How Often Do You Grill? What do you like to make?

@vera5d (4005)
United States
April 6, 2009 8:33pm CST
Lately we've been grilling lots of tasty foods, everything from hamburgers to steaks and asparagus. We've been using our grill about 3 times a week now instead of cooking inside in the kitchen! I finally feel like I am good at grilling now with years of practice, experience, and burnt food under my belt. I made the PERFECT filet mignon last week, better than what you'd get at a steak house for $50 (and at a fraction of the cost!), which is really quite impressive - I don't consider myself a very good cook at all. I think I am better at grilling than I am at cooking and baking now! How about you? How often do you grill? What do you like to make?
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@jayb88 (43)
• United States
7 Apr 09
I love using my grill all through the warm/hot months. Here in the south the heat can be a killer, and once you turn on that stove the entire house stays hot for hours, thus kiling the basic idea of using the air conditioner. But as far as favorite foods I love to grill chicken and kabobs, but my kids love burgers and hotdogs. And mmmmm fresh made sausage. I get it freshly made from the meat market. Can you PM me and tell me how you grill the asparagus? Like how long/what it should look like/feel like when done? Oh, and I have an awesome recipe for home made bbq sauce, if you want it, add me as a friend and PM me :)
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I love new recipes so go ahead and send it to me. It is a shame mylot doesn't allow posting of recipes, but it's understandable why too. I replied to gitfiddleplayer above with a link w/step by step asparagus instructions...you can see it here: http://babybackgrill.com/32/how-to-grill-asparagus/ Maybe next time I cook it I will try to make a video :)
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
We limit the grilling of food because it not good to our body. The burned part of the grilled food is has carcinogen the chance of getting a cancer is high. If you can't avoid on eating grilled food remove the burned part of it. Grilled food is also heathy because the fat in the food is remove but limit the consumption of it.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I have learned how to cook on the grill without burning anything the slightest bit. :) You are right though eating totally charred foods would probably not be good for you!
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
7 Apr 09
I personally cannot grill. I can cook wonderfully indoors, but grilling I just can't seem to manage. Luckily my guy is a professional when it comes to grilling. We grill year round, about twice a week. No gas grill here, only charcoal. You just don't get the same flavor with a gas grill. We have everything from burgers, brats, hotdogs, chicken, pork chops to even roasts. I LOVE a good pork roast done on the grill. He has a secret seasoning he makes up in the blender and we sprinkle it on all of our meat before cooking.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
That is good your guy is a griller. We only use charcoal too. My hubby lights the grill, I usually cook on it though, otherwise he will burn stuff. It takes a lot of practice and learning but after awhile when you start getting good at it it's a lot of fun too!
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
7 Apr 09
I like lots of grilled food especially grilled fish, it is one of my favourites! Adn I like lots of grilled seafood, steak etc Also, I like to make some vegetables wraps to put on the choco, slowly grill - it is very very good! I like to make different kinds of mushroom wraps, corn and sweet potatoes - they are not greasy food and healthy!
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
Grilled mushrooms are the best :) Love them!
@uicbear (1900)
• United States
7 Apr 09
During the summer we grill atleast every weekend, and often during the week as well on atleast one other day. It's great to not have to heat the house up and clean up is so much easier. Right now it's still to cold outside for me to try and grill anything, but I have hopes that the weather is changing(finally). Our favorites on the grill are chicken, steaks, burgers, hot dogs, brats, and polish sausage. I think this year I might try doing some kabobs as I really like grilled veggies.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
kabobs are great, just make sure you marinate them :) we had snow today which kind of interrupts any grilling plans I had, but I'm hoping later this week to grill some more stuff!
• United States
7 Apr 09
I have a stove top grill. It has a reversable sidr that is flat and I use that side to do hashbrowns. pancakes and bacon. I usually do chicken and steak on the grill side. I like asparagus but i have never tried to grill it. I usually just but them in the oven. I think I will try to grill some next time.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
That sounds like it would be really great for pancakes and the sort. I have an electric griddle I use for that kind of stuff, but would be nice if it was part of the stove.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
30 May 09
We have not really had the chance to do any this yr since we live where we cannot really grill outdoors, but the thing I enjoy the most grilled seems to be either Steak or chicken. These both have an awesome taste when grilled compared to being cooked other ways for sure. There is just something about eating something that has been on a Grill outdoors.
• United States
7 Apr 09
I love that the warm weather is getting here. In the warm weather I like to grill on a regular basis. I think grilled foods taste better than food cooked inside anyway. What I like to cook on a grill is hamburger, hot dogs, steak, and Pork chops. Love to make a good sauce to go on them. Grilled food to me is the best food.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
It sure is. It would be worth moving somewhere with a warm climate just so you could grill year round :)
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
7 Apr 09
I don't grill very often, but the NuWave countertop infrared/convection oven makes the sort of food that I might have grilled turn our very nice and it also bakes and stuff. I like grilled vegetables, except for brussels sprouts and cauliflower which I prefer sauted in butter in a skillet.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
That is good you are good at cooking and baking...I do think a lot of it has to do with my stove that is from the 1950's and needs new heating elements but I don't really want to spend the money on replacing them (very hard to find, too) - I know my temperature for the oven is really off so things a lot of times end up raw or burnt unfortunately.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
7 Apr 09
Now that it is finally getting a little warmer out I will start barbequing again. I am going to still wait another two weeks just to make sure we don't get another snow storm, before I pull it out of the garage and put it on the deck. Then we pretty much grille almost every day, once we start. I prefer my meat on the barbeque because it tastes so much better and it seems to keep the meat from being tough. Must be the way I cook it. hehe I cook anything from fish to steaks to hamburgers to corn on the cob to potatoes to onions. Pretty much anything can be grilled. I haven't tried asparagus but it would be no different than cooking any vegetable. When I cook onions and mushrooms I put it in tin foil to cook it. Same with fish. And then I will keep the barbeque out of the garage for as long as I can, till it snows again in the fall. So we do get a lot of use out of it and it is worth every penny we paid for it.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
8 Apr 09
Yes, a grill is a worthwhile investment if you use it :) It snowed today and it was pretty cold when I was grilling the other day but I'm hoping tomorrow we can do some more grilling...I'm just so much better at cooking stuff on the grill than I am on the stove!!
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
29 Nov 09
We love to grill. We used our income tax money this year and bought a nice big grill. During the srping and summer we use the grill a lot. My husband will barbeque on weekends and many nights I will cook dinner out there on the grill. I love making corn on the cob on the grill. I make hamburgers for dinner some nights, and I absalutely love grilled steak there are few things better than that. This past year we also made grilled pizza, and bacon wrapped shrimp on the grill. I bought a grill basket and that is what we used to cook the shrimp it was awesome.
@Nochipra (24)
• United States
29 Apr 09
I've been grilling stuff on the grill for the last couple of weeks. Mainly steak, bratwurst, hamburgers, and hotdogs and a few side items. You can check out my squidoo lens called What's On Your Grill in my discussions on here and see some videos I made of what I cooked. I love cooking on my little gas grill:)