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When To Put A Lid On It

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Lid up or lid down? It’s a question that comes up on the patio as often as it does in the bathroom. Answer: it depends. Sometimes you want to cook with the grill lid on, and sometimes you want it wide open. Read on to find out why.

Cooking Time – What Influences It?

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Why are exact cooking times so hard to predict? Because the actual time it takes meats and other barbecued foods to reach a certain level of doneness depends on many variables such as the weather, the cooking method, the type of meat, meat thickness, humidity in the cooker, and the accuracy of your thermometer.

Carryover Cooking: A Problem or Much Ado About Nothing?

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What is carryover cooking? It’s true that the internal temperature of food can continue to rise after you’ve taken the food off the heat and placed it at room temperature. How long does carryover cooking continue? By how many degrees will the internal temperature rise? Here are all the variables you need to know.