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Grilling & Outdoor Cooking

Live-fire and grill technique: heat zones, sticking, doneness and smoke.

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A bed of charcoal glowing orange under a layer of gray ash, the point at which the coals are ready to be raked to one side to build two heat zones
Grilling & Outdoor Cooking

Two-Zone Grilling: The Setup That Fixes Most Grill Problems

Burnt outside and raw inside is not a timing problem. It is a grill with only one heat setting. Building…

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Glass cruet of olive oil with a cork on an outdoor table beside grilled zucchini and peppers, lit charcoal grill behind
Grilling & Outdoor Cooking

Grilling With Olive Oil: What Really Happens Over the Fire

There is a moment at every cookout where someone picks up the good bottle of olive oil, holds it over…

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