Perfect Grilling Glove

Usually when grilling, cooking paella, or frying a turkey my hands undergo extreme heat. I have been able to find grilling gloves, but the are one size fits all and are very loose fitting. I have been looking for a pair of cooking glove that are snug and still protect my hands and arms from the extreme heat. I found a great pair at Mechanix Gloves.

If anyone is interested feel free to buy them for me. Size is Small.

La Caja China

A while ago I posted about a Rotisserie Grill, but the price was way to high. So doing a little more searching and watching a little more Food TV I was able to find a good inexpensive replacement. This is a pretty good alternative, plus it also has a rotisserie piece that can be added to it.

For more information go to La Caja China.

Perfect Grill

I was watching Food TV and Bobby Flay was in Iraq for his show Food Nation. If you are familiar with the show you know that Bobby Flay travels around picking random people to compete against grilling style. While in Iraq he competed against one of the military cooks. The military cook was using this huge charcoal grill. I did some searching online and found it for sale. It is actually a Weber Grill and it is huge, it is similar to the ones used in the Weber Grill Restaurant where only charcoal grills are used to cook any meats. Of course the only thing bad about the grill is its $999 price tag. I guess I need to start saving up.

Squeal like a pig.

Last night while watching "Good Eats" with Alton Brown on Food Network he was cooking kabobs and it made me think of something I saw in Krakow, Poland recently. During many festivals they usually have food vendors like we have here in the states. One thing I noticed was a rotiserrie pig grill and I thought that this would be something my parents would really enjoy as they like cooking out as much as I do.

I looked online and was able to find a few. Most of them are commercial grade and cost as much as $2000. I was able to find a smaller one for about $500 that sparked some interest from my parents.

The one that is about $500 is made by McReynolds Farms pictured below.

The one that is $1500-$2000 is made by Big John Grills and is pictured below.

Gas or Charcoal?

Our Jenn-Air Gas Grill temporarily died. It needs new burners, which we are unable to locate because 3 different manufacturers make grills for Jenn-Air and neither one can tells us who made it.

So, to keep up the Winter Grilling Tradition we purchased a Char-Grill Charcoal Grill for about $119.00. The taste seemed to be significantly better than if cooked on the Gas Grill. It does take a little longer to cook on a Charcoal grill, but the flavor is well worth it. The Gas Grill is perfect if you just need something small and need it quick. There have been many time when I just wanted to cook a small steak or burger. Gas you just light it up and start grilling. If it was a Charcoal Grill, I would have to light the charcoal, wait for it to turn grey, cook, and then later clean up the ashes. Definitely, not worth is for a quick burger or steak, but perfect for a handful of steaks and burgers.

What do you use? Why Gas over Charcoal?

Here is the Charcoal Grill we purchased. It can be found at Char-Griller .