| If you enjoy creating a rich, flavourful steak which | | | | moisture and keeps your food from drying out |
| deserves an award, you should learn at least the | | | | further. |
| basics of indirect grilling. This term is the opposite of | | | | The next step is that it is important to close the lid |
| direct grilling, which focuses on searing the meat. | | | | so you can enclose the fire and the smoke. This will |
| Indirect grilling will cook your food slowly. The | | | | yield a similar result to slow oven cooking. At the end |
| charcoal is placed to one side of the grill and the | | | | of a proper indirect grilling session, the meat should |
| meat is placed beside it, as opposed to on top of the | | | | just fall off the steak. |
| charcoal. If you have a gas based grill with two | | | | The advantages of indirect grilling are that it slows |
| burners, you can light only one of the burners and | | | | the cooking down to a more comfortable pace. If |
| put the meat on the opposite unlit burner. | | | | you are the type of person that always forgets to |
| It is smart to place the meat in an aluminium foil or at | | | | flip the steaks or chars the meat too heavily, then |
| least a pan, to help preserve the juices of the meat | | | | this will prevent that from happening. The other |
| so it does not dry out over time. Indirect grilling | | | | advantage is that you can both do direct cooking and |
| takes significantly longer to cook than direct grilling, | | | | indirect cooking at once for a much more powerful |
| thus it is important the meat retains juices for best | | | | effect. First sear the meat, to give it a yummy crust, |
| tenderness and taste. | | | | and then combine it with some juices or sauces to |
| A tip is to place a dripper pan underneath the food | | | | make the meat more flavourful via indirect grilling. |
| which is often filled with broth or water. This adds | | | | |