Unique Grilling Ideas: Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill

Hot dogs, hamburgers, and steaks taste wonderful when cooked on an outdoor grill, but they can get a little boring. So what do you do with your outdoor grill after you've gotten tired of all these classic grilled foods? Why you follow these tips, of course, and use your outdoor grill in ten new ways.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #1: Cook a Whole Chicken

Did you know that you can use your outdoor grill to cook a whole chicken? It's true. This allows you to enjoy the wonderful taste of a roasted chicken, without heating up your entire home. There are several wonderful recipes available online and don't forget you can adapt Beer in the Rear Chicken recipes and use fruit juice and pop instead of beer.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #2: To Clear Up Oven Space at the Holidays

If you live in a warm climate, why not cook your turkey or ham on your outdoor grill? This is a wonderful way to use your outdoor grill, because it allows you to cook more food in your oven, without having to cook all day long.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #3: To Make Pizza

Yes, you really can use your outdoor grill to make pizza. The key is to place the pizza dough on the grill and allow it to cook for several minutes on one side, then flip, and add your toppings. Close the grill lid and allow the cheese to melt and the toppings to cook. You'll have a delicious, homemade pizza in no time.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #4: To Keep Your Kitchen Cool

Summer is the worst time to cook indoors. The entire house gets filled with unbearable heat, causing you to crank up the air conditioner and increase your electricity bill. Luckily, you can keep your home cool by using your outdoor grill to prepare delicious meals.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #5: To Make Dessert

Many people forget that you can use your outdoor grill to make dessert. One of the best desserts prepared on an outdoor grill is grilled fruit. Simply place on pineapple or stone fruits, such as peaches, and grill until the sugars in the fruit caramelize. Then top with frozen yogurt and enjoy.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #6: For Leaner Meats

Cooking on your outdoor grill really is healthy. An outdoor grill will allow fat to drip away from the meats you are cooking so that you are left with a leaner cut of meat. You must be aware that cooking meats with too much fat will cause flare-ups that may cause your food to burn.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #7: For Parties

The perfect summer party revolves around a barbeque. This summer use your outdoor grill to throw the ultimate party. You can either stick to the old standbys or you could have a more gourmet barbeque including items like grilled goat cheese pizza and chicken burgers.

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #8: For Great Flavor

There's one thing you'll get from your outdoor grill, which you'll never get from your stovetop, and that's a smoky flavor. The smoky taste of grilled foods is what makes summer, summer. Just think back to your childhood, wasn't a hot dog cooked on the grill better than the ones that came from the microwave?

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #9: Easy Cleanup

One of the best things about cooking on an outdoor grill is the fact that the cleanup is really easy. Plus if you serve your grilled food on paper plates, the cleanup will be even easier. Do you really need a better use than this one?

Ten Ways to Use Your Outdoor Grill #10: For Large Meals

Well, just in case you do need another use for your outdoor grill, remember that it's great for large meals. With a large propane grill, you can cook your dessert, vegetables, meat, and heat up your bread all at once.