Great Gift for Your Favorite Griller

Let your favorite griller show off his or her grilling skills with this large wood handled spatula. The favorite team name is engraved in the handle and the stainless steel spatula is laser etched with the team logo. The handle also has a bottle opener at the end.

It's not to early to staft thinking about Christmas, and maybe your griller has a birthday coming up. This nice little conversation piece might be the perfect gift! Find the spatula for your griller's favorite team at bestbackyardchef.com.

Handy Buccaneer Grill/Cooler

Wondering what this is? It is a pretty cool gadget: a Buccaneer combination cooker and grill that is very convenient for those tailgate weekends. This one has a Nebraska Cornhusker logo, but we have basically all the different NCAA team logos on our website. This is so cool because you already have your grilling utensils that come inside, and the outfit has a good warranty so you know it is going to last. So just grab some plates, and stock your meat and refreshments in the cooler section, and there is only one other thing you have to bring: YOUR APPETITE!

You can find this Buccaneer on our website: bestbackyardchef.com, along with other things you might want to take along. Happy Tailgating!

Should you Grill Your Meat Ahead of Time?

It might seem convenient for you to grill your meat ahead of time so you can visit when your company comes for the picnic, and then re-heat it when it is time to heat.
Well, put it this way: do you want your food to taste like left-overs? It would also have to be completly cooked, and stored in a refrigerator. Otherwise, you have bacteria issues you may have to deal with.
The meat should be the last thing you prepare before everyone sits down to eat. It food is served hot off the grill, it does not have a chance to start growing bacteria. Plus it should not be kept unrefrigerated for more than two hours after being cooked.
Also, it it is 85 degrees outside or higher, it must be served within an  hour of cooking. There, you have a little leeway, but just be careful, because you want them to keep coming back! Find more answers at bestbackyardchef.com.

Can Barbecuing Be Hazardous to your Health?

Should barbecue grills come with warnings like: Use of this grill can be hazardous to your health. Consult a doctor if illness persists after using this grill.
Sure there are ways you can be burned, or you may contract bad bacteria if you are not careful with raw meat and raw meat jiuces, but these are self-inflicted, we could say.
Seriously, there has bee questions raised in the past about grilled meat, particularly charred me causing cancer, but according to the extension educator for the University of Illinois, evidence showss that the risk appears to be slight.
According to Dr. Ted Gansler, director of Medical Content for the American Cancer Society, eating excessive amounts of grilled meat can possibly raise the potential of cancer, but so does pan-fried meat.
The more well-done the meat is, the more potencial there is for cancer, because it breaks down the creatine, an amino acid in the meat. When this happens a chemical is formed that has been linked to cancer.
Experts recommend that we cook meat on the grill slower at a lower temperature, and this will prevent charring. Also they recommend that we do not eat grilled meat all the time, because that could be a factor also.
So don't worry; grill away!
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Know Your Barbecue Sauces

Know Your Barbecue Sauces

Or, Will Your Team Fans be Sauced This Year?

Its tailgate season again, and tailgaters will have their barbecue sauce with them! Which sauce will you choose for your tailgating? It might help to know a little sauce history so you can choose wisely.

Pioneers began making barbecue sauces back in the 1700’s as they moved westward across the states. They began developing sauces to bring out the taste of the meat they killed and cooked. Were they trying to calm down the taste of the wild meat or bring out the buffalo flavor? Who knows, but a few distinct flavors of barbecue sauce have survived and remained quite popular to this day. Now we can say that we can identify team fans by their barbecue sauce. (Don’t tell me I would be able to tell by their fanwear —maybe their team is pretty bad so they don’t  wear it!)

Here are some examples:

·         If you found fans using a sauce with a mustard base with a little tomato and vinegar added, you might have come across some Clemson Tiger fans or South Carolina Gamecocks.  The Carolina sauces are for pork, and we credit them for giving us pulled pork.

·         How about a little sweet-and -sour flavor with a tomato base instead of the mustard: Those would be Memphis Tiger fans and this is the famous Memphis sauce.

·         How about a tomato base with mesquite flavor and a hot kick to mop on their brisket and ribs, along with some extra rubs for their steak. Then you have probably come across Hornfrog fans, or Longhorns, Raiders, Bears or Aggies—they would be from Texas.

·         Then you might find some using a sauce that has a tomato base sweetened with molasses or brown sugar, and complemented with a little vinegar—you have come across some Wildcats or Jayhawks from Kansas, and that would be the Kansas City style sauce.

At any rate, if you happen to be walking past a bunch of tailgaters and you don’t know where they are from, just walk up and try some of their barbecue sauce. Then just pick yourself up, brush off your fan shirt and greet them.  Then you can say “Hi, there!” (or “Hi, y’all!” whichever the flavor.)
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