What are barbecue accessories?

No picnic is complete without dishes cooked on fire. In order to enjoy the process of cooking kebabs and vegetables, you need to prepare in advance and choose the right accessories for your barbecue.

Many people think that the basic accessories - an apron, pot holders, paddles and a fork - can be taken from your kitchen. However, it is better not to do this, because kitchen appliances have short handles, in this case, when in contact with fire, there is a possibility of a burn. Also, special barbecue accessories are made of sturdy stainless steel of very high quality, which is not subject to the formation of rust and other environmental influences. In addition, cooking sets on the fire almost always include absolutely all the necessary accessories that you may not have in the kitchen.

For each culinary process there is a device. Check out what accessories you may need.

• The main attribute is the grill (brazier). It is of three types: coal, gas and electric.
• Coal types are most popular. Knocking on charcoal or wood creates simplicity and reliability in operation. Recently, vertical coal barbecues have appeared, they are also called ecomangals.

• Gas grill does not produce strong smoke and creates conditions for careful preparation. The advantage is the regulation of temperature, as well as the complete absence of soot and instantaneous heating.
• Electric grill created for those who do not like smoke and fire. These compact and convenient grills are increasingly used in everyday life. With such a grill, it is easy to cook delicious meals even in the apartment.

But besides the brazier itself, you will need some accessories: special tongs or a spatula to turn steaks, culinary brushes for sauces and special forks, a thermometer to measure the degree of frying, grates, as well as tweezers, needles and whips.

Need to learn more about each element.

• Thermometer. The most common barbecue product is meat. At the same time it is necessary to monitor the temperature of the meat in order to prevent burning or incomplete roasting. Usually, a special temperature sensor is installed on special tongs or forks. When you pierce meat, this gadget instantly determines the internal temperature of the product.
• Hair dryer for ignition. Someone uses a normal liquid, not suspecting that it is fraught with burns due to a sudden flames. A special device, a ignition fan, acts like a regular lighter, safely and quickly igniting coals with very powerful hot air. At the same time neither matches, nor various briquettes are necessary.

• Combustible solids and grill fluids. With their help, the wood will be saturated and quickly catch fire.
• Skewers and grates for cooking, it is preferable to take with wooden handles. Now sold skewers in a suitcase, which is very convenient to transport. It is better to purchase these stainless steel items, so they will last you longer. In addition, they do not need complex care, they are easy to wash, and the steel itself will not affect the taste of the dish.

• Cooler bag - a necessary thing in the summer season.It will help keep food fresh.
• Meat forks, are intended to keep and carve meat and poultry.
• Cast iron or aluminum cauldron with lid and stand.

• Spatula for turning fish, seafood, hamburgers.
• Forceps. They allow you to easily remove food from the grill, equipped with handles with wooden inserts.
• Lattice and press for burgers lovers. It will easily form several burgers at the same time, and you can fry buns in the grill.

• Brazier brazier. Thanks to the holes on the entire surface of the dish will be healthy.
• Mangal briquette for smoking. Fuel briquettes are made from dry eco-dust and are not accompanied by soot during cooking.
• Scoop or poker to remove ash.

• Brush for putting sauces and marinades.
• Brushes - devices for cleaning grids and grills.
• Apron. Observe the rules of hygiene when cooking - the guarantee of health for you and your loved ones.

Nowadays it is easy to find whole barbecue kits. Such a set usually includes a spatula, fork and meat tongs, an apron and a knife.

When choosing equipment and accessories, you should pay attention to the materialsof which they are made. Coal forged barbecues are usually made of carbon steel, and can be decorated with polymer. Disposable is made from aluminum.

Accessories must be made of stainless steel and other high-quality materials, so as not to harm human health and not change the taste of the dish. Storage containers are made of plastic.

There are a number of companies that produce high-quality and popular barbecue accessories.

• Tefal. The developers claim that their devices for cooking meat on fire are currently the most advanced on the Russian market. For example, the electric grill Optigrill GC702D is comfortable, durable, not demanding to care. A sufficiently extensive set of programs for preparing products with different modes is recommended for the client. Everything is simple and clear.
• Electric grill Steba PG 4.4 - compact homemade waffle grill from Germany. Great for cooking vegetables, meat dishes, hamburgers and waffles, has corrugated plates.

• Broil King and Weber Style produce shovels, pitchforks, cooking syringes, brushes for lubrication, knives and brushes of the highest quality materials.
• Russian company Amet It also represents stainless steel products, for this reason they will last you more than one season.
• Company Grillver (Russia) offers you durable, stylish and functional ovens-braziers, as well as grates and skewers.

• Siberian durable braziers from "Tsar-fire" made securely. Braziers with a roof, forged, portable in a bag - all this you will find among the products of this company.
• TM Forester - one of the leaders of the domestic market of equipment and tools for grilling. They produce not only barbecue accessories and devices, but also garden furniture and tableware.

You can just buy a grill, and you can make it yourself by adding some zest. Make a thing that fits your holiday design and will bring together family and gourmet friends together. To do this, it is important to know exactly how to make a grill with your own hands. Also consider placement, it is important that smoke and ashes do not fly towards the house or recreation area, and there are no dry trees and shrubs nearby.

To begin, make a drawing and a project plan, so you will not make mistakes and calculate the materials correctly.First of all, the grill should be comfortable, so do not make it below 70 cm in height. Calculate in advance where the firewood will go and place the poker, tweezers and other accessories, take into account all the details.

Take the foundation by making a pit about 50 cm deep. At the bottom of this pit tamp rubble. Next fit the reinforcing bars in the form of a lattice, which are subsequently poured. Thanks to these actions a monolithic strip foundation has turned out.

The brick for the furnace must be fireproof. The mortar for laying bricks is prepared very simply: cement, sand and slaked lime are mixed together in a 1: 3: 1 ratio.

Thus, after the foundation, you lay out the base or pedestal about 70 centimeters high, which should have a woodpile. After that, proceed to the stove, the depth of which is about 3 bricks, and the width is 6. There is a double laying of facing and fireclay bricks. Next is the pipe, inside which is placed the valve, and behind the tooth is created to increase the load. In the end, you can decorate everything to your taste.

An evening spent around such a stove with a glass of wine, in good company, will cheer up and relieve the fatigue of the past day, and food cooked on an open fire will delight and satisfy the most sophisticated gourmets.

The most common option is a metal product. This is such a kind of rectangular "vessel" on the legs, where the coals are poured, and a skewer is supported on its walls.

You will choose the sizes of legs and length of walls of a brazier at your discretion. Average sizes: width - 1.6 m, height - 1.6 m, depth - 0.8 m. Drawings will help to create the structure correctly. It is very important to put such a brazier on a firm and rigid basis and take care to protect the product from bad weather.

So that the process of cooking meat on the grill with all the necessary accessories is successful, need to follow certain helpful recommendations.

• Brazier should be sustainable, and accessories - made of high quality materials.
• Always follow the safety instructions: do not place the brazier close to buildings, and preferably have a fire extinguisher nearby.
• To prevent meat from burning, it is necessary to keep a container of water on hand in order to instantly extinguish the flame.
• Before cooking, check the coals, they should flicker and become covered with ash.
• Do not forget to follow the cooking process, otherwise you can easily burn the meat or fish.
• Do not clutter the grill with meat, leave between 2-3cm pieces, so you can easily turn the meat.

Only taking into account all the nuances of the choice, creation and use of barbecue accessories you can please yourself and your loved ones with amazing dishes during outdoor recreation.

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