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A word of caution: Beware of rubs with sugar and delicate spices like saffron. They burn easily at searing temperatures.
How To Sear On A Grill
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It just doesn’t matter how hot the thermometer on your Giant Green Avocado
reads. It is measuring air temperature and that is not the same as measuring energy.
If you are not clear on the difference, do this experiment: Preheat your oven to 200°F and insert your arm. Surprisingly, you can hold it there for a while. Now place your hand on the side wall of the oven, which is also 200°F. When you get back from the hospital you will understand that
First, no matter what searing method you use, you need to pat the
wet meat’s surface dry with paper towels so the surface doesn’t
steam when you blast it
When searing on a grill, you need to expose the meat to direct
infrared radiation. Hot air just doesn’t do the job.
grates sear so well.
. That’s why a metal pan or griddle or grill 27
the energy stored and transmitted by metal
is much greater than that stored and transmitted by air even though
they are both 200°F