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How To Prepare Your New Grill For Its Grilling Task

Have you just recently bought a grill or smoker? If you have, then you might notice that the cooking chamber is filled with either cardboard dust or metal shavings and a combination of grease, dust and oil. When this is the case, it is but imperative that you focus on how to prepare your new grill for its grilling task. You would not want all these contaminants to affect your barbecue later on. The following tips will be of help.

Clean the surface

You can do this by using a combination of soap and water which should be wiped down on all the surfaces of the grill. You should rinse all parts thoroughly so as not to leave any soap suds on the surface. When the grill has dried, you can spray on a small amount of vegetable oil on the inner parts of its chamber. From here, you can place in around several ounces of wood then fire the grill up. You can wait until the grill gets hot. This will usually take about half an hour. You should make sure the grill vents are open in order to burn all other factory residues completely.

The good thing about this procedure is the fact that it will coat the sides of the grill with a mixture of smoke and carbon. These two will then lead to drip offs once you get to use the grill. If you want to try on the grill at once after you have followed this process then you can certainly do so. You can also consider cooking on it later.

Repaint your grill

If you want to make sure that you can maximise heat at all times whilst cooking on the grill, you should consider repainting your grill with silver. Silver, like white and gold have reflector properties that allow light energy to bounce back. Usually, you would see manufacturers selling grills with black-coloured chambers. Whilst this is not entirely wrong, you have to consider the fact that when a grill is painted with this colour, there is a chance that the heat when cooking would go to the metal instead of the meat cooking in or on it. This explains why coating the grill with silver paint is a better option.

Start cooking with the right meat

You would be too ambitious if you try either ribs or briskets right away on your new grill. It is true that briskets offer you a wide array of cooking choices but like ribs, cooking them over the grill can be so tricky. This will make it easier for you not to simply cook them but to overcook them. You would certainly hate overcooked meat since this is nothing but boring, dry cuts served to you and your guests.

It would be best to try pork butt first. This will make you start the grilling endeavour at the right foot. The good thing about pork butt is its capability to withstand anything from too much smoke to changing grilling temperature. The end result is you get a meal cooked over the grill without compromising its taste and texture.

Dry runs would help

It is best to use dry runs when calibrating your grill. This means that you need not necessarily grill with food during your first time of using your new grill. You can simply add coal under the grill and through its vent you can feel how fast the coal can help cook your food.  It would be good to add coal and not adjust the vents of the grill. Remember, a combination of making vent adjustments and adding coal at the same time will not help you in the calibration process.

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