The 10 Most Common Grilling Mistakes

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The 10 Most Common Grilling Mistakes

"You may see yourself as a benevolent ruler of the grilling world, feeding hungry masses with delicious ease. Or, maybe you're a BBQ wallflower, forever intimidated by the fiery thing. Either way, there is always room for improvement. To assist, Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue Bible and How to Grill, shares the top 10 grilling pitfalls, so you don't make them..."

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5. Crimes Against Meat, Part 1: Stabbing Instead of Turning The proper way to turn steaks and chops on the grill is with tongs or a spatula. Step away from that barbecue fork -- heck, I don't even own one -- unless you enjoy watching all those flavor-rich juices leak out onto the fire.

I've done that before.

[BerryBaby]

Think I have three different tongs...one specifically for grilling.

What I don't get is many tell you to use a meat thermometer, but putting that into the meat makes the juices run out just like stabbing it with a fork.

Timing and just observing the meat works for me.

[Pluff Mudder]

I have a friend who is "slap happy" and like to press down on the burgers... and they always turn out dry.

[MiseEnPlace]

How about using BBQ and grilling interchangeably ... that gets me every time!

[Pluff Mudder]

How about using BBQ and grilling interchangeably ... that gets me every time!

It's not BBQ unless you have smoke... and we're not talking about burning the meat on the grill either.

[MiseEnPlace]

I've always making a remark about the BBQ vs grilling to someone, trying to explain there's a different... I may have to steal that one Pluff

[Pluff Mudder]

Be my guest Mise!

[Sharon.gmc]

thanks for sharing the info.