Top BBQ Secrets

Squeezing secrets out of a BBQ chef is not easy. Mystery is a part of the mystique and fun of BBQ. Most cooks defend the sauce and rub mixtures, with more ferociousness than a mother wolf sensing her cubs are in danger. However at the same time they like to heckle and show off and taunt all of their friends and competitors.

Regardless of all the show and frivolity produced by holding out the secrets to their recipes, most of the BBQ cooks do almost everything the exact same way. The only difference is in certain subtle flavors in the sauce, juicier meat or more flavorful, and slightly sweeter smoke flavor, and of course a bunch of malarkey over drinks.

Coming up with Rub and Sauce Recipes

Even when sauce recipes are held close to the chest, the main formulas for making your sauce will be all the info you need to create your own recipe, and then guard against all newcomers yourself.

All sauces begin with a core sauce that gives you the main flavor and combines all the other tastes together. The core that you start with can be ketchup, vinegar, mustard, tomato paste, chili sauce, or maybe you can combine all of them. Then you can mix in a sweetener, of some sort like a sugar or a molasses, then mix in as many spices as you want to taste.

The major competition BBQ chefs may not admit openly to this but they start with a particular bottled sauce and then mix in spices and sweeteners to their particular favored taste. If you want to start by experimenting with a sauce that you already like is a good way to begin your master BBQ career.

Meat Rubs are rather like sauces in that they usually start with a core taste that will blend well with whatever main flavors that you want to rub in. Paprika is usually what is used as the core spice in the rub, followed by salt, sugar and whatever other spices taste right to you.

You may like a flavor with some kick to it such as cayenne pepper, chili powder, or even curry powder. Then you will want a milder tasting spice such as cumin, black pepper, or garlic powder. You can mix and match and throw in a little this and a little that until it is the flavor you desire.

Slow Cook Meat to Mouth Melting Delight

There is a slow cook method that can transform a dull depressed meat into a mouth melting delicacy. This method requires a good amount of time and a regulated temperature. Which apparatus you use to create your BBQ masterpiece all relies on how much and how often you plan to cook, along with how much financially you are willing to pay.

Tragically the cheaper equipment usually takes the most experience to produce a good end result. If you purchase the more expensive equipment you normally have a better temperature control. If you don't have the temperature control, you will be checking the temperature and adjusting your vents, and adding charcoal constantly to make the temperature consistent.

Relatively good BBQ smokers on the low end will cost at about $200, and better equipment could be tens of thousands.

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Professional BBQ Secrets - Tips and Secrets to Get Your BBQ Skills On!

Here are some professional BBQ secrets you can use immediately.

Secret #1. The secret is in the meat cooking more than it is in the sauce.

Most people are so eager to throw that professional secret sauce on their meat that they overlook how important it is to have tender meat. This is one of the great BBQ secrets. The meat texture comes first! Have you ever tasted overdone meat with a tangy sweet sauce. You feel like your chewing rubber and sauce. Make your priority tender meat, then comes the sauce!

Secret #2. Slow cooking is the key to juicy tender fall off the bone meat.

This is probably the most prominent of professional BBQ secrets. Masters will always tell you that the key to really great tender meat is slow cooking, slow roasting etc. If you are cooking beef ribs for instance, you will want to cook them in the oven in advance at a low temperature for about 6 to 7 hours before even putting them on the grill.

Secret #3. The moment you decide to put the sauce on is crucial.

This is one of those professional BBQ secrets that's talked about less. In many recipes it is important to put the sauce on at just the right time for maximum tastes. There are even different techniques to applying sauce. If you had finished the pre-cook cycle of those beef ribs, you would then put them on the grill and apply the sauce top to bottom immediately. You'd cook some then coat, cook some then coat, cook some then coat. This caramelizes the sauce and holds the meat together so it doesn't fall off the bone too fast.

BBQ Grill Maintenance Secrets

#1. Purchase a rubber heat resistant sauce brush from your local cooking store and you wont have to worry about bristle hairs in your meat. These coat the meat with sauce perfectly. They are also dishwasher safe. You can pick them up at your local cooking store.

#2. If your BBQ came with a temperature gage, learn to use it. This is often overlooked. Learning to use the temperature gage on you BBQ can take the guess work out of tender meat results. Once you get a BBQ cook book, make sure it has details included about the gage for different meats.

#3. Brush the grills of your BBQ before and after use. BBQ professionals make a habit of this. They maintain their grill with ownership and dedication. It's really not that hard though. Use vegetable oil to brush on the grills before and after use to keep the charcoal that might collect on the grills soft. This makes for easy cleaning.

These tips can help anyone have an edge in barbecue but you want to continue learning from masters and professionals for great BBQ recipes and skills.

If you want to access all the best mouthwatering professional BBQ secrets you will want to invest in a book that is tailored for that very purpose. I like BBQ books that not only have great secret recipes but also have information about grill maintenance with many tips and tricks included.

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