Handling your Meat

One of the most important things to remember when you cook is proper food handling. Flavoring and cooking is almost secondary to proper working with food. Avoid cross contamination when dealing with raw meat (use different cutting boards and utensils), keep and continuously clean work areas (hot soapy water or disinfectant spray) and cook all foods to proper tempetures (learn proper internal temps for different meats and always check with probe thermometers).

Memorial Day BBQ tips

Marinate your Meat- Give your meat for tomorrow's bar-b-que a day of chilling with your favorite marinade in the coldest part of your refrig (the lowest bin). Then, a couple of hours before you start to cook the mighty meat, bring it up to room temp. unless you are going to cook it to rare at most (the cool center will hold better if the meat remains cool).