| Charcoal Grills | | | | which allow you to cook a whole array of foods that |
| Charcoal grills are one of the most used types of grills. | | | | you would not be able to cook on a grill otherwise. |
| Charcoal grills utilize charcoal and lighter fluid to heat up | | | | You will be able to cook your whole meal, including side |
| and cook your food. Charcoal grills come in all shapes | | | | dishes if you plan correctly. Some gas grills even |
| and sizes, and vary in cost. | | | | contain a Wok type surface for cooking pasta and |
| | | | rise dishes, or a full rotisserie set that allows you to |
| One of the most noticeable features when using | | | | cook rotisserie chicken. |
| charcoal is the flavor of the food you cook. To cook | | | | Natural Gas Grills |
| with a charcoal grill, you must buy charcoal briquettes | | | | The easiest grill to use is by far the natural gas grill. |
| and lighter fluid. Charcoal is a one use item, and will | | | | Natural gas grills are designed to hook directly into your |
| need to be discarded after each use. Charcoal can be | | | | home's natural gas line, eliminating the need to provide |
| picked up at your local superstore, gas station, or | | | | the fuel source. Natural gas grills are also one of the |
| grocery store, and is typically pretty inexpensive. | | | | easiest grills to clean since you do not have to worry |
| Charcoal must be light and allowed to burn until the | | | | about cleaning out the charcoal or wood. |
| charcoal is no longer on fire, but is red embers. The | | | | Natural gas grills are a little more complicated then |
| best way to get the pile to burn is by stacking it in a | | | | smaller grills, so they require more room. |
| pyramid. | | | | Smoker Grills |
| Propane Grills | | | | Smoker Grills are used when flavor is the number one |
| Propane grills are also useful for someone in small | | | | priority. Smoker grills use wood to slow cook your |
| areas, since they can come in smaller sizes. | | | | meat. Flavor can be controlled by using different types |
| Gas grills work by a spark igniting the gas within the | | | | of woods. |
| grill. Gas grills typically have a knob or button in which | | | | Some of the common types of wood used is: |
| you push, which in turn activates a small hammer. The | | | | Cherry - Similar to apple, but slightly bitter because |
| hammer hits the top of an ignition crystal. Then the | | | | most Cherry wood comes from chokecherry trees. / |
| burner mixes the gas with oxygen and spreads it all | | | | Use on Poultry-turns skin dark brown. Sugar Maple - |
| over the cooking surface. | | | | Smoky, mellow and lightly sweet. / Use on Fish & |
| Propane grills use propane gas to cook your food. If | | | | Beef. Hickory - The most highly used wood, both |
| you want to quickly cook foods while still maintaining a | | | | commercially and for home use. Has a strong, heavy, |
| grilled flavor, you may want to consider Propane grills. | | | | bacon Flavor. / Use on Pork, Ham, and Beef. Mesquite |
| Gas grills, unlike some of the other grills types, have the | | | | - One of the hottest burning woods. Predominately |
| ability to come with many different types of cooking | | | | Honey, earthy flavor with a slightly bitter aftertaste. / |
| surfaces. These different cooking surfaces include a | | | | Use on Beef, Fish, Poultry. Oak - A lighter version of |
| BBQ surface, a flat grill, and a ribbed grill. Some grills | | | | mesquite. Red oak is quite Similar to mesquite; white |
| even offer these types of surfaces as none stick, | | | | oak is milder. / Use on Beef & Fish. |