Comments on: Beach Grilling

By: Memorial Day Weekend Around San Francisco hotels, vacation rentals, restaurants and activities - 71miles

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:40:54 +0000

[...] on Mastering the Grill, at Copia. If you can’t bear to drop $275, let me help you learn how to grill properly—for free. Beach bonfires are a tradition the first weekend of summer, but the NPS changed [...]

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:39:34 +0000

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By: John | 71 miles

John | 71 miles — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:51:25 +0000

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By: John Vlahides

John Vlahides — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:58:41 +0000

Hi Richard,

You are soooo right! I initially failed to include this important detail, but have added it to the above list. Thanks for the reminder! —John

By: richard

richard — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:40:42 +0000

John,

Here’s something I just learned in the past few months. When cooking meat (steaks, burgers, etc), do not press them. I repeat, do not press them.

So many of us ‘learned’ when cooking burgers to press the, to keep them flat. Just say no to pressing.

Instead, start the patty out wide and perhaps a bit thinner than you are used to using. Let the meat swell (up) as it shrinks in diameter.

Season after cooking and you’ll have some of the juiciest burgers you’ve ever tasted!