New Year, New Grilling Techniques

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If your New Year's resolution involves mastering the art of grilling, you have landed in the right spot! Join us as we explore the top grilling techniques of 2024, rediscover classic grilling methods, and elevate your culinary game this year.

Top Grilling Techniques

Indirect or Direct Cooking

The two most common ways to cook your food on a charcoal grill are direct grilling and indirect grilling. Explore the differences between the two and learn the basics of indirect vs direct grilling.

Low & Slow Smoking

Smoking for 5+ hours can seem like a daunting task, but the flavors you can produce are something to admire. Read more about this technique.

Reverse-seared steaks rest on a wooden cutting board. The cutting board is made if alternating light and dark woods. Metal tongs reach in from the right sight to grasp one of the steaks.

Reverse Sear

Imagine savoring a perfectly cooked steak with a beautifully caramelized crust, giving way to a tender and juicy interior. The magic lies in reverse searing! Reverse-Seared Steak Recipe

Cold Smoke

What hot smoking and cold smoking have in common is the ability to enrich your food with a delicious smoky flavor. The difference with cold smoke is that you are trying not to cook the food. These are typically done between 65-85 degrees but no more than 100. You can use cold smoke for fish, vegetables, sausage, and cured meats! Learn How to Cold Smoke Cheese

Classic Recipes to Keep

Healthy Recipes to Try

Try New Recipes with New Attachments

One of the best ways to enjoy new recipes is to get new accessories with different grilling capabilities.

Craft Pizzas

A cooked pizza is pulled from the Masterbuilt Pizza Oven using a wooden peel
Get craft pizzas all from home. The char will make you think your pizza is from an authentic Italian restaurant with the Masterbuilt Pizza Oven

Griddle Attachment

Steak and pepper fajita filling cooks on a griddle next to roasting jalapenos and tortillas. A plate of cooked filling is sitting on the side shelf, ready to serve.
From smash burgers, fajitas, fried rice, breakfast and more! A griddle can turn any simple meal into a culinary machine made to feed a crowd with the Masterbuilt Gravity Series® 1050 Digital Charcoal Grill + Smoker Griddle

Slow Smoker with Vertical Smokers

A black Masterbuilt Slow Smoker is attached on the right side of a stainless steel vertical smoker.
Compatible with all Masterbuilt Digital Electric Smokers, the Slow Smoker is perfect for smoking cheese, fish, bacon, and jerky, when longer smoke times at lower temperatures are ideal. Easily attach to the smoker for up to 6 hours of continuous smoke with the Masterbuilt® Slow Smoker

With Masterbuilt, culinary opportunities are endless. Explore new grilling techniques such as indirect or direct grilling, searing, cold smoking, and more. Stick to classic BBQ flavors such as smash burgers, and burnt ends, or start a healthy trend with charred green bean salad or spicy maple salmon. Whether you are sticking to the classics this year, or expanding into new culinary territory, Masterbuilt has you covered.