Feb 4 2010

Selecting an ideal Charcoal Barbecue Grill

Do you want to buy a barbecue grill? When you go to the stores, you’ll actually find many types of grills. Even though there are different types, charcoal barbecue grills stand out to be the most popular.Yes, charcoal grill can be messy and dirty but the food usually tastes the best with these grills.

Now, because of so many charcoal barbecue grillers available for sale out there, which one will you pick? Now, i want to highlight some of the most popular and proven ones in this article.

I can recommend: Weber One-Touch Silver, Big Green Egg Griller and Char-Griller Outlaw. Let’s look at 3 of them.

Weber One-Touch Silver comes in a number of dimensions. It could be no more than 18″ to 24″ in diameter size. Additionally it is for sale in silver and black color. It is without doubt one of the most popular and most likely the very best to date available. The name “Weber” represents superiority in the BBQ Grill market (Other than being one of the best in dictionary market). Produced by Weber-Stephen Products company, you know that it’s a wonderful product.

Here’s something that I don’t really like: the entire grill stands on 3 legs only. In fact, it’s two wheels and one stationary leg. I don’t think that is very stable and can be knocked over easily. Furthermore, the cooking grates are made of steel. This means that it can rust easily, which makes it a big minus.

The Big Green Egg Griller is a flexible griller having the flexibility to make meals at high temperature and can behave as a smoker too. The griller looks like an egg an it’s really a huge griller! However, this is a pretty expensive griller as it cost $700.

The Char-Griller Outlaw Charcoal Grill/Smoker boasts a large surface area of a thousand square inches of grilling area so you are able to put loads of stuff in for grilling. In addition , it features a traditional type barrel grill which gives me the flexibility that I want. Very long-lasting, I understand that it can last for practically a decade, even if you use this griller on a monthly basis.

As it uses the traditional barrel grill, the tempeature control for this griller can be hard. However, any BBQ experts can easily deal with it. The price is also pretty amazing, at just $150+. This is a great choice if you want to host a bigger BBQ party.

That’s all on my little introduction of the 3 grills. I hope it can help you make a decision on acquiring the Charcoal Barbecue Grill that you want.

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Nov 10 2009

Beef Pot Pie Recipe: Homemade Beef Pot Pie

Hearty beef pot pie is a great meal to serve on a cold day or any time you want something that really sticks to your ribs. You can add extra zing to this recipe by adding 1 large chopped onion and mix in 1/3 cup of red wine with the gravy.

1 pound sirloin steak, cubed
Salt and pepper to taste
1 (14 oz.) can beef broth
3 large carrots, cubed
1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup water
2 (9-inch) refrigerator pie crusts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a saucepan over medium high heat, brown the pieces of meat on all sides. Pour in enough water to almost cover the meat. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer meat until it falls apart easily (about 2 to 3 hours). Place meat in a large bowl. Slightly shred the meat and season with salt and pepper to taste.

In a 2-quart saucepan, combine the beef broth, carrots and potatoes. Cook over medium high heat until almost tender (about 15 to 20 minutes).

When the carrots and potatoes are done, transfer to a large mixing bowl and combine with the beef. Reserve the liquid in the saucepan. Mix the peas in with the vegetables and beef.

Dissolve the cornstarch in 1/3 cup of water and pour this into the reserved beef broth. Bring to a simmer while stirring constantly; reduce heat. Cook for 5 minutes.

Line a 9-inch pie plate with one of the pie shells following package directions. Spoon the beef mixture into the pie crust. Pour the gravy on top. Cover with remaining pie crust.

Bake for 25 minutes, or until crust is golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

=> Hamburger Pie Recipe: All American Hamburger Pie

This recipe is an American favorite. We love hamburgers, so making a pie out of our favorite meat sandwich is a winning idea. To give this recipe a richer flavor, you can substitute 1 can of mushroom soup for 1 can of tomato soup.

4 potatoes
1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 (10.75 oz.) cans condensed tomato soup
1 (15 oz.) can green beans, drained
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Peel and quarter the potatoes and put into boiling water; cook for 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and mash. Set aside.

In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onion over medium high heat until the beef is brown; drain. Stir in the tomato soup and green beans.

Pour mixture into a 9×13-inch baking dish. Mound the mashed potatoes around the meat mixture (do not cover meat). Sprinkle cheese on top of the potatoes.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until potatoes are golden.

=> Cheeseburger Pie Recipe: Easy Cheeseburger Pie

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger! Need I say more?

1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tomato, sliced
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup buttermilk baking mix
1 cup milk
2 eggs

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 10-inch deep dish pie plate.

In a large skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until beef is brown; drain. Spread beef mixture into the pie plate.

Sprinkle beef with salt, pepper and oregano. Arrange tomato slices on top of meat. Sprinkle cheese on top.

In a small bowl, combine together the baking mix, milk and eggs. Pour over cheese.

Bake for 25 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

=> Hamburger Pie Recipe: Corn Bread Hamburger Pie

This is a nice variation on the basic hamburger pie recipe. The cornbread mix adds a nice sweetness and blends very well with the other ingredients. For an extra treat, add 1 can of creamed corn to the cornbread mix.

1 pound ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 (10.75 oz.) can condensed tomato soup, undiluted
1/4 cup salsa
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon steak sauce
1 (8.5 oz.) package corn bread/muffin mix
Minced fresh parsley (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a large oven proof skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium high heat until meat is brown; drain. Stir in the soup, salsa, ketchup and steak sauce.

Prepare the cornbread batter according to package directions; let stand for 2 minutes. Spoon batter over beef mixture. Bake for 15 minutes or until corn bread is lightly browned. Garnish with parsley.

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Sep 1 2009

Lamb Giourvesti – A Wonderful Cretan Meal

Here’s another Cretan/Greek classic which is often murdered in tavernas which cook it first thing in the morning and leave it the whole day in a warmed cabinet. For that reason it’s a dish best to eat at luchtime if you find it. Here in Paleochora there are only a few tavernas still making the dish so you do have to seek it out.

I have steered away slightly from absolute traditional in a couple of ways – but you will thank me. The first is that the recipe popularly uses lambs’ heads, whereas I recommend either shoulder or boned leg. The other I will alert you to at the end.

So you will need:

About 1200g of Lamb shoulder or leg, cut into large pieces.

3 or 4 Ripe tomatoes skinned and roughly chopped (not too small)

A large onion finely chopped

2 or 3 Cloves of garlic finely chopped

500g Rice pasta (kritharaki)

A couple of bay leaves

A spig of rosemary

100ml. Good quality olive oil

500ml water

Salt & pepper

First score the tomatoes and put them in boiling water. While they are resting ready for peeling, heat a heavy based frying pan with a little drizzle of olive oil and seal the lamb, adding the sprig of rosemary. Preheat the oven to 200 c.

Tip the sealed lamb into an oven tray with the juices. Add the 100ml olive oil, the bay leaves, the chopped onion, the garlic, half a glass of water, salt & pepper. Skin the tomatoes, roughly chop them and add them to the oven dish too.

Cover this with foil and chuck it into the oven for about one and a half hours. Sit down and have a glass or two of wine.

Then add the 500ml of water and the 500g of rice pasta, stir the dish around cover and put back in the oven for 20 minutes.

Then uncover and check that the pasta is cooked. If it needs a little extra water add it now, cover again and cook a further few minutes. If it’s OK, uncover and put in the oven for a further 2 or 3 minutes to colour the top of the meat.

There you have it. Forget ‘al dente’. The pasta will seem over-cooked in a classic pasta sense but that is intentional and adds to the charm of this dish.

Oh, yes….to be completely traditional, leave out the onion, garlic, rosemary and bay leaves. But also you will be leaving out a lot of the taste.

This recipe is from The Paleochora Site and is updated every month. The Paleochora site is not only an online resource for people wishing to visit Paleochora, a traditional Greek village on the south west coast of Crete, but also serves as an online home for all those who love the place.

Next recipe…a veggie one…promise!

Kali orexi

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Jun 17 2008

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