The season of vacations and kebabs begins, so for sure many will go out of town to have a fun picnic with friends. And so that the outdoor party is a success and the rest is not hopelessly spoiled, you should choose the right, perhaps, the main attributes of the holiday – grill, barbecue and skewers. We will tell you what facts you should pay attention to when buying.
The purchase of a grill or barbecue should be approached with all responsibility. Still would! Indeed, on what you will cook meat, fish or vegetables during a picnic, it depends on how tasty and juicy they will turn out. Agree, no one wants to taste burnt dishes and listen to reproaches from relatives or friends about a failed party. How to properly prepare and choose exactly what you need – in the selection of Woman`s Day.
In fact, recently a lot of different devices and devices for grilling and barbecue have appeared, so you just have to not get confused in this variety and make the right choice.
First, decide what is closer to you. For example, BBQ, is usually a rectangular (square) box without a lattice, on top of which skewers are laid out with products strung on them. Grill – this is a more complex installation (usually round or oval) with a grate and sometimes with a lid. Well and barbecue – this is no longer just an installation, but a whole brazier with a grate, however, without a lid.
By the way, grills and barbecues differ in type: gas (gas cylinders are used for them), coal and wood. By the way, gas installations are found mainly in America, coal ones are more popular here, which give dishes a special aroma and taste.
If you decide to opt for a brazier, then read what, say, a collapsible brazier is inferior to a desktop or cast iron one.
Collapsible brazier suffers from one drawback – terribly overdries meat and does not keep warm well. In addition, the coals and firewood in it burn out very quickly, and if during installation you chose an insufficiently flat surface, then there is a risk that the legs of the structure will part and it will fold like a house of cards. But if it is not possible to change the brazier, then first, install it on the most flat surface, and then, when you start the process of cooking kebabs, light the coals not in the structure itself, but in the fire and put them on the bottom of the brazier when they have already burned out enough and start smolder. And immediately put skewers with meat on top, otherwise there is a risk that the coals will quickly go out and the meat will not have time to cook.
Conclusion: if you or your friends value communication more than a delicious barbecue, then you can safely choose this model, especially since it is one of the most affordable.
Disposable grill. Worse than a collapsible model, perhaps only a disposable one. Of course, if you have hiking conditions, then, of course, such a device is better than bricks or cobblestones, from which many amateurs are trying to build some kind of barbecue. As a result, Russian manufacturers released an affordable model 50 × 30 × 10 cm, which has a grate, a pan and a liquid for igniting coal, which is clearly better than incomprehensible experiments.
Conclusion: than to look for various devices, take this affordable (in stores such a model costs from 90 rubles) design, designed, by the way, for cooking a kilogram of meat or 3 kilograms of fish.
Cast iron barbecue. This device, with a wall thickness of 8 mm and a cost of $ 800, is suitable for true gourmets who understand meat and know how to emphasize (but not spoil!) Its taste. In such a grill, the heat is maintained at the ideal temperature and lasts longer. The only thing worth checking is that the depth of the device is at least 15 cm (otherwise the meat will practically come into contact with the coals).
Conclusion: the price of the barbecue, of course, bites, but if you choose a long-term relationship, then this model is what you need.
Table grill… This model can be roughly attributed to a miniature barbecue intended for small companies. Such a device works from a special gas cylinder, heats up quickly and has several zones, so you can cook several dishes at the same time.
Conclusion: the grill is definitely good. But, before using it, make sure that the gas connection on the grill itself is compatible with domestic gas cylinders. It will be safer and safer this way.
But when choosing grills or barbecue, you should pay attention to the material from which they are made (it is better to choose a cast-iron or metal model), determine the size (for a large company, choose a large device), check whether they are suitable for frying barbecue (some models are designed only for cooking sausages or semi-finished products). And, most importantly, it is better to give preference to models with a lid, because it is they who will help to cook a shish kebab with a light haze aroma.
Outdoor grill Master-Touch GBS Webber, Crate and Barrel, price on request
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