Weber ONE TOUCH GOLD manual Easy Steps to Grilling Greatness, Food Safety Tips

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HELPFUL HINTS

EASY STEPS TO GRILLING GREATNESS

Follow these tips and you won’t go wrong. And neither will your dinner.

Direct, indirect, or a little of both? Read the recipe and look at the instructions for setting up your grill. There are two methods of cooking in a Weber® grill—direct and indirect. See the following pages for specific instructions.

Don’t try to save time by placing food on a grill that’s not quite ready. Let charcoal burn until it has a light grey ash coating (keep the vents open so the fire does not go out).

A light coating of oil will help brown your food evenly and keep it from sticking to the cooking grate. Always brush or spray oil on your food, not the cooking grate.

Make sure the food fits on the grill with the lid down. At least 1 inch clearance between the food and the lid is ideal.

Use a spatula and tongs but leave the fork. You’ve probably seen people poking their meat with one, but it causes juices and flavor to escape and that can dry out your food.

Resist the urge to open the lid to check on your dinner every couple of minutes. Every time you lift the lid heat escapes, which means it will take longer to get dinner on the table.

When removing the grill lid during cooking, lift to the side, rather than straight up. Lifting straight up may create suction, drawing ashes up onto your food.

You will control flare-ups, reduce cooking time, and get altogether better results if you grill with the lid down.

Unless the recipe calls for it, turn your food over only once.

Resist the urge to use a spatula to press down on foods such as burgers. You’ll squeeze out all that wonderful flavor.

FOOD SAFETY TIPS

Do not defrost meat, fish, or poultry at room temperature. Defrost in the refrigerator.

Wash your hands thoroughly with hot, soapy water before starting any meal preparation and after handling fresh meat, fish, and poultry.

Never place cooked food on the same plate the raw food was on.

Wash all plates and cooking utensils that have come into contact with raw meats or fish with hot, soapy water and rinse.

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