Grilled ham for ham sandwiches!

I’m running an experiment where I cut out grains and sugars but grilled up some French Toast this morning for others!

Grilled some chicken while chatting with @lucas on the phone.

Grilled salmon!

Peppers and chicken wrapped in bacon.

Buffalo chicken skewers. Tight on time!

French toast! Lol

Higher heat on these and bit longer duration. Yeah I think I’m around the right technique for these! I can play with how I baste it now to see if I can make these more multidimensional!

I’m getting better with these Sausages. I can produce a repeatable result it seems. Indirect grill to start for 4 minutes each side. Then grill directly for 4 minutes each side. The lid is always closed. I try and keep the BBQ as hot as I can.

Grilled chicken. Indirect at first for 6 minutes each side. And then direct for 2 mins each side. I think next time I’ll do indirect for 8 minutes each side or even 10 until it’s at an internal temperature of 160 then direct grill it for 2-3 means each side until the internal temperature is 70. I want to experiment with much longer indirect grilling times to see what happens.

Learned from what I did yesterday. Pre heated the BBQ hot again but this time, indirect grilled the sausage for two 4 min intervals. And the directly grilled them for another two 4 min intervals. This I find is currently the best mix for a gas grill. It gives you a kind of hybrid BBQ and Grill effect while reducing the margin of error by using indirect grilling. Peppers and Asparagus were grilled directly. Asparagus is good and tastes the same as yesterday. Same method used. Peppers I still gotta figure out!

Direct grilled the chicken. Seems way harder than indirect grilling it. I need to study that stuff more. Closed the lid on everything and cooked with higher temperatures. Worked out well for the vegetables.

Getting better on corn preheated the grill for a lot longer. Got to 500. Then put these on for 12 mins (longer than usual) with the lid closed. Covered in butter garlic and parsley. Increased all of that. Was a good idea.

Grilled some pineapple. It always tastes good, but I haven’t been able to get it right yet!

Homemade burger. Did a bunch of things right with this! Stayed around 400 and grilled indirectly. At one point had peppers and mushrooms going on the sides directly (can practice those more). Buns could be smaller.

Pizza on the BBQ! Had a lot of fun with this and it tastes really good!

Grilled pineapple. These tasted really good but I could’ve put them on for a few minutes longer each side. I’ll try again soon and see if I can get these right! They’re fun to make!

Also covered these pineapples in coconut milk, sugar and cinnamon. Need to play with that combination. I want to drop the sugar.

Grilled the corn for a shorter period of time and more directly. Worked out better. Mushrooms could hang on just a bit longer. I should probably pull them off last and see what happens.

Pork chops, asparagus and zucchini. Pork chops need to be marinated for longer. In general I’ve read it’s hard to cook them without them being dry. I cooked the zucchini for a longer and more focused duration. Big improvement on them since this morning. Asparagus was cooked at a similar but shorter duration. Texture is pretty good!

Chicken wrapped in bacon. Added mushrooms, zucchini and peppers into the mix (and corn, not photographed). Cooked the chicken indirectly at around 350 - 400 for 25mins. I kept the corn on the top bay the whole time. Then when the chicken was ready I moved it to the top bay and moved the corn down to the main grill. Then I grilled all of the vegetables directly for under 10 mins. I think. I could’ve grilled the vegetables for longer. They can probably improve a bunch by increasing marination time. I need a brush to apply specific butters to the corn as I’m grilling them.

Stuff tastes fine but seems like it could be a lot better with some tweaks!

Tandoori chicken. Hovered at 350 sometimes at 400 it’s tough to just chill on that 350. The chicken was grilled indirectly. I threw the peppers on later in the process and moved the chicken to the top for a bit while I grilled the peppers. Then brought the chicken back down and turned the middle burner real low and kept the chicken on it. I moved all the peppers to the left and right burner on the highest heat and let that run for a bit with the lid closed for 2 mins. Everything retained their flavours well. Chicken wasn’t dry. Peppers are good. Can marinate everything longer next time!

A couple burgers grilled. One is chicken the other is beef. Floated around 450 degrees sometimes hitting 500. This was all indirect I keep the middle burner on the lowest setting now always and just wait it out. These took about 20 minutes. On the last 5 min interval I threw on the cheese. Chicken obviously cooked an interval slower than the beef.

Using the grill to reheat lunch today. Might be making something for dinner. It’s nice to just make my own stuff really quickly.

Chicken breasts wrapped in bacon. Used indirect grilling again. Again same properties it retains the internal flavours without getting dry. I flipped at 5 min intervals. I tried to keep the temp floating at 400 but struggled with that. I found it floating around 450 or then lower around 350. So I’ll need to be more disciplined about that.

Overall not bad for day 2!

Grilled sausages today with an indirect grilling method. Two hotter zones on the left and right a lower in the middle. Temperature was usually around 400 and 450 degrees. I’ll add a few more notes here soon

Got this thing set up today. There’s 3 gas or fire sources. The first one ignites the flame using an electric spark that is hooked up to a battery.