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The scent of the irresistible smoke of a barbecue wafting through the breeze is thrilling and exciting to your senses. Plan a perfect meal for your friends and family this New Year with bbq cooking. The barbecue is enjoyable time when it is done outdoors with family in a relaxed manner. According to your personal convenience and taste you can find your own barbecue style.

Let us take a look at some basic tips for easy bbq cooking.

• The charcoal ones give a flavored slow cooked meat while the gas ones give a uniform and quickly done meat. Both have their pros ad cons. moreover; there are many types of charcoal burning done at different speeds. The charcoal is ready when they are glowing red in the centre and grey ash in the outside.

• All the food or meat has a natural quality to stick to the grill when it is cooking, but will come out easily once it is well done or seared. The grill rack has to be hot when you place the food on the grill rack. Afterwards, sear your meat over the middle of the charcoal grill where you get the optimum heat.

• Another great tip for bbq cooking is to regularly shift your foodstuff on the grill. This moving helps to avoid dripping of the fat or oil in your food in to the fire beneath, which further prevents flaring up.

• To cook poultry and denser meats you have to find a cooler spot or put up the grill rack higher. This helps the meat to get a slow cooked flavor. Quickly cooked food like fish can be put in a medium high position.

• Good quality flavoring ingredients can enhance the barbecue flavor of your meat. A final marinade or glaze which subsequently caramelizes can add to the smoky barbecue flavor.

• Classic marinades are wine or lime or yoghurt which helps to break down the meat proteins. Oils such as olive for flavoring and spices, herbs and other ingredients increase the flavor. The meat could be cut in to deep parts before the bbq cooking without damaging it, with a very sharp knife. Before marinating, slash or pierce the meat for better permeation. The marinating time could range from half an hour to 2 hours.

• Take extreme care for barbecue safety before you start a barbecue. It is good to have some knowledge of food types and food poisoning before you start. Partially cooked food when left outside in ambient temperature can allow the growth of bacteria.

• To ensure that there is no cross contamination keep the raw and cooked food separately. All the meat products should be cooked thoroughly and be sure it is not pink.

A healthy, delightful and tasty bbq cooking can make the day memorable for you.