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If you dread the thought of cooking in a hot kitchen through the summer, you need to consider barbequing. You can always use an electric grill inside the house, but the best flavor and most tempting aromas result from cooking outdoors over a flame. You can choose from a charcoal or gas grill, or maybe you prefer a smoker. There are lots of BBQ tips to spice up your grilling, like sauces, rubs and marinades. There are various internet sites and cookbooks loaded with recipes for barbeque cooking. But no matter how you cook it up, it’s bound to be a flavor favorite.

There are several different bases that are used for a BBQ sauce, and they each lend their own distinctive flavor to the food you’re cooking. You can buy or make sauces featuring a base of vinegar, mustard or tomato. Some even use fruit. As well, you can use a sauce as a marinade for whatever meat you’re grilling up. There are also marinades and sauces that are applied during the cooking process. And lastly there’s the finishing sauce that’s slathered on either during the final stages of cooking or for use when eating the meat.

Rubs are another BBQ staple, and are often used along with sauce. A barbeque rub is a blend of seasonings that are applied to the surface of the uncooked meat, which then infuse the whole cut while it’s cooking. Rubs tend to remain on the meat and don’t drip off like sauces will. This means they provide more flavor.

Try using all three forms of flavoring in combination to get the best taste possible. For example, marinate the meat for a full day then apply the rub. Once the meat is on the grill and cooking, use some sauce to enhance the flavor and tenderness.

Also, there is more than one way to barbeque. Indoor cooking on a grill is always a possibility. An outdoor grill, though, will give you loads more flavor due to the effect of the smoke from the flame. You can choose between a charcoal grill, which gives it a more authentic flavor, or a gas grill. Either way, consider using wood chips. This will give some extra flavor to the meat because of the distinctive aroma of the smoke that the chips produce during the cooking process.

Keep in mind that barbeque cooking sometimes takes longer than indoor cooking. Some foods are pretty quick to cook, such as hamburgers and hot dogs. However, if ribs or roast are on the menu, slow cooking over a low flame is the only way to go.

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