It’s that season when visions of sugar plums are dancing through our heads and holiday dinner preparation has begun. Cooks are checking inventory of baking dishes, slow cookers, sauces and so on. Here’s a tip – the barbecue rotisserie unit you’ve been thinking of getting is perfect for holiday food preparation.
That’s right – if you’ve already stashed your favorite summer cooking system in the garage, take it back out. The modern BBQ rotisserie, particularly most recent models with a revolving tray, can expand your grilling season year round. Like ferris wheels for meat, this device cradles your succulent grilled chicken, pork roast or turkey as it rotates over your hot grill. The meat remains tender because it’s cooking over indirect heat. The juices are retained to provide delicious self-basting and prevent flare-ups.
This motorized rotisserie unit functions in almost any kind of grill, from the luxury outdoor kitchen to even the simple kettle type. If needed there are several adaptors to get you up and grilling.
An additional advantage of utilizing a tray rotisserie is that your entire dinner can be prepared on it at once. Visualize your chicken on one tray; your vegetables on another and your dessert turning with the rest of your repast.
Now, let’s talk turkey. Rotisserie grilling yields a more tasty turkey than an oven roasted bird and is far less dangerous than deep fat frying. There is no risk of overheating and no large vats of oil to tip over. Rotisserie cooking is also a low-fat cooking technique – much better for the triglyceride levels that are so at risk during the holidays! Another healthy flavor improvement can be made by adding wood chips to the mix and today’s smokers have filter systems to eliminate the resulting dangerous tars.
But what about holiday desserts? Sure, grilled fruit is luscious with its carmelized sugars and general juiciness. But, with skilled prep and use of aluminum foil as a baking tool, such treats as sweet potato smores and grilled angel food cake could also be delicious additions to your menu.
There are several products out there to make life easier for the home BBQ cook. Worries about grilling in the dark winter season can be eliminated with LED grill lights. BBQ gloves are extra long to guard arms and provide just about as much protection as welders’ gloves. A great holiday gift would be a set of barbecue equipment and let’s not overlook the proper grilling apron – very useful to protect against spatters and for convenient hand wipers. Speaking of protection, covers are available to shelter your grill from the rain and snow.
A good thermometer probe will help you keep track of your feast’s cooking progress and cut down on lifting the lid too frequently to check on things.
So, as you wait for summer, you don’t have to let go of one of its common joys – a barbecued meal.
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