I got one of these for my Birthday while camping in White Mts NH. I have a small propane portable plus my Fleetwood pop-up stove plus camp fire ring supplied by National Forrest. I used to cook steaks over camp fire ring but had issues with this. I had to cover grate with foil since who know what was burned in it. Gas stove did alright job but lacks barbeque flavor. This stove cooked up two good size wonderfull steaks using two big coals from campfie plus some maple twigs picked up around camp site. WOW did those steaks come out great! Control for air flow plus loading door for twigs made fire very easy to control. Just be aware this is not a lite and walk away grill, but if you like to cook, and like that outdoor smoke taste you cant beat this set up. Yes it is heavy but that also means sturdy. Next time I will probably put foil at bottom of ash pan to ease clean up. Clearly this is not meant for everyone but as I said if you enjoy outdoor cooking and great taste this is a great set up!
The grill was pretty easy to set up. Since my back yard is open and exposed, I will chain this beauty down...but there is no easy way to do that, I'll have to drill through the stainless steel.
Reading reviews of other models, I knew that it was going to run hot. But caution! The book of recipes that comes with the grill will make you burn everything up. It does warn that they are extra hot before they get broken in (dirty) but that doesn't say it all. I very nearly ruined 3 meals before I started watching the meat instead of following their instructions to leave the lid down as much as possible.
Always adding olive oil to your meat will make things better. Having a grill that will heat to 500 degrees or more is great, it is easier to clean than my old one. You can bake a pizza in there.
I did not follow the advice from a review on a similar model, I've gone ahead and purchased the Webber cover. While the stainless steel is easy to maintain, the rain and snow leaves too much dirt on it, so I'll cover it in winter.
Although barbecuing is the typical way most of us cook outdoors, cooking with a smoker is gaining in popularity. Even though the smoked heat method takes considerably longer than your basic charcoal grill, cooks say that the distinctive taste of smoker cooking is well worth the wait.
Smoker cooking is a form of cooking where the smoke from burning wood prepares your foods. Heated hard wood chips, such as mesquite, hickory and oak are placed in a smoker, which not only cook the food, but also add a unique flavor from each wood type. The typical wood smoker has a separate fire chamber, which allows the heat and smoke to pass through the food being prepared. In smoker cooking, food never comes in contact with an actual flame as it does with charcoal grilling. As such, there are no dripping oils, bursts of flames or charcoal burnt food.
Cooking with a smoker allows for a whole range of flavor opportunities. The type of hard wood chips you choose will provide the unique flavor for your smoked food. Hickory typically provides a heavy, smoky flavor to foods, and is often used when smoker cooking a turkey. Wood chips made from apple or pecan trees produce a lighter smoke flavor and will produce foods with a light, slightly sweet smoked taste, often used with a white fish fillet.
Patience and allowing oodles of time to prepare a meal is the key to successful cooking with a smoker. Foods cooked with heated smoke take considerably longer to cook than foods slapped on the barbecue. Depending in the size of the food you are preparing, and the temperature you are cooking, smoker cooking takes hours longer than typical grilling. A four pound piece of meat that will cook in 45 minutes on a barbecue will most likely take at least two hours in a smoker. A four pound chicken will need about four hours in the smoker before it is done. The best way to tell if meat is thoroughly cooked is to use a meat thermometer. Chicken that is thoroughly cooked has a temperature of 165 degrees.
There are endless possibilities when smoker cooking food. Any type of meat, poultry or seafood can be prepared for cooking by a smoker. Experimentation will allow you to find the perfect wood chip for each of your favorite meat types. Rubbing spices on your meat prior to smoker cooking, as well as adding sauces while meat is being prepared adds even more flavor to your food.
Steaming vegetables is also ideal for cooking with a smoker. The cooking with smoke process seals in not just the taste, but the nutrients as well. Smoker cooking is the simple way and tasty way to add more veggies to your diet. Many of your favorite recipes can also be prepared via cooking with smoke. Chili is a smoker cooking favorite for many cooks. Your smoker will most likely come with a cookbook filled with new recipes to try.
So when you have the time and are yearning for food with that unique smoky flavor, consider smoker cooking for your next meal.
The most popular type of restaurant food is Italian food, so it's no wonder that there is a good selection of gourmet Italian gift baskets available. If you are looking for a gift for a food lover, you can't go wrong with gourmet Italian gift baskets.
There's all sorts of delicious food in gourmet Italian gift baskets. Everything from pasta to pastrami can be included. Don't forget to Italian specialties like minestrone soup, balsamic vinegar, Italian cheese and desserts. An Italian gift basket can have everything you need for a complete meal.
Thanks to their popularity, there's a huge variety in gourmet Italian gift baskets. There is something to meet every taste and budget as well as specialty gift baskets that cater to pasta lovers or coffee gourmets. They make fabulous gifts for just about any occasion -- birthdays, retirement parties, or anniversaries.
When it comes to food, everybody's Italian! You simply can't go wrong by giving gourmet Italian gift baskets. A standard Italian gift basket comes complete with pasta, pasta sauce, Italian bread sticks, Italian vegetables and biscotti.
If you're looking for something a bit more special, choose some gourmet Italian gift baskets that include appetizers, vinaigrettes, salad mushrooms and a savory sauce. You can also include a set of pasta bowls, or an attractive Italian serving tray that makes a gift that will be remembered for its thoughtfulness.
To top off a fabulous Italian meal, nothing goes better than a cup of an authentic Italian coffee. That's why many gourmet Italian gift baskets include a selection of coffees. Choose from espresso or cappuccino, and for the true coffee gourmet, include an Italian coffee maker.
Gourmet Italian gift baskets are suitable any time you want to give a gift that shows you care. Top it off with a personalized note and you will have a gift that will be remembered for its great taste and thoughtfulness.
I've rarely been accused of over thinking a situation. My "code of the west" mentality has been good to me through the years, rescuing me many times from the temptation of unnecessary thinking! Unnecessary thinking can ruin a perfectly good plan, but no thinking at all can be hazardous to your health! A good case in point is a situation I witnessed last year.
One brilliantly blue afternoon in late spring my neighbor Joe was preparing for one of his famous cookouts. He was about to put his brand new brick and mortar barbeque grill through its paces for the first time. A beautiful charcoal grill, he had personally, to the chagrin of the brick masons, supervised every detail of the project. It was a gorgeous fireplace style grill with the chimney almost head high built of the same brick that adorned his house.
The barbeque pit featured a curved flat black steel hood for enclosed cooking; with a warming tray built into the side of the pit to keep foods from getting cold while others cooked longer. There was even a compartment built on the opposite side to house charcoal and lighter. He was understandably proud of the best barbeque grill in the neighborhood!
Festivities began early with the neighbors arriving around 2:00 pm. By late afternoon many in the crowd were already feeling the effects of the adult beverages supplied by the host, who was especially enjoying himself. Everyone by now had grown tired of listening to an endless monolog by the host about the virtues of his new grill.
The time had come to fire up the grill! There was only one small problem. With all the preparations he had made for the cookout, Joe had forgotten charcoal lighter! Not to be detoured by such a small detail, he went into the tool shed at the back of his yard and brought back a large can of gasoline. After dumping a huge amount of charcoal into the bottom of the grill, he arranged it into a perfect pyramid. The fire was supposed to burn more consistently this way Joe informed the crowd.
By now the neighbors had begun realized what Joe was about to do and started yelling at him not to use the gasoline to start the fire. Offers were made to run next door to get charcoal lighter to no avail. Joe was determined to inaugurate his grill the proper way; with a large fire! He also assured everyone that he knew what he was doing!
Joy was enjoying himself, being the star of the show as it were. He upended the can of fuel over the charcoal and kept pouring even after the briquettes had been thoroughly soaked. Now came the moment of truth! He lit a match and with a dramatic flare, tossed it onto the charcoal! Whoooomp!
Mortar is very porous and does not always adhere perfectly to a surface without leaving a small crack in the mortar joint between bricks. When a liquid such as water, or in this case gasoline fills that crack, it will flow into the base of the structure, such as a barbeque grill. The vapors from the gasoline that had flowed into the grill did what gasoline vapors do when they come in contact with a flame. The grill exploded!
Bricks and mortar blown into pieces, rained from the sky onto all of us who had witnessed the explosion! No one was hurt because most of the crowd and moved safely away from Joe when they saw what he was about to do. Joe was slightly injured by a fragment of the grill grazing his forehead. Nothing serious!
His grill was a mess! A few seconds before, it was a beautiful example of workmanship; something to be proud of and enjoy for years to come. Now it was just a mile of rocks! Joe had apparently never heard that in some cases, alcohol and gasoline don't mix! Warning! Drinking and starting fires with gasoline can kill you! Whether you're drinking adult beverages or not, do not use gasoline for a charcoal starter!
My neighbor Joe has recovered from the disaster of last year. He is now making plans to build and even bigger charcoal cooker than the last one. From the size of the storage area in the barbeque pit, I doubt that he will ever run out of charcoal lighter again!
Remember, friends don't let friends' barbeque drunk!
Sakura binoculars works best for outdoor expeditions. These Japanese made binoculars from Sakura Company are designed for optimum performance; these binoculars are fairly economical which costs relatively less in comparison with the other binoculars of the same class made accessible by leading brands.
Sakura binoculars are also recognized as maintenance free models. The features come in pack enabling the Sakura to outclass the competitions in the market with ease. The wide range of binoculars offered by the company will give every user the option in selecting the right model that will suit the needs and requirements of a particular consumer.
What made the Sakura binoculars different from the rest? It is due primarily with the important features integrated in the binoculars. The optical vision delivered by these binoculars is of high class and quality. It serves clear images in any given light conditions and is lightweight allowing a user to carry on and use these binoculars for extended hours. It also comes in handy and compact outer layer requiring less space. The anti-slip rubber covering ensures security when using without loosing grip in any weather conditions. Most of the Sakura binoculars are tripod equipped and so mounting the binoculars on this accessory can be easily executed.
The design of Sakura binoculars naturally blended with nature with the ability of balancing with an array of hues and parts of nature unnoticeable with the object at hand. There are various binoculars that cater and promises great features over others with tagged prices that come along with them however, these binoculars should be seen and tested initially in order to gauge its quality and performance.
This is quite evident with the Sakura 90x Magnification Professional Binoculars which is designed to generate desired results. To weigh against other highly priced binoculars, the Sakura 90 x Magnification pair of binoculars comes from Steiner which delivers all the high quality performance at a moderately low price label. The image quality is superb projecting an amazing brightness, clarity and resolution which gives every user complete satisfaction in any given setting.
This new generation binoculars can be used by entry level users, novice, amateurs, enthusiast and as well as professionals. The concept of this binocular is suitable for use on an extended period of time. Its excellent magnification level is one of the most highlighted features that this binocular is equipped with. It has a 10-90x magnification levels along with the optimum. The high magnification level of this binocular will certainly make users capture each defining action. Also, the inclusion of BCI optics gives a clean and vivid image quality at higher magnification levels. On the other hand, there are also wide ranges of Zoom Binoculars where a user can get a view of great color and an up close detail on both objects and animals.
The Sakura binoculars would definitely be the best buy for outdoor actions giving great views and settings. This Japanese owned company provides long distance vision of objects making every action attainable at a close range.
The initial thing that comes to mind when considering outdoor cooking would for sure be barbeques. Though, there is another side to the story and that is camp cooking which is something that involves cooking on portable propane stoves and perhaps the odd Dutch oven. Certainly, you will be sure to find camp cooking to be something very special since of the wonderful tasting foods that are prepared at the camp. It is surely a complete activity in itself that needs planning and deciding on how best to prepare various dishes.
Safety should be a priority when making plans for outdoor cooking, and a first aid kit with supplies to treat burns should be the primary things you pack before heading to the campgrounds.
Outdoor cooking will need some different items of kitchen supplies, which will of course depend on your menu and the amount of camping that you intend on doing. In any case, you would need an adequate quality cooler as well as different cooking surfaces to prepare different types of meals. A camp grill would be well suited for camping excursions while some campsites even have their own charcoal grills for you to use. And, certainly the need for a quality camp stove is unquestionably very important.
You can choose a camp stove that uses propane or white gas, butane or even kerosene; care should be taken not to operate these stoves near a heat source like the campfire, and it is better to operate the stove in an open and ventilated area, and definitely never in a tent.
You can also perform your cooking on charcoal that is used in BBQ grills or on fire rings, and which will provide you consistent distribution of heat. Another option is to use wood fires that are most close to a true camp atmosphere giving of an aura of romance, simplicity as well as warmth. You can also choose for vagabond stoves, buddy burner, and of course the Dutch oven and so on. You may want to sear the burger from both sides and move them so that cooking is performed with indirect heat. You may want to use a meat thermometer to tell you when the meat is done just right.
As you are grilling chicken, be ready to spend more time when outdoor cooking as dark meats need more time to grill than breast meats. Bone-in pieces will also take longer to cook as to boneless parts. Thus, you should place those pieces that will take longer to cook first, and shift them to a cooler part of the grill after they have browned.
Another key facet to outdoor cooking is that you should just cook on a clean grill and also not cook at very high temperatures, also leave the lid on as long as possible. With these simple tips in mind, there is no reason why your outdoor cooking won't turn out just the way you anticipated.
I have had this smoker for over 3 years now. This is a good intro to smoking and will give you an idea of smoking without spending a ton of money. Kingsford has a new high heat charcoal that works great in this smoker. Otherwise, I tended to have temperature problems, tended to be on the low side. The charcoal pan does not have any holes in it so the ash builds up and chokes out the charcoal. I used the new Kingsford charcoal with better results. One tip, don't take the lid off until you are done cooking. Otherwise, all the heat leaves the smoker and takes time to build up again. Adding new coals and water is kind of a pain because of the size and location of the door. Otherwise, I have had really good results.
**WARNING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS**
I really do have to put a huge warning on the "Match Light" charcoal. It is very dangerous. As it says, it is match light. There is no need for lighter fluid. It does work great. And stay hot longer than the normal ccharcoal. You don't taste the fluid when the food is cooked because it burns off before it reaches the food. As all of us know that when we add fluid, we do put more on the coals when the food is grilling. That's when we taste it in the food. You don't need any at any time when using this. But now the dangerous part of this, is that it's very flammable. When you cook with charcoal, you have to add more coal every hour to have a steady temperature. I did this by pouring more on like you would normally. The coals inside the bag caught fire. They started to catch fire quite quickly. I had to fold the top of the bag to put the fire out. After that I had to replenish the fire. So I didn't pour it on again. I grabbed the coals with my hand; my hand caught fire. I didn't get burned because I always keep a hose within reach. I can't say enough to be careful. So if you do need to add more. Get a small bag of the "Match Light" and just place the bag on the fire or use a pot and place the coals into the pot and pour it on. Step back right away after that. Never let children handle this. Like I said, my hand caught fire. If you have the coal dust on your hands, there's a good chance your hand will catch fire. This is a great product and works great but just be careful.
Outdoor cooking is very popular, and there are a few different reasons for this. For one, outdoor cooking allows large groups of people to come together and enjoy themselves, and so it is a great means of entertaining. Also, the food that is cooked here has a much different taste than the more conventional oven cooked food, and really offers a unique charbroiled flavor.
There is something really special about outdoor cooking although it does involve quite a bit of skill and innovation. With a little practice and some effort however, anyone can become a talented outdoor chef and learn to cook for their friends and family.
Getting Started
Anyone interested in cooking outdoors will first have to get the necessary equipment. The first and most important piece of equipment here is going to be what they will cook in. The two most popular options here are the outdoor fireplace and the outdoor brick oven. Both of these help to deliver the tastes and aromas that you are looking for and both have models that range from affordable to high priced.
It really depends on the type of outdoor cooking that you are planning on doing. If you are an experienced chef who is planning to cook regularly then it will be more worth it for you to spend a bit more money and get a high quality oven. If you are just a beginner and are not sure how often you will be using it, then the best idea, at least for now, will be for you to stick to a lesser priced model.
A grill may also be a useful tool here and will be a good purchase to make for cooking in the outdoors. This is because there may be certain foods, namely vegetables and legumes that will have to be grilled as opposed to cooked.
Recipes
Coming up with recipes for your outdoor cooking is one of the most fun parts. A good idea is to select a couple dozen recipes that you like and then make a little cookbook out of these so that you can use them in the future.
Bread is especially delicious when cooked in an outdoor oven or fireplace, as is pizza and most pasta dishes. The options are really endless here, and if you are serving for an event of some sort the best idea will be to ask around and find out what foods everyone likes so that you can create a menu that is going to satisfy everyone's tastes.
So, you got your eyes toward that desert landscape design you happen to browse on the magazine? Thinking it is simply impossible and beyond your resources to create one on your property area? But, why think that way if the good news is that it is not impossible at all? If you got a backyard that is laden with boulders, rocks, and sand, a desert landscape design could be easily erected from out of them.
How can you bring that scenic desert illusion to your backyard? Here are some ideas:
Keep gardens in your desert. Flowers, plants, and shrubberies are great collection to your design. Just don't forget to put flowers and plants that suit your location and its changing climate. The trick to achieve the realistic desert look is to keep shorter flowers and plants at the front while bigger and higher ones should be at the back.
Edible plants and shrubberies are a practical addition to this concept. There are many kinds of vegetables, ornamental, and shrubs available in the stores. Choose some that you can grow and nurture for the whole year. Just make sure you have cultivated the land fit enough to grow these living essentials. Trees can be used to add to the aesthetics of the landscape. You can line some fruit-bearing trees, so it does not only make your landscape look very pleasing but can make your backyard a productive one as well.
Winterize your landscape. Water is the best element to survive every living thing that is integrated into your design. Pond is the most ideal for this concept where fish can be kept. Keeping this pond oxygenated and fresh is important all year round. The climate changes, so you have to make sure you maintain this water pond. Irrigation is a must-have for your pond or other water system.
Lights and accents to finish off your design. Lights and accents are used to further accentuate the beauty of the plants, flowers, ornamentals, trees, and shrubs. These are also needed if there are fountains and statuary pieces, particularly in the dark hours of the evening. Low voltage lights are most ideal choice for this concept. These will create not only a lovely environment but romantic atmosphere as well.
If you live in a place where outdoor space is at a premium, like a city apartment or condo in town, maybe a patio grill is what you need? Of course this grill would need to be compact and lightweight, storing in a small space. It would also need to safely rest on a tabletop or other surface without burning it, and be able to be moved during cooking. You would also want it to handle most any kind of cooking you want to do, from smoking to roasting, from pan-frying to steaming, from grilling to baking, and everything in between. If you could do all this while using very little charcoal, that would be like icing on the cake.
If all this sounds like a pipe dream, it's not! The Cobb Premium Portable Grill is the ideal patio grill, for city, town, or most anywhere space is at a premium. At eight and a half pounds, the Cobb fits into a space the size of a bowling ball, which makes it really easy to store just about anywhere. It's an awesome little grill that some folks have called a complete cooking system; others have dubbed it a kitchen in a bag. They're both right. The Cobb is all that, and more!
What other grill can burn for up to 3 hours on only 8 to 10 charcoal briquettes? What other patio grill is made of aluminum and stainless steel with non-stick cooking surfaces, allowing you to put the whole thing in the dishwasher? What other grill enables you to cook any way you want, including roasting and pan-frying, steaming and smoking, grilling and bbq-ing? What other grill heats up like lightning, cools down just as fast, cleans up and packs up in a jiffy, leaving you with plenty of time to do all those other things you love to do? No other grill combines all these features and benefits like the Cobb does.
Your patio is a wonderful place, letting you enjoy the outdoors. Sure, maybe it could be a little bigger, but at least it's yours. You can use it for whatever you want, including preparing great grilled out meals for your family and friends. The Cobb makes it easier and lots more fun to do that, because it's the perfect patio grill. It's got a stainless steel mesh base that remains cool all through the cooking process, so you can set the Cobb virtually anywhere without worry, and even move it while you're cooking! Portability is one of it's best features.
So, if a patio grill is what you are looking for, your search has just ended. The Cobb Premium Portable Grill is what many apartment and city condo dwellers are looking for... maybe it's what you're looking for! To read more about the Cobb, click through to patio grill.
Outdoor Kitchen Equipment can take you to the value of your property. Who does not know how the grill? While some people want to build their own networks, then pull some off the rental units used for cooking. There are many choices of various well known manufacturers of electronic devices. There are networks that use different fuels. And then there are the smokers, but you can also choose to enter for a barbecue, which also double as a smoker.
SmokingBarbecues> are perfect for cooking various meats. For the smoker, cook slowly rather is ideal as a cook in a moderate temperature dry heat their spread to the food, cook slowly.
Brinkman smoker grills are among the most established brands on the market of equipment for outdoor cooking today. You are not barbecue smoking are well known and are equipped with a front-hinged door-plated steel grills for cooking andIndicator of heat. This can easily be converted into charcoal grill.
Smokers BBQ prices range from $ 50 to $ 5000 depending on size and characteristics. Most beginners go vertically into the water smoker, a fire pan, a pot with water and a kitchen grill. First, the kitchen will grill, then the pot with water and then heat the pot. The food is cooked, water, humidity adds to it. Another type of smoker that smoking is plywood, with a fireplace, a kitchen, or isSmoking rooms and a fireplace. The combustion chamber to produce heat and smoke from the cooking chamber and then through the chimney. These smokers are great and you can use to large portions of meat to cook. Always find use in the commercial context.
Electric grills are the most popular smoking after a gas grill. The Brinkman Smoker electric grills are widely available. This double grill electric smoker and you can also convertElectrics. The bottom plate of the material containing the electrical heating element with lava rock and is easy to configure.
Electric Smokers are convenient because they can be easily used in any light or fire, to be implemented. Just as you would with your oven, you can measure the temperature and timer. Some custom smoker grills, which have the ability to stream to take the wood chips to give your meal that the attractive smoke flavor, which differentiates Grilled food. The best thing about electric grills smokers is that they have little to do cleaning.
Another name well known in the market for broilers char grill. Charbroil gas grills are provided with a brand leader. The product range includes gas grills, grill, electric grill, portable camping grills and grill offset smoker. Roasts Char also has the advantage that the first, with gas> Coal, which may be related to gas and coal on the grid itself. Their latest offer is to use the Silver Smoker Barbeque and Grill, which is in a position as a smoker, a barbecue and grill. Char grill BBQ and smoke also offers a variety of shapes and sizes can be adjusted according to customer requirements. This barbecue and grill, are that you can use at home, in your garden, cooking from competition and business models.
Wood, wood smoker grillor coal as fuel, and are suitable for large parts. Some people prefer the traditional wood or coal as fuel for the wonderful aroma, the smoke, especially in food Brisket, pork, ribs, a piece of chicken, turkey, etc. What kind of choice or to instil BBQ fuel is c ' How is a red line and the love for the barbecue.
