Summer grilling tip

Properly lubricating your grill is important to prevent food from sticking to it and being ruined. A good way to do this is to soak a paper towel in canola or vegetable oil and wipe the grill once it's hot. You'll know the grill is hot enough when your paper towel suddenly bursts into flames and somehow sticks to the end of your tongs as you frantically beat them against the grill to dislodge said paper towel which is now throwing burning slivers into the air that you hope don't land on anything else highly flammable while you curse and yell in the hundred degree heat.

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Comments

Anonymous said…
Dave,

Wad up a ball of foil, with lots of nice crinkly nooks, and dip that in oil. It's easily held with tongs and lubricates the grill well. Also a bit less likely to end in stop, drop and roll.

Aaron
June 9, 2008 at 10:20 AM
JH said…
Foil, no fun. Go for the spray can of oil like Pam. Then practice getting the exact distance from the grill right so it does not become a flame thrower.
June 9, 2008 at 12:29 PM
DC said…
One of these posts has my best interests at heart and the other has the best interests of comedic disaster at heart. If only I could tell which was which.
June 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
R R Rabbids said…
I'm with JH on this one. I would like to point out, however, that the only reason for using a can of spray oil is FOR the flame thrower effect. Really wows the kids and at the same time keeps intact the strange notion they hold that's something's not quite right with Dad.
June 10, 2008 at 12:17 PM
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