The Number 1 Reason Your Grilled Chicken Breasts Suck
Do the words “rubbery” and “dried out” get mumbled around your dinner table? It’s ok, you can keep blaming the quality of the chicken (that was just one mean/tough chicken!). But if you want to stop making sucky grilled chicken breasts, keep reading. The number one mistake most people make when grilling chicken breasts is…
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We’re Predicting Who’s Grilling What This Summer. What’s Cooking in Your Backyard?
With 7 years of watching millions of people select recipes on GrillingCompanion.com we’re predicting what will be grilled in backyards of the top grilling cities across the country this summer. Our top 10 grillmaster cities are cooking up some serious deliciousness, OK top 11, because we want to include our hometown. Based on which recipes these cities…
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Super Bowl XLIX Party Grilling Recipes
Down to the final game of the year. The big game. The Super Bowl. We can only hope it is as exciting as the Seattle vs GreenBay NFC championship game. If not, there are always the commercials. In honor of the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, I’ve compiled a few recipes that you…
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How to Make Your Own Pastrami on the Smoker
I think I just gave myself the motivation to do a whole series of “make your own lunch meat” recipes. Other than the temperature control issues I just fought all day with my aging smoker, this smoked pastrami turned out amazing. Luckily, smoking a pre-brined corned beef to make pastrami is forgiving and I can…
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5 Tips for Better Grilled Chicken Breasts
I figured I better write this before the poultry boycott at my house fully propagates throughout the family. You see, I have overdone in. At least 3 in every 5 meals in this house features boneless skinless chicken breasts as the main feature. As a result, my 9 year old son has proclaimed that he…
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Cedar Plank Preperation Tip
Fish, check! Marinade, check! Side dish, check! Pre-heated grill, check! Soaked cedar plank….uh oh. Not sure how many times you’ve done the “rapid” cedar plank soaking, where you tell your wife and kids that “the fish needs more time to marinade”. Or you short the plank soaking time and wind up with the fish engulfed…
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Valentine’s Day Dinner Menu
Well, it is Valentine’s Day again. And if you are like me, you’ve probably been too busy grilling to think about what to get for your loved one. Well, Grilling Companion is here to help. Grill for them! Now depending on what stage your relationship is in will dictate the correct Valentine’s Day dinner menu….
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Walmart Steak-over Challenge
Walmart Steak-over Challenge brings local firefighters together to see who can make the best steaks.
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Limited Edition “Hot Coals” Thermapen on Sale
We just got an email from our friends at Thermapen announcing a special edition thermometer that should be right up your alley. We have talked about how awesome the Thermapen Instant-Read Thermometer is before and you probably already ordered one, right? For those of you scared of commitment, this should nudge you in the right…
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