shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com May 21, 2019 • Page 15 How To Clean Your Grill Fun Facts About Grilling and Barbecuing We all love to grill. In fact, some of us more than others, most of us on the same holiday, and many of us choose the same type of food to grill. Here are some fun facts about grilling. Do you agree with them? What is the most popular day to BBQ? There have been many polls taken and the result is always the same for the United States. July 4th wins the top accolade at 71 percent. Not surprisingly, Canada Day also tops the list for top days for grilling. Memorial Day sits at 57 percent saying it’s their next favorite day to take the cooking outdoors and Labor Day at 55 percent. If you’re a true barbecue aficionado, you already know that any day is a good day to grill! What do we put on the grill the most? You can literally cook anything on a grill from appetizers to desserts but we all have our favorite foods. If you said a burger was the most likely thing to find on any given grill than you are with the 85% majority that likes to have a hamburger on their barbecue. Steaks, not surprisingly, come in at second place with 80% of respondents suggesting that was their favorite. Not to forget the kids; they put their hands up for hot dogs as their meal of choice. The rest of us, we have settled on the old standby, chicken which comes in at 4th place. Coming in as the most popular grilled side dish is corn followed by potatoes. Smother it! Marinades, sauces, dips, rubs, the choices are endless but polls show we love our mesquite, honey and spicy hot BBQ sauces the most when we are grilling up our meats. And how we grill those choices is just as important. Longhandled tongs (77 % of us Grilling is a summerquickly and effectively if they are not routinely time tradition at houseremove leftover food cleaned. Grease is very holds across the country. and marinade from the flammable, and it can The family grillmaster grill while preventing the easily increase the temtypically looks forward to growth of bacteria. Soak peratures on the grill’s popular as well as campa night spent preparing a the brush in hot, soapy surfaces. Ridding a grill sites, public parks, and tail- perfectly grilled meal for water once the grill has of grease might require a gating at football games and his or her family. But few been cleaned, and keep little elbow grease of your NASCAR races is immensely grillmasters look forward the brush indoors to keep own, but it’s worth the popular. to cleaning the grill, a it from succumbing to the effort to reduce your risk With the rising popunecessary step to ensure elements. of fire. larity of outdoor heaters your next grilled meal is • Prevent rust. Spray• Dump the coals. and fire pits it is becoming as safe as your last one ing the grill with cookCharcoal grills might not easier and more comfortaing oil after it has been be as widely used as gas ble and convenient to cook was delicious. If cleaning the grill is cleaned can prevent ungrills, but traditionalists out of doors in any climate a chore, then at least it is sightly and potentially un- who have stayed loyal to at any time. one of the easier chores healthy rust from forming charcoal must dump the Why do we BBQ? around the house. All over the life of your grill. coals once the night has • Well the obvious anit takes is some routine This will increase your ended. Give the coals amswers unquestionable are maintenance to keep a grill’s life expectancy and ple time to cool, shutting • It tastes so good. • It’s convenient and grill clean and safe, and give your family members off oxygen to the grill to easier than cooking inside. such maintenance need and guests some peace of speed up the process, and • It’s a great way to not take much time. mind knowing the grill is make sure there are no entertain spend more time • Brush the grates with bacteria-free and wellcoals still burning before at home. a brass wire brush. The maintained. you discard them. The word “barbecue” surfaces of the grill are • Clean the grease comes from a Taino word best cleaned with a brass traps. Grease traps can be for “sacred fire pit” and wire brush, which can a fire hazard, especially more and more of us are doing it because it has become somewhat of a competitive sport. ESPN writes that there are hundreds of organized events throughout the country all focused Hard Working Men & Women on barbecuing. Cash prizes can be awarded upwards of Deserve a Break This $100,000. Now that’s incenMemorial Day tive to grill. What other competition allows spectators to taste the win! Not sure you have enough propane to cook tonight? Check the propane level of gas tank wit your household bathroom scale! Davy Jim Daniel An empty tank weighs Crockett between 17 and 19 pounds. Bowie Boone The difference between that $ $ $ and what your tank weighs is how much gas you have left! Both Memphis and Kansas City claim that they 5 Miles West of Tyndall on Hwy. 50 – Corner of Hwys. 50 and 37 are the barbecue capital of Ph. (605) 589-3909 or Cell (605) 464-1113 • www.schuurmansfarmsupply.com the United States. Which do you believe? Whatever statistics, whatever fun facts, Often copied, but never equaled, the the bottom line is grilling is for everyone, every culture, every diet plan everyone truly is the Ultimate Cooking Experience! so enjoy! For those with Find out which size EGG fits your needs best! year round grilling weather, some of us are envious but with today’s technology, nothing stops us from grilling use thyme) are the favorite utensil of choice for ease of use and keeping those flames away from tender skin. Forks come out of the kitchen drawer and are used on the grill by 64 % of us for turning meat and finally long handled spatulas are the next most popular choice. Keep on Grilling in the Free World! BBQ-ing is so popular even the leader of the free world enjoys a BBQ now and again. Barbecues have been a White House tradition since Thomas Jefferson. The very first white house BBQ was hosted by Lyndon B. Johnson and featured Texas-style barbecued ribs. President Johnson enjoyed this past time so much he even had barbecues installed on the roof of the White House. 500 guests enjoyed a “pig pickin’ hosted by Jimmy Carter and Ronald and Nancy Reagan made sure to have plenty of BBQs at their ranch so they could enjoy outdoor cooking and flavors anytime. George Bush Senior regularly held a barbecue for Members of Congress annually on the South Lawn of the White House. George W Bush continued this tradition until the 9-11 attacks at which time the White House canceled the BBQ and instead donated the 700 pounds of beef tenderloin to feed the hundreds of rescue workers who had traveled to Washington to help after the terrorist attacks. If the President can BBQ on the White House lawn where do we grill? We’re pretty ingenious when it comes to cooking. We can cook anywhere but we do have some favorite places. Our choices include backyards where we can relax in the comfort of our own home with family and friends. 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