It's no undercover that I miss my grill from the suburbs. Simply even metropolis dwellers accept a couple options for achieving the accurate flavor of a BBQ dinner (including indoor grilling). Just because that grill isn't on your back patio (if you accept one), it doesn't mean you can't spend a sunny summertime day grilling outdoors. We love living in Brooklyn, especially near the new Brooklyn Bridge Park — it's an amazing public space that continues to get better every year. One recently opened feature is the Picnic Peninsula, which has a ton of hibachi-manner grills and picnic tables. We've been trying to get there all season for a proficient old-fashioned metropolis BBQ and finally made it happen this past week; the experience was one of our best this summer. I learned a few things my first time barbecuing on-the-go that you'll want to proceed in heed if you're set to plan your own city hazard.

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No need to invest in a grill-cleaning castor, especially if you lot don't own a grill. But information technology is of import to clean the grill before using information technology so that your nutrient doesn't taste similar somebody else'due south burned leftover bits. Try wadding upward a slice of tinfoil and using tongs to scrape away any residuum; y'all can as well easily clean the grates by firmly swiping one-half an onion over them.

A charcoal chimney is the easiest way to get your dress-down hot actually fast. Information technology's a small tool that can be purchased for somewhere between $10 and $xv, but information technology makes the procedure a cakewalk. I'd be lying if I didn't admit to feeling like a BBQ-on-the-go professional when I set up my charcoal chimney. Such a absurd tool is worth the small investment.

When it comes to the menu, keep it unproblematic. The simply prep I did was for my Marinated Veggie Kebabs, and everything else I grabbed at the farmers market: fresh corn on the cob, all-beef franks, hot dog buns, sodas and some succulent stone fruit. Everything should be easy to eat, too.

The best matter we had hands down was the skewers (and specifically the halloumi cheese on the skewers). Halloumi is a great ingredient for grilling because information technology's one of the just varieties of cheese that can stand upwards to a grill. Information technology tastes a scrap similar feta but has a more structure. When painted with olive oil and grilled, information technology gets charred on the exterior, and soft and chewy on the inside. We were all fighting over those last grilled cheese pieces!

While these tips were super helpful for my city BBQ, they also employ to beach picnicking. If the beach you're headed to this weekend has community grills, take advantage of them and grill a delicious lunch or sunset dinner!

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