{"id":16960,"date":"2025-04-24T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=16960"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:40:57","slug":"tips-for-great-summer-grilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/tips-for-great-summer-grilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Great Summer Grilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/articles\/TipsforGreatSummerGrilling.jpg\" alt=\"Tips for Great Summer Grilling\" \/>\n<h1><span class=\"article_title green\"><strong>Tips for Great Summer Grilling<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"editorial\"><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to be an expert to practice great grilling. Here are some of our favorite tips to help you grill like a pro all summer long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preheat &#038; Keep it Clean<\/strong><br \/>\nTo prevent foods from sticking to the grates, preheat the grill with the lid closed for 10 to 15 minutes to ensure the grates are hot enough to sear food properly. Either after preheating or immediately after use, be sure to clean the grates thoroughly with a sturdy, long-handled stainless steel or metal brush \u2013 it\u2019s best to clean when the grill is hot. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Temps &#038; Times<\/strong><br \/>\nFoods like thin cuts of meat, kabobs, steaks and burgers cook best at a fast pace over high temperatures and require a watchful eye. However, hot and fast isn\u2019t the way to grill everything! Grill foods like chicken, fish, vegetables and fruit at lower temperatures or medium heat for extended periods. Though these items don\u2019t cook as fast, they still require monitoring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check the Temp<\/strong><br \/>\nKnowing when food is done can be challenging. Instead of relying on a food\u2019s appearance, invest in an instant-read thermometer to ensure foods are cooked to a safe internal temperature; 145\u00b0 for fish, beef and pork, 160\u00b0 for ground meats including beef, pork, veal and lamb, and 165\u00b0 for poultry. With carryover cooking, you can expect temperatures to increase about five to 10 degrees after leaving the grill. Rest finished meats on a clean platter, tented with foil, for about 10 minutes before serving so juices can redistribute evenly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep it Simple<\/strong><br \/>\nCrowding the grill with burgers, kabobs and veggies can quickly become stressful, as the items all have different cooking times. If you\u2019re a grilling rookie or cooking for a big group, simplify by prepping one to two meats and offering variety in other areas like side dishes, sauces or condiments.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for Great Summer Grilling You don&#8217;t need to be an expert to practice great grilling. Here are some of our favorite tips to help you grill like a pro all summer long. Preheat &#038; Keep it Clean To prevent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/tips-for-great-summer-grilling\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,43],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-16960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-home-hacks","tag-25sum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17002,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16960\/revisions\/17002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}