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How to Fight Mold in Your Smoker or Grill

Mold on a grill grate.

Mold in your BBQ grill is a common problem. Learn how to quickly and safely remove mold that has built up on your grill grates or elsewhere in your grill or smoker. We also show you how to prevent mold from building up in your cooker in the first place.

When You’re Cooking More Than One Hunk of Meat

rib racks

What influences cooking time? So many variables, such as the total volume of meat in your cooker. Are you using rib racks to squeeze more meat into a small area? Beware. The meat is almost touching, and that could add up to an hour of cooking time. Here are more tips on cooking more than one hunk of meat at once.

How To Dice An Onion As Perfectly As The Professionals

Dicing Onions

Check out our handy step by step photo sequence of how to dice onions properly. This is how the professional chefs do it. It doesn’t requires any special knife skills, but this method is safe, easy, and fast. It’s help you can get on with the rest of the food prep and finally get down to enjoying your meal!

Carving Makes a Difference in Tenderness and Appearance

graphic of teeth chewing meat that has been sliced in different directions.

You can ruin a perfectly cooked piece of meat by carving it horribly. Why? Because meat consists of long parallel muscle fibers. If you cut parallel to the fibers, they remain intact and are difficult to chew. When you slice across the fibers or across the grain, you make them easier to chew and hence more tender.

Cooking BBQ Hot And Fast, Low And Slow, And The Reverse Sear Method

Smoked pork butt on a pellet grill.

What is the right cooking temperature for barbecue? It depends. Not all food should be cooked low and slow or hot and fast. Sometimes, a combination of both is best, as seen in the reverse sear and in sous-vide-que. Read more about 2-zone cooking and when to grill with the lid up or down for perfectly cooked BBQ.

Perfect Grilled Sous Vide Chicken Breasts

Three chicken breasts cooked with sous vide at different temperatures.

Ensure moist and tender boneless chicken breasts on the grill every time with this ultimate guide to the sous-vide-que cooking method. By starting the boneless chicken breasts in a low and slow sous vide water bath then finishing them with a flavorful touch of smokiness on the grill and you’ve got chicken perfection.