Learning How To Grill

If you want to be a chef, or an excellent cook, learning cooking skills is your basic step. If you're attending a cooking class, you will learn knife skills, of course it's hard to cook without a single knife- plain and simple.

In one of my classes, how to hold and use a knife remained the most popular. I believe this is because people realize that learning how to properly use a knife is a culinary requirement for you to make the most of cooking by saving time, money and injury in the kitchen! Not to mention, your food will come out a lot better because consistently prepped food cooks consistently. Of course there are other more cooking skills to learn once you get past cooking basics, you soon will reach intermediate to advanced.

One of the most popular cooking technique but most misunderstood is grilling. This cooking skill trips people up because they've been made to believe it is easy. Yes it is simple, but it is tricky because of the high heat. Remember that when grilling, heat must be controlled.

When grilling, it is a rule not to stick to your grill. Use oil and brush or spray your cold grill before lighting up your BBQ. This way, your food will not stick to your grill. Don't forget to soak or coat your skewers for about 15 minutes prior to putting the chunks of food on them. The water will prevent them from burning on the grill. If your use metal skewers, coat them either with canola oil, olive oil or cooking spray to avoid the food sticking to them.