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Stop Ruining Hot Dogs—Learn This Before Your Next Cookout
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You’ve Been Underusing Your Grill—Here’s How to Bake on It
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Grilling Summer School
Barbecue ribs and meat on a grill with sauce being applied
Want Perfect Ribs Every Time? Stop Doing This.
Smoked brisket on a barbecue grill
The Lazy—but Brilliant—Way to Smoke Meat on a Charcoal Grill
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How to Make Smoked Salmon That's Way Better Than Store-Bought
A bone-in ribeye steak on a hot grill.
How to Get Started Grilling
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Guide to Grilling: Gauging the Heat
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Guide to Grilling: Smoking on a Charcoal Kettle Grill
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Guide to Grilling: Planking
A view of several burgers on a hot grill, four with melted cheese.
Guide to Grilling Great Burgers
Cleaning a grill grate with a steel brush.
How to Keep Your Grill Clean
Closeup of a whole beef tenderloin cooking on a charcoal grill.
How to Grill-Roast a Whole Beef Tenderloin
Overhead view of sausages and hot dogs partially submerged in a disposable aluminum pan filled with a flavorful braising liquid.
The Best Way to Grill Sausages | The Food Lab
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Grilling Smackdown: Lump Charcoal vs. Briquettes
Charcoal being poured into a charcoal grill from a chimney starter.
If You Own a Charcoal Grill, Then You Need a Chimney Starter
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The Best Inexpensive Steak For The Grill Part 4: Flap Meat (Sirloin Tip)
close-up of charred grilling cheese soft taco with avocado and pico de gallo
5 Delicious Cheeses You Should Throw on the Grill
Four slabs of grilled tofu with appetizing grill marks, next to fresh cilantro and shaved carrots.
How to Grill or Broil Tofu That's Really Worth Eating | The Food Lab
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How to Set Up Your Grill for Better Skewers, Kebabs, and Yakitori
numerous skewers cooking on a gas grill
The Best Skewers for All Your Food-on-a-Stick Needs
Sliced skirt steak tacos with tomatoes and cilantro on a plate
How to Grill Skirt Steak
Three pellet grills on an outdoor patio.
We Tested 24 Pellet Grills by Cooking 200-Plus Pounds of Chicken Wings
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How to Roast a Pig on a Spit
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20 Dipping Sauces for Grilled Meats and Veggies
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8 Great Hot Dog Topping Ideas
A fully loaded cheese burger with tomatoes and onions on a cutting board
10 Tips for Better Burgers | The Food Lab
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From the Archive: The Food Lab on Resting Meat
Two steaks cooking on a hot grill.
12 Grilling Mistakes You Don't Have to Make (But Probably Do)
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The Burger Lab: How to Shape a Burger For Grilling or Broiling
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How To Grill a Gigantic Rib-Eye Steak
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How to Grill Skinless Fish Fillets or Steaks
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For the Best Stir-Fry, Fire Up the Grill | The Food Lab
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Does Resting Under Foil Ruin Meat? | Ask The Food Lab
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How Often Should You Flip a Burger?
Charred kabobs on a charcoal grill.
How to Make Great Grilled Kebabs
Perfectly charred cheese-topped pizza pie on a wooden cutting board
The Serious Eats Guide to Grilling Pizza
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How to Use Smoke Woods
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Do Grill Pans Actually Mimic Grilling? | Ask The Food Lab
Two brats on a grill with a flare up.
How to Control Grilling Flare-Ups
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The Best Inexpensive Steak For The Grill Part 5: Tri-Tip
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Guide to Grilling: Arranging the Coals
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6 Grilling Hacks to Step Up Your Live-Fire Game
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How to Grill Pizza Indoors
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Serious Entertaining: A Spring Grilling Menu
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Grilled Apples in Caramel Sauce Recipe
Jerk Chicken
Essential Techniques and Recipes for the Summer Grill | The Food Lab
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The Easiest Way to Skewer Kebabs (and Not Your Hands)
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How to Use Your Grill to Free Up Oven Space This Thanksgiving
Grilled Pizza
How to Make Grilled Pizza
How Hot Is Too Hot? Adam Savage and The Food Lab Sear Steaks to Find Out
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Ninja’s New Grill Promises to Griddle, Smoke, Bake, and More—I Tested It for Months to See If It’s Any Good
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I Tested 8 Ice Packs for Coolers—The Winners Will Keep Your Drinks Cold for Days
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The Solo Stove Pi Prime Pizza Oven Turned Me Into a Bonafide Pizzaiolo
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This Weber Gas Grill Makes Me Want to Cook Outside All Year Long
Hot dogs cooking on a grill over a flaming outdoor firepit
I Tested 6 Fire Pits to Find the Best Ones for Casual Outdoor Hangouts
A person standing in front of the Traeger Woodridge pellet grill on a patio
This Traeger Pellet Grill Made Me Fall in Love With Grilling
A person grilling burgers, corn, and sausages on a portable charcoal grill.
The Best Portable Grills, So You Can Grill Wherever You Want