| Grilling is the oldest form of cooking known to man. | | | | have to be cooked indoors can now be prepared |
| Grilling meats over an open flame adds a flavor to | | | | while the chef is keeping an eye on the grill. It is also |
| meats that is unmatched by any other method of | | | | easier to prepare multi-stage dishes, such as one that |
| cooking. The combination of intense heat and slow | | | | may be started in a pan, but completed on the grill. |
| cooking means creates meats that are cooked on | | | | sauces made for marinating can be prepared on the |
| the outside, but moist and juicy on the inside. While | | | | burner and be brushed directly onto the meat |
| indoor chefs can get a similar effect by broiling meats | | | | without having to carry them through a house and |
| in the oven, broiling does not give meats that special | | | | outside. |
| taste that only comes from grilling. | | | | Today's gas grills give all the benefits of outdoor |
| Today's grills and the accessories that are now | | | | grilling, with all of the convenience of indoor cooking. |
| available for them mean that nearly anything can be | | | | A cook does not have to choose or split his or her |
| cooked on a grill. Fish, shrimp, scallops, whole chickens | | | | focus by running between the grill and the kitchen. |
| and vegetables can all be on the menu for a grilled | | | | Yet, a simple cookout of hot dogs and hamburgers is |
| meal, making it unnecessary to heat up the house on | | | | just as easy now as ever. |
| hot days. Screened grill baskets, rotisseries and high | | | | Grilling with the modern gas grill permits a flexibility |
| heat burners used for searing, along with warming | | | | cooks never had before and adds another dimension |
| racks for indirect heating, make it all possible. | | | | to food preparation. Many chefs are focusing |
| Gas grills make cooking convenient, with minimal | | | | exclusively on grilling, so the number of recipes and |
| cleanup. Many gas grills include smoking boxes or | | | | ideas on how the use a grill is growing and the |
| trays for woodchips or charcoal, so that foods get | | | | boundaries of the definition of grilling are expanding. It |
| that traditional grill flavor. The even cooking surfaces | | | | will be interesting to see how grilling evolves and |
| produced by gas grills permit consistent results, not | | | | where it ends up compared to its simple beginnings |
| matter where on the grill food is placed. | | | | of roasting meat on a stick over an open fire. |
| Side burners permit side dishes that would normally | | | | |