12 Grilling Mistakes You Don't Need to Make (But Probably Are)

12 Grilling Mistakes You Don't Need to Make (But Probably Are)

HomeCooking Tips, Recipes12 Grilling Mistakes You Don't Need to Make (But Probably Are)

Solutions to the most common BBQ accidents so you can be the boss of the grill this summer.

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12 Grilling Mistakes You Don't Need to Make (But Probably Are)

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

Ah summer. That special time of year when those good spatula-wielding folks who only cook one season a year (let’s call them what they are: dads) dust off the old grill to burn a few steaks and serve up some medium-rare chicken. Okay maybe I’m being unfair here. There are plenty of great backyard cooks who take a structured scientific approach to good grilling and reap the flavorful rewards but there are just as many who think that all it takes to throw a successful backyard barbecue is to buy some steaks and light a fire.

I’ve been to enough barbecues in my life to know the warning signs of tough sooty or downright dangerous meat. Here are some of the most common mistakes novice grillers make and how to avoid them.