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Korean Grill House need not apply

TheWhiteSkull — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:58:45 -0800

Best Korean Barbeque on Bloor? I'm taking some friends out for Korean barbeque this weekend, and I'm looking for recommendations for the best grill-at-your-table places, ideally in (but not limited to) the Bloor & Christie corridor. My criteria for evaluation include not only quality and selection of meats, but quality and variety of panchan, other dishes (mandu, pajeon, etc.), atmosphere and such.

Feel the Side Burn

rouftop — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:11:25 -0800

What should I make with my grill's side burner? My uncle went in with me to buy a very nice, highly rated natural gas barbecue. It's fantastic. And it comes with this handy side burner that I can use for... umm... well, I have no clue.

What do you do with a side burner on a barbecue? What makes it better than going inside and using my stove?

Shock and awe barbeque recipes?

eliina — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:41:48 -0800

What are some barbeque recipes that will impress my meat-eating boyfriend? I've been a chicken/fish/veggie burger kind of lady since the age of 14 (now 28) and so I know virtually nothing about preparing other kinds of meat. My omnivorous boyfriend frequently and uncomplainingly does most of our joint cooking, and only makes things that we both enjoy.

We've been grilling on my charcoal grill lately, and I'd like to surprise him by making something awesome just for him. I have no problems handling beef or pork or whatever, I simply choose not to eat it myself.

Got any fantastic recipes to recommend?

I hate the smell of lighter fluid in the evening

bugsoup — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:10:41 -0800

My downstairs neighbors use lighter fluid for their charcoal grill and the fumes fill our condo if we aren't home. What are the specific health hazards of the fumes from charcoal lighter fluid? The condo I live in has three floors of identical units. We left the sliding glass door that leads to our porch slightly ajar while we went to eat. Our downstairs neighbors have a charcoal grill (not allowed to have propane per condo rules) on their porch directly under ours and I came home from dinner tonight to a house that smells like lighter fluid. It's actually hard to breathe and I got light-headed just running around opening the rest of our windows.

I'd like to buy them a chimney starter as a good will gesture and ask them to stop using the lighter fluid for their grill. I figured it would be good to know the health hazards of the fumes and smoke from the buring fluid before I stomp downstairs and complain, but I'm having a hard time finding information.

Any information for the health risks of inhaling burned lighter fluid fumes would be great.

If you have any advice or experience dealing with downstairs neighbors and their barbeque hazards, those could be useful as well.

Iron Chef RavinDave

RavinDave — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:10:17 -0800

Need tips on cooking Chicken in a Crockpot. Okay ... over the past few weeks, I've been having startlingly good (for me) success making ribs in a slowcooker. I used an ultra-simple batchelor-centric recipe: Cut slab of ribs into 8-9 pieces, submerge in BBQ sauce diluted a bit with water. Simmer on LOW for 8 hours. I tossed in a few onion slices, adding a touch of brown sugar & cider vinegar along with various spices ... works perfect.

I want to try something similar with chicken.

QUESTION: I'm thinking 8 hours -- even on LOW -- would be way too much cooking time for chicken. Am I right?

Any other pointers (or QUICK-n-EZ crockpot recipes) welcomed!

Help me bbq better!

efalk — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:04:27 -0800

Looking for new BBQ marinades and recipes...(mi) So, i've browsed through all the previous questions here about barbequing, and I'm still looking for information.

Every year I cook for a gathering of 100-200 people. Over the last couple years i've had more control over the food and I've tried to improve on myself each time.

This year i'm looking for some new ideas, for marinades, and even dishes to serve. I'll give a rundown of last year's food to give you an idea. Also, I worked for a year as a prep / line cook, so cooking concepts like sautee don't scare me.

Last years food I prepped and or cooked -
Marinated chicken / vegetable skewers
Marinated shrimp skewers
Hand pressed burgers
Sausages of various types
grilled zucchini
portobello mushrooms
hot dogs, etc

So if you know any super-duper things i should be using as marinade, or ways to cook, etc please let me know. For what it's worth, i try to avoid grilling fish at this party.

BTW, If anyone is interested in checking out the party, it's on last Saturday of this month, in the Portland, OR area. I was the guy that brought the doughnuts to the 8th aniv, so if you remember me and thought, "hey, i'd like to drink free beer and have that guy make me food," well here's your chance.

Fall off the bone chicken

proj — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:43:46 -0800

How can I make fall-off-the-bone chicken? A local BBQ place has great fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs with a dry rub applied. I can't for the life of me replicate the consistency of the chicken. I've tried cooking at very high heat, I've tried slow-roasting at low heat. I get good, moist chicken, but not the kind of chicken that pulls off of the bone in big pieces and leaves you with a clean bone afterwards. This is really vexing me! Unfortunately I don't have a grill. Is it possible to replicate this in the oven?

Help Me Help The Yankee!

damnjezebel — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:47:40 -0800

Help me help a friend find good Southern-style barbecue in New York. I made the mistake of gushing about eating some really great barbecue and now I've made my little Yankee friend jealous of all the awesome barbecue places down here in the South. He lives in the Yonkers NY area and has only found two varieties: cheap and horrible or too expensive to enjoy guilt-free.

So, Hive Mind, I ask you: where can a Yankee find Southern-style barbecue in the New York area? To quote him, "I want the places where you see the smoke from the smoke pit out back raising up in the air."

More than salad

The corpse in the library — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:28:36 -0800

Suggestions for barbequey, easy-to-prepare vegan food? What are some foods that vegans and omnivores can share, which feel appropriate at a barbeque? We'll be doing vegetable shishkabobs, but what else? The omnivores are getting burgers and hot dogs -- nothing fancy.

I have almost no time to cook, so nothing too complicated, please; I'd be happy to go to a grocery store and buy prepared food, if it tasted good (PCC, Trader Joe's, and Costco are all options).

cheap one off homemade bbq.

thegeezer3 — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:11:12 -0800

any ideas on how to make a simple one off bbq out of things fond in the house england are playing tomorow and me and my mate fancy a bit of tuck while watching the game. Problem is both of us dont have a bbq or the money to buy a real one of disposable one (yeah we are broke). Have thought of a few hacks but im sure there are more elegant ones out there...

any ideas..anyone????

Where to host a large BBQ around Boston?

darsh — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:55:03 -0800

Where in the Boston area can one host a large barbeque? (we may or may not be doing the actual grilling ourselves) For various reasons, my fiance and I will not be inviting our friends to our upcoming wedding. Therefore, we want to hold a large engagement or pre-wedding party for all our friends - something more celebratory and 'special' than just having everyone over to our (smallish) backyard.
It's looking like between 30-40 people, plus a couple of toddlers.
We would like to serve alcohol (wine and beer) and have music (an iPod or laptop with a friend being the DJ, nothing spectacular)
My fiance wants to do the grilling himself if this is feasible, or we can get it catered (ideas for BBQ caterers in the Boston area would be appreciated).
other requirements: nothing too expensive - I'd like a nice place, but want to spend the bulk of the budget on the food and drink.
A place which is accessible by public transportation would be a huge bonus to avoid trying to organise carpooling for some car-less friends.

"Come to Homer's BBBQ. The extra B is

beccaj — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:17:18 -0800

After a tree fell on my old gas grill 2 years ago I finally got a new one last night. I'm looking for your favorite recipes, techniques, how-to's for a gas grill.... I am a tad partial to non-meat items but I am just starting to eat some free range chicken (and I do cook for my omnivore boyfriend alot). I love to cook (really just learning) but I am a bit of a barbeque noob- I'm just hearing about the whole direct/indirect thing so feel free to assume i know nothing!

selling my own barbeque/hot sauce

yeahyeahyeahwhoo — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:11:02 -0800

How would I go about selling my own barbeque/hot sauce? I have a sauce that i know I can mass-produce on a small scale, what other steps should I take? At what volume should i worry about tax and licenses and boring stuff like that. I don't want to lose my mind or all my money. Is this sortof thing even worth trying to do?

Hot gas, how to cool?

Kickstart70 — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:17:20 -0800

We bought a gas barbeque, but it's a little too hot, even on the lowest setting. What can I do about it? I turn the tank all the way on, as the instructions said, and then use the controls on the grill to raise or lower the flame. Is it ok to use the tank as well?

The other day I cooked country style pork loin ribs and by the time my spiffy digital thermometer got to the needed temperature for pork the outside was severely charred. I'd like to cook slower.

On a connected issue, can I use lavarocks and soaked hickory chips on a gas bbq, both to regulate the flames and to add flavour?

Lastly, any great step-by-step simple recipes to get me started on the road to being an awesome bbq god?

Can I use my BBQ after spraying it with a fire extinguisher?

dvadr — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:38:47 -0800

Can I use my barbeque after spraying the inside with a fire extinguisher? Or are the chemicals involved too toxic? If I can use it again, how do I clean the barbeque? Contents of the extinguisher are listed as: monoammonium phosphate, mica, ammonium sulfate, and talc. On a related note, what do you have nearby for barbeque emergencies? From now on I'll have a large box of baking soda.

I need to replace my gas grill.

oddman — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:41:35 -0800

What brand/model gas grill would you recommend? My gas grill (the first one I've ever owned) just became unusable. The tank-valve connection burst into flames and everything melted. Now I'm looking to get a new one but I want to make sure I buy a good one at a reasonable price. I'd like to spend $300 or less. Any advice on brands/models (or even just what to look) for would be appreciated.

Which barbeque/grill?

thethirdman — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:51:49 -0800

What kind of barbeque/grill should I get? I want to be able to grill, both for my own personal cooking and for parties and such, and so I need a grill. I have seen a myriad many different grills, but I honestly can't tell what would be best for me. I liked my friend's Big Green Egg, but I'm concerned that it might take so long to get going that I wouldn't use it very often.

I have a big deck, so size isn't a huge issue. Price isn't an issue per se, but I don't really want to spend more than I have to, either. I'd love to just know more about what people think. Propane vs charcoal? Big vs Small? Any brands? Any other grill tips?

How do I barbeque meat.

seanyboy — Sun, 29 May 2005 00:51:55 -0800

I've been asked to don the chef's cap at a barbeque this afternoon. This is something I've never done before. Does anyone know any good resources or tips for barbequing meat so that (a) it tastes nice and (b) I don't kill everyone. Also, I know there was a "bbq lessons" link floating round in the last month or so, but I have been unable to find it. If anyone can point me back to it, then that'd be great.

Disposing of hot charcoal at the beach

tomharpel — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:50:12 -0800

What is a safe and friendly way to dispose of hot charcoal at a sandy, lake side beach? With no fire pits or steel drums handy, should I just wait for the coals to cool and carry them out in the grill?