Let’s be honest: for decades, the “serious” outdoor cooking community has treated electricity like the annoying younger sibling who wasn’t allowed to play with the big kids. If you weren’t hauling heavy propane tanks or coaxing a chimney of charcoal into a glowing red fury, you weren’t really “grilling.” You were just using a giant … Read more
Let’s be honest: for someone who spends their weekends wrestling with a charcoal chimney and monitoring ambient pit temperatures, the idea of a “smart” indoor grill usually sounds like a glorified toaster. I’ve always believed that if you aren’t smelling like hickory at the end of the day, you aren’t really grilling. But then life … Read more
Let’s address the elephant in the backyard: the electric grill. For some “purists,” using a plug-in cooker is about as close to real BBQ as a microwave is to a campfire. They’ll tell you that without a charcoal chimney or a stack of seasoned hickory, you’re just making “outdoor kitchen stove-top food.” I’m here to … Read more