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Prepare to cook a fewjuicy steaks On this new gas grill in your garden? Before sparkling, know this: one of the biggest errors of novice cookies cookies do not know where hot and cold stains are on grill grills. This can lead to cooked or burned meat. However, once you learn this secret board, you will begrilling All kind of food perfectly ...all one time.

Like an oven,Grilling gas does not often provide uniform temperature; They usually have hot spots where the heat is more intense. An easy and inexpensive way to locate the hot spots of your grill is "The Tast Test", declares James Beard Price PriceDave Joachim, who wrote or co-writes 25 cooking pounds, includingMaster the grillWith Andrew Schloss.

All you need is a loaf of whitebread, a notebook and a pencil.

Step step

First, draw an image on the surface of your grill and divide it into quadrants. Then turn on all the burners over medium heat and close the grill cover.

Wait about 15 minutes, then place slices of bread on the grid grid in rows. Cover quickly all the grid leaving an inch or two space between slices. Close the lid and wait two minutes.

Open the lid. If the bread looks grilled, use clamps to quickly switch each slice into its position. Now search for grilled or burned areas and indicate them on your diagram. More easily, take a picture with your phone and keep it in your camera roll for later reference.

Take out

"It gives you a portrait of your grill surface, showing where the grill is hottest," says Joachim.

By knowing where the hot spots occur on your grill, you can position your food on a cooler section for cooking and maximum heat zone to know. (In touch:24 Grill Grill Tips for Great Chefs.)

Another trick of genius ...

If you want an even more precise picture of how your gas grill heats up, before inviting the gang on, calibrate with dry races, "suggestsMAATHEAD GOLDWYN, author ofThe science of the big barbecue and grilling.

The calibration of a gas grill seems technical, but this is not the case. This helps you to know your tool and understand how it responds when you turn on the buttons.

Start by turning on the grill (always with the open cover). Turn a top burner and leave the others. Put a grilled thermometer probe above the heat, close the lid, then the time required to reach 325 ° F ° de degrees (for cooking indirect areas). Write this time.

Now move the thermometer probe on the cold side of the grill and save the temperature. Then turn on the other burners one by one with the probe above the heat. Recording time and heat measurements When adjusting the burner buttons.

Finally, figure how long it is necessary to reach a temperature of 400 ° F to 500 F ° so that you know how to produce a maximum heat zone or "direct zone" to burn meat.

For more grill tips, check these17 grill errors that ruin your barbecue.