If you dread the thought of cooking in a hot kitchen through the summer, you need to consider barbequing. Sure, you can cook your food indoors on an electric grill, but the tastiest way to get the true flavor and aroma of BBQ is through outdoor cooking. There’s gas or charcoal for grilling, and smokers for slow cooking. Some of the best BBQ tips recommend using marinades, rubs and sauces to add zest to your cooking. There are lots of online recipe sites, as well as cookbooks in the store, that have instructions for barbequing any kind of food you can think of. Any way you grill it up, though, the end result will be delectable.
Barbeque sauces can be made from a variety of bases, each of which adds a unique flavor to the meat. There are sauces based on tomato, mustard, vinegar or even fruit. You can also try using a sauce to marinate the meat before cooking. You can also take advantage of interesting sauces and marinades that are brushed on the meat while it’s cooking. Finally, there’s a sauce used to coat the meat right before taking it off the grill, or to add to the meat when it’s on your plate.
Rubs are another BBQ staple, and are often used along with sauce. A barbeque rub is a blend of seasonings that are applied to the surface of the uncooked meat, which then infuse the whole cut while it’s cooking. The advantage of rubs over sauces is that they cling to the meat and don’t drip away. Therefore more flavor is imparted.
Try using all three forms of flavoring in combination to get the best taste possible. For instance, let the meat soak in the marinade for about 24 hours, then add the rub mixture. Once the meat is on the grill and cooking, use some sauce to enhance the flavor and tenderness.
As well, there are various methods of barbeque cooking to choose from. You can cook indoors on an electric grill. However, an outdoor grill is the more flavorful option because of the added smoke flavor. You can choose between a charcoal grill, which gives it a more authentic flavor, or a gas grill. Either way, consider using wood chips. This will give some extra flavor to the meat because of the distinctive aroma of the smoke that the chips produce during the cooking process.
Just remember that cooking barbeque can sometimes be a time consuming process. Some foods are pretty quick to cook, such as hamburgers and hot dogs. But if you’re planning on serving up something like ribs or roast, you’ll need to cook on low heat for a long period of time to get the best results.
