May 17, 2009
Many of you know there is still room on that grill for vegetables! And they are good for you. Now with summer approaching we are all anticipating good meals off ...
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:''See also: Barbecue.'' Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat from above or below. Food to be grilled is cooked on a ''grill'' (an open wire grid with a heat source above or below), a ''grill pan'' (similar to a frying pan, but with raised ridges to mimic the wires of an open grill), or ''griddle'' (a flat plate heated from below) . Heat transfer to the food when using a grill is primarily via thermal radiation. Heat transfer when using a grill pan or griddle is by direct conduction. In the United States, when the heat source for grilling comes from above, grilling is termed broiling . In this case, the pan that holds the food is called a ''broiler pan'', and heat transfer is by thermal radiation. Direct heat grilling can expose food to temperatures often in excess of 260°C (500°F). Grilled meat acquires a distinctive roast aroma from a chemical process called the Maillard reaction. The Maillard reaction only occurs when foods reach temperatures in excess of 155°C (310°F)., Food quality and consumer value, Monika J. A. Schröder, Springer, 2003 ISBN 3540439145 Studies have shown that cooking beef, pork, poultry, and fish at high temperatures can lead to the formation of heterocyclic amines, benzopyrenes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are carcinogens. However, proper marination may reduce the formation of these compounds.
This method involves cooking food on an open grid over a heat source such as charcoal, an electrically charged or a gas heated element.
Grilling requires skill as cooking temperatures must be regulated by moving food items to hotter or cooler parts of the grill as needed and food should be turned on both sides to acheive the desired grill markings and to ensure that it is not undercooked or overcooked.
Popular foods which are prepared using this technique include hotdogs, hamburgers, beef steaks, chicken, steak fish, ribs, kebabs and vegetables.