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Direct vs. Indirect Grilling

The weather is cooperating, the grill is clean, the food is prepped and you're ready to get your grill on! Before you throw a “shrimp on the barbie” you might want to ask yourself if you are grilling your food properly. Not all foods are best grilled the same way; you've got direct and indirect grilling.

When you grill with direct heat you place the food directly over the heat source. In order to achieve even heat distribution, you should turn the food halfway through the grilling time. You want to keep the lid of your grill down during cook time only lifting to turn food or to check the doneness and prevent overcooking. Direct heat grilling is ideal when cooking food like: hot dogs, steaks, chicken breasts, vegetables, fish and pork chops.

As the name suggests, indirect heat is when food is grilled with the heat source not directly from underneath the food. Heat is able to circulate within the grill once the lid is closed, almost like a convection oven, allowing you to slow cook and roast your food. Foods such as beef roasts, ribs, whole chickens and turkeys are great choices for grilling with indirect heat.

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5/11/2009 12:08:39 AM

Five Hot Buying Tips For Outdoor Patio Heaters

You love your outdoor kitchen so much that you want to spend more time outside but the night’s are getting a bit chilly and you don’t want to eat dinner wearing your parka. Solution – pick up an outdoor patio heater or two! Here are a few things to consider when shopping for an outdoor patio heater:

What type of outdoor heating do you need? You can choose from free-standing or built-in.
Where would you like the heater to be located? Consider the conditions of your environment. For example, wind is not ideal for a free-standing heater - a small breeze can greatly reduce efficiency of the heater making it work up to two times as hard.
How much heat will you need? Heat outputs can range from ten to twenty feet in diameter.
Does it go with the “look” of your outdoor kitchen? Most outdoor heaters are stainless steel or metal finished. Try to find a heater that blends in with your kitchen and its surroundings.
Find a heater that fits your budget.

Visit the appliance section in Shopper's Resource. Shop the Outdoor "extras" tab for what’s hot in patio heaters.

5/11/2009 12:08:36 AM

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