Transcripts

June 10, 2004:
Tips For Outdoor Grilling II
Interview with Bobby Flay, author of Boy Gets Grill

Mike Carruthers:
IOutdoor cooking has gotten quite sophisticated and those "in the know" say if you use a charcoal grill, don't use lighter fluid.

Bobby Flay :

Lighter fluid is out of the question. A good piece of equipment to have for a charcoal grill is a chimney starter. You know what those are? Those cylinders that you just put the charcoal in and then you load some newspaper in the bottom and then you light the newspaper. And it's a great way to start the charcoal.

Chef Bobby Flay author of the book, Boy Meets Grill and personality on the food network says when you're cooking a steak it's not a great idea to cut the meat open to see if it's done. So, what's a better way?

I call it the trampoline method which is, if you have a steak on the grill and you press it with your finger if there's a lot of give to it that means it's pretty rare. And as it gets firmer that means it's cooked more to the point where if it bounces right back at you, it's probably closer to medium well or well done. And so, if there's a lot of give to it it's rare, if it bounces right back it's more to the well side.

And Bobby has some quick simple ideas foods you can cook on the grill that you may not have thought of.

Grilled fruits for dessert is fantastic. I mean things like pineapples and peaches and nectarines, all those things grill incredibly well. You know it brings out all of it's natural sugars from the heat of the grill and they caramelize on the outside where the grill is actually touching the fruit. I think it brings out the sweetness and the natural fruit out even more.