A Brief History of Grilling

Grilling, in the traditional way, over wood and fire has a long history, dating back almost 5 million years ago. Cooking was done outdoors from almost the time that man tamed fire, and continued to be the only way of cooking for many years.

Gradually various means of cooking indoors were invented and cooking outdoors was more of an occasion than a necessity. Grilling was almost always associated with picnics and campsites and even then, not everyone managed the whole process without any problems. Around the 1950s, more and more families started moving to the suburbs where a house had a backyard and a nice open space to carry out some decent grilling. Soon, outdoor grilling became the rage.

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Lighting A Gas Grill

Here are the basic steps for lighting a gas grill:

1. Even while working with gas grills, make sure that the grill is in an open, well-ventilated place. It is dangerous to attempt grilling in places like garages or sheds. Make sure that the grill is kept away from the house and also that there are no low hanging tree branches nearby.

2. Since gas grills work on gas, you have to have a full tank before every meal. This will save you considerable embarrassment and some last minute running around, in case you run out of gas just when you are in the middle of your party and have a half-cooked steak on the grill.

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