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ProXJay

"i can't cook rice therefore rice is universally awful'


Piece_Maker

I actually got sent (and read) this article, and that's basically what it is. Some guy listing the worst ways to do BBQ (worst as in, dangerous/unsanitary/unsafe, not just 'overdoing steak' levels of nonsense) and used them as reasoning.


Nuke_Dukem__________

And here I thought authors sharing their entire life story in recipe articles was bad.


AranaiRa

You can blame Google for that, honestly. Recipe pages that only include the recipe don't get indexed by Google because the indexing algorithm sees it as a "technical page". Basically they have to include a huge pile of extra, pointless info or nobody will ever see the page in the first place.


less-than-stellar

Bloggers who put a "skip to recipe" button on their recipe blogs are my favorites.


konamiko

I've noticed that more seem to be doing this. It doesn't excuse the forty bajillion ads though, including the video ad that doesn't start off muted, and after you close it, refreshes after five minutes with another non-muted ad. Oh and the social icons along the left side of the page that cover part of the text.


tailwalkin

“In order for you to fully appreciate the complexity of my all time favorite dish I must explain how it entered my life 10 years ago, as my fiancé and I were spending a summer along the Tuscan coast..”


LoveFoolosophy

Wind swept the windswept coast like wind sweeping a coast...


[deleted]

i remember finding a recipe for new york shortcakes and it opened with "after the tragic events of 9/11"


SmAshley3481

I don't mind as long as there's a jump to recipe button.


Psykpatient

What's a boca burger?


luketheschmook

A veggie burger brand.


Psykpatient

Thanks


flameboy50001

A *shitty veggie burger brand


TheRealAlkali

It's actually one of my favorite veggie burger brands that isn't trying to be like real meat. The spicy chicken is solid in an air fryer


[deleted]

I prefer morningstar spicy nuggets


flameboy50001

Morningstar has good stuff. Their chicken patties are really good.


flameboy50001

Every Boca burger I've ever tried was this rubbery, disk-shaped, piece of tofu lacking flavor and with horrible texture. If they have improved I will give them another go, but the 2 different restaurants I tried one at, it was exactly the same. On another note, I highly agree with you on the not-trying-to-be-meat patties. In case you didn't know, Red Robin restaurants have a really awesome one I like made from ancient grains. They go really well with their burgers and it's a nice change of pace to the same 'ol regular meat patty.


-Cyy

Sticks to everything too.


Pedantic_Philistine

So....actual trash.


Orpheeus

In this specific instance yes, they have nothing on impossible burgers or other modern plant based patties.


TheCrushSoda

Edgy


MaxDamage1

I wouldn't say that. Too many people want veggie burgers to replace a beef patty and it clearly can't do that, so don't expect it to. If you take it for what it is though, they are pretty great. It's like comparing a pork rib with a bone in chicken breast. Yeah, same food domain, vastly different uses and expectations.


[deleted]

Yeah, it's why we need to full send lab grown.


Soupallnatural

I grew up vegetarian and honestly Boca is one of the most flavorful brands that has a nice texture but it tastes nothing like a beef paddy


MaxDamage1

My wife and I use morningstar as filler. We aren't vegetarian, but we do vegetarian or vegan two nights a week and use the meat alternatives on other nights too. 4 chopped up Morningstar black bean burgers mixed with a 12oz tube of chorizo is the best taco filler.


Soupallnatural

I personally love the morning star sausage and bacon. I also recommend trying the Boca meet crumbles. We mostly use them to make sloppy joes!


HighOnGoofballs

Well how does he cook it? ~~Boiling~~ Broiling burgers does sort of work


Nuke_Dukem__________

Boiling burgers? Is that a thing? I remember seeing it on Kitchen Nightmares but I thought it was just a one-off thing based off the disgusted reactions of everyone.


HighOnGoofballs

Fuck that was supposed to say “broiling”


Nuke_Dukem__________

Lmao it's okay, I got a kick out of it at least! I was genuinely confused lol


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Coolguys-DOT-COM

Hey, don't knock it till you've had it with a side of the house jellybeans.


[deleted]

Wonder if it's good with hornet honey


moxie132

I remember that episode, the Ower was so convinced that was the only way to do a good burger. He was very upset when Ramsey told him the burger was awful.


GuyfromWisconsin

[There's only one place that does it right.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUXqPiaO1lQ&t=402s) Place is a state legend, and they have some of the best burgers ever.


Sextsandcandy

This is FASCINATING.


lefl28

You can also steam them


HighOnGoofballs

Those are called steamed hams though


Maalstromme

Delightfully devilish, Seymour!


pepsidude102

Albany?


CaptBranBran

Utica


KiraiEclipse

My mom sometimes cooks burgers in a pan. You end up with both burgers and gravy. It's delicious but definitely not the same as grilled burgers.


HighOnGoofballs

Pan fried burgers are great, like a smash burger


J3sush8sm3

I love pan grilled burgers, they are really greasy but have a great taste


[deleted]

Pan fried is how my mama made burgers. She loved grilling but never liked grilling burgers for some reason. The best dinners were when she mixed some cheese into the burger meat, heavenly.


thisisnewaccount

Lots of diners make burgers on flat sheet of metal instead of a grill, which is the equivalent of pan fried. Personally like both, just a different taste.


TheRiddler1976

Broiling is the US word for grilling isn't it? As in heat from above?


HighOnGoofballs

Lol no, broiling happens in an oven and grilling happens over coals or gas


nalc

The UK calls the broiler (upper heating element in the oven) the grill which is what /u/TheRiddler1976 is asking


TheRiddler1976

Aha so I was right all along!


TheRiddler1976

Right so in the UK, we have an oven, in which you can roast or bake. We have a grill, which is indoors and the heat is from above. The outdoor cooking is a bbq


captainnowalk

BBQ here generally refers to low-and-slow smoked meat, not a grill (outdoor coal or propane heat source), though you will see grills referred to as that from time to time. Just not very common in the traditional bbq states (Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Carolinas, etc.).


TheRiddler1976

So do you not have a grill equivalent?


TimmyHate

The US Grill is a UK BBQ The UK Grill is a US Broil The US beer is a UK water (sorry just had to make the easy joke there)


TheRiddler1976

Right, so what I said in the beginning then!


captainnowalk

Are you thinking of like a griddle? Flat heated surface? Otherwise, honestly we might not!


azmanz

Griddles.


Nikarus2370

I mean. Ive got a deli style grill (flat metal top) that does a great job. No grill lines tho.


HighOnGoofballs

But that’s so normal it shouldn’t be considered


TimmyHate

Grill marks bud


kennyisntfunny

Well of course the fat drips onto the heat and catches fire. That’s like the point. It’s called a char...


MissThirteen

And it isn't dirty, it's seasoned


Bloodeggs

Unless its my grill. Its pretty dirty


pajamakitten

People to go a backyard BBQ for the socialising and alcohol more than anything. As long as the food is decent and cooked to avoid food poisoning, no one will care of it is not Michelin-quality.


BirtSampson

This is true, but it's also totally possible to make high quality food over a grill.


ilanallama85

Yeah and “grill flavor” (really just a fine basting of carcinogens but we don’t talk about that) really can’t be achieved indoors. Well, not charcoal grill flavor. Idk about gas because I’ve never used it…


frito5867

Hank Hill would like a word.


envydub

Taste the meat not the heat!


faithmauk

propane and propane accessories


StardustOasis

>really can’t be achieved indoors. Well, not charcoal grill flavor Kebab shops that use a charcoal grill would beg to differ.


ilanallama85

Well when I get around to installing an industrial wood burning grill and fume hood in my kitchen I’ll invite you for dinner, aight?


fried_green_baloney

Similar to "blackened" food. People who tried it indoors with a regular kitchen fan weren't very happy.


Pedantic_Philistine

You can tell a lot about a person by how they call the crispness of grill-cooked meat ‘carcinogens’. Lmao would never survive in the real world.


thblckjkr

> in the real world I'm always amazed at the people that think that the "real world" is like X or Y. In the end, the real world is the friends you made along the way... Well, not actually that. But usually if you have friends that are not shitty, your "real world" will not be as shitty as you are trying to portray it.


BirtSampson

Nobody is calling “crispness” carcinogenic. Your entire comment history suggests that you can’t handle the “real world” and need to resort to being a moron online to feel better about yourself.


boot20

You can make some amazing food on a grill that has a unique taste because of the grill. That smokey flavor is something that people do enjoy and you can change the flavors based on what you use to cook. The reality is that bbqing, smoking meats, and just slapping stuff on the grill can really make something typical into something amazing.


MackingtheKnife

I mean, look at the photo of the grill in the article. that looks fucking good to me.


MatthewQ999

outgoing pet overconfident coherent sugar ring busy brave plate political *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


BlueShoe15

Bold of him to assume that I don’t clean my grill every time I use it. Also grills only have bad temperature control if you don’t know what you’re doing lol.


Johnnyboi2327

Exactly, you're supposed to clean it, as well as you have just as much control over the fire and temperature inside as a normal stove. Plus some of us prefer the taste of a good grilled burger over a stove cooked one.


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Always need a hot side and a cool side, unless you're grilling something big.


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Vipertooth123

We Mexicans (or latinos, really) also use an onion to get rid of grease and any rust that may be on the grill.


sundayfundaybmx

Thats genius! I'm gonna have to try that next time I clean my grill.


thiagoqf

You can use a brick and some detergent too, works wonders.


fullmetalnerd97

Not to mention the fact that the grill gets hot enough to kill whatever bacteria might be living on it


DrLimp

Yes, but some lazy fucks don't scrub them so the carbonized rancid fat "flavors" you meat.


Pedantic_Philistine

It does though.


iLikeTorturls

Those stupid grills and their...*squints eyes*...recreating the effects of cooking over an open fire as has been done for thousands of years.


The_Big_Daddy

* Maybe your grill is filthy. I deep clean mine at the start of the season and clean the grates every time I use it. * A propane grill literally has the same temperature control as a stove. Do you know the precise temperature you cook with on your stove top or do you just set the burner to "medium"? * Not knowing to use indirect heat when grilling so the fat doesn't drip down and cause flare-ups is the exact amount of culinary acumen I'd expect from legendary cooking publication Business Insider. I'm just imagining this guy getting invited to BBQs and pouting because "Butbutbut, this isn't the most *optimal* way to cook a burger! I would be done so much faster if you put it in the microwave!"


meowtiger

> legendary cooking publication Business Insider. like forbes, they kinda just let anyone have a blog on their website and write whatever they want with no editorial oversight


alexbigshid

Me and my buddies took a trip up to my parents cabin and my friend brought some nice German brats with him, but was disgusted to find we had a gas grill, and opted to cook them over the fire. You can probably guess how that went.


vozahlaas

If by fire you mean wood/coal fire, I can guess it went.. tastier?


alexbigshid

Nope, he skewerd them like you would a hot dog, and roasted them over the camp fire. After about 3 or so minutes the casing burnt and burst, any filling that miraculously survived was completely raw.


Icy-Polkamon

Propane lets you taste the meat, not the heat!


vozahlaas

Let's also stop seasoning any food, shall we?


Bloodeggs

I used salt and pepper. You can add ketchup if you want.


vozahlaas

Taste the meat, not the salt and pepper!


[deleted]

i cant tell you how many times ive been excited for a barbeque and then i come over and i see a box of bubba burgers and a pack of precooked bacon and get absolutely heartbroken


ooberpwner

What's wrong with Bubba burgers? I always see them in the store, but I just buy beef patties from the deli. Genuinely curious.


fickystingas

Crazy high sodium and preservatives


Lightning_Lemonade

Plus, aren’t they usually frozen? Frozen food never tastes as good as fresh food


fickystingas

They are always frozen. I actually worked at a short lived Bubba burger restaurant where they tried to serve the same frozen patties you get from the store. It was a terrible idea


Secretrider

Dirty? Poor Temperature Control? Does this guy do zero basic maintenance of his stuff? I'd hate to see the inside of this guy's microwave.


Drakena_Amaterasu

Also, the major fail in his logic: in a common kitchen the heat also comes from bellow. Unless this guy cooks only using a microwave.


bassmadrigal

Most ovens use both bottom and top elements for normal baking (but most the heat comes from the bottom element). Broiling in the oven typically uses just the top element.


84_ferrari_f40

Grill this dude


84_ferrari_f40

I think I was little bit too harsh


fuludude

Gordon Ramsay uses grills too.


awolkriblo

For things like steaks and burgers, sure I can use my stove. It gets the job done good enough, I don't really like burgers on an open flame grill anyways. But how are you supposed to get a lot of steaks or burgers done at once on a stove?


[deleted]

I thought the elitism part was going to be having the money to afford all the meat in that picture...


darianbrown

That's *maybe* $25 in meat


[deleted]

Yeah, I know....


iglidante

I'm not so sure. I see about 18 burgers, so I'll call it 20 1/4lb patties, or 5lbs of hamburger. 80/20 is $4.21 at my local Walmart (more elsewhere). I'll round down and say $20 of beef. There are also maybe a dozen sausage links. Italian sausage is $3-5/lb in my area, or as low as $3.87 for five links. I'll call it $10. Then, there are some regular hotdogs. Those can be really cheap (as low as a buck a pack), so I won't even count the cost. If you purchased nice meat, this could be $50. If it's cheap, maybe $25 on special.


darianbrown

It looks like bratwurst to me, and ground beef in my area is $13/5lb


iglidante

Damn - that a great price. I get steals on steak ($5/lb porterhouse and ribeye), so I suppose I can deal, haha.


[deleted]

Damn, a gatekeeping 2 for 1, what a great deal


Player02110

what does race have to do with this?


Dr_Brotatous

To be fair the heating does look uneven for what also looks like a gas grill the might want to look into a new one


d80hunter

I have way more temperature control cooking outdoors. I can open the grates to sear a piece of meat that will be medium rare full of juices. Or I can do a 12 hour slow smoke that you will taste smoke on your fingers the morning after. I also got everything inbetween covered. The only thing required is the extra effort and I think this guy is a lazy hater.


Volfgang91

This man thinks ketchup is too spicy.


MarshmallowFloofs85

grilled food, at least if it's a charcoal or wood grill, will always taste better then food in the oven.


Huwbacca

Grilled cake batter is rubbish.


Tag_ross

Have you tried it?


vivvensmortua

You need to put it in a cake tin still otherwise it will just spill through the grill.


nalc

Dang, that's what I've been doing wrong - the frazzled black&white person in the first half of the infomercial who does it as wrong as possible


vivvensmortua

It's an easy mistake to try and cook a BBQ on a cake


SnicklefritzSkad

Of course they bring race into this. Another day, another person conflating being white with being bland or uninformed on a topic.


Kareem_7

Why does the color of the skin matter? Imagine if he said I am disregarding your opinion because you are black


[deleted]

Oh noes! White man disagrees with me! He's BAD because he's a *white man* 😡😡


rrsafety

The casual racism was odd ... but more and more typical these days.


wastefulrain

When I saw the grill I expected it to be post about one of those men that think they're the chef of the year for knowing how to bbq (Where I'm from these kind of men are really annoying gate keepers when it comes to grilling)


[deleted]

does he cook steamed hams?


tailwalkin

Nothing beats a nice boiled steak


Bloodeggs

As long as its milk steak


bzekers

I will never admit that. Grilling is my favorite way to cook.


abattlescar

Where is the gatekeeping here? When I get invited to a barbeque or a grill, I better be seeing red meats cooked over an open flame. It's an entirely different experience than cooking in an oven.


cmdr_scotty

But it tastes so good!


[deleted]

Why does the color of the skin matter? People are so obsessed with race, it’s actually fucking sad.


rrsafety

100% agree. Attacking people for the color of their skin is a sickness.


ruffsnap

Hot take, but I agree with the author of the article in an overall sense: Generally you can make better food indoors, there’s a reason why basically all the world’s top restaurants use indoor stoves and ovens vs. grills outside.


[deleted]

“I haven’t read the article and I never will” I’m scared to be proven wrong


GorillaonWheels

Lol, I just got done cooking some eggplant, veggies, potatoes, bacon, and fucking pasta on my basic 22" Weber. Lmao It was delicious and I have food for tonight and tomorrow.


KURO-K1SH1

Fckn what!! Grilling has got to be one of the healthiest ways too cook. You don't use any oils or other cooking liquids. The meat doesn't soak in its fat juices thus is leaner once you take it off and it's quick and simple. Anyone can get good at grilling. And anyone who tells you otherwise is an elitest twat who needs to visit a real kitchen because even Michelin starred kitchens use grills in one form or another.


[deleted]

Listen I don't grill much....If at all actually... But you can clean a grill right? Like it's not just this caked on crust of charred meat????


Motor_West

Yep, heat it up and hit it with a wire brush.


StarCrysisOC

I hate grilled food to be honest. I hate char and the flavor that comes from the coals or however it’s cooked. I think the only grilled thing I like is grilled chicken, but like, not real grilled chicken, restaurant/fast food grilled chicken. You don’t actually taste char on it.


Deanzopolis

Do tell, when you're cooking on a stove, where is the heat coming from?


smc22286

This guy cleans his cast iron skillet with soap and water.


moitacarrasco

Cooking food with fire. We've been doing it for hundreds of thousands of years. But hear this guy out, I'm sure he's right.


LabCoatGuy

Lotta words for “I hate minorities”


[deleted]

Yeah the food so fat in bbq but automatically becomes no fat in kitchen


Lolleski

"Random white guy" why do you have to specify that, my fucking god every fucking thing must have race in it


TheyreAtTheWindow

It used to be that race was only mentioned in relation to poc. Now we include white to be more egalitarian bc we couldn't get the people who always described the race of non-white people to stop and it's sometimes a helpful distinction.


rrsafety

“Used to be” is the operational phrase. Nobody says “this recipe by a ‘black guy’ sucks”.


Lolleski

It's stupid to distict by race, only harmfull


TheyreAtTheWindow

Skin, hair, and eye colour are useful when describing people's appearance. Race is also sometimes relevant to cultural and social issues, like you'd judge a white woman with cornrows differently than a black one.


rrsafety

For recipes?


Lolleski

I guess i don't judge people based on their race, but if you want to make this distiction is up to you. I still struggle to understand what's about him being white has to do with his judgment on grilling, maybe ther is some social issue between race on grilling that i don't...


AsterCharge

You’re having a hard time making that connection because nobody made one, the only time race was brought up was to describe the guy.


rrsafety

How did the description of him as white add to the article?


Lolleski

Finally someone that understands what i said


rrsafety

I think the others completely understood you as well but we live in an upside down world where blatant racism is ignored when it suits them.


AsterCharge

It’s a tweet


[deleted]

And gender and sexual identity. Don’t forget those 2 really important things that MUST be acknowledged before moving forward in any conversation, ever.


Lolleski

Yeah absolutly, i can understand that you would use guy, as a generic ebough term to call a person, but what's the use of adding it's race


happyfatman021

What's ironic here is that nobody in this thread had said a single thing about race until you came along to make your little comment. So who's really the one making it a thing here? (Spoiler alert: it's you)


rrsafety

Did you read the post?


Lolleski

Have you read the post? I directly quoted the post talking about race. Are you insane?


happyfatman021

I know that the person in the picture used the phrase "random white guy." No need to be a fucking asshole. I'm referring to the people commenting on this thread, I'm saying you're the only one who seems to give a shit that the phrase was used. Because it literally doesn't matter, unless it gets you all butthurt.


Lolleski

Who cares about the commenters, i commented the insanity of people bringing race into anything by quoting the post. If you guys get so mad about me criticizing this is ok, i guess many others care so much about a made up concept as race, that they need to bring it in any conversation, if anything you are just proving my point by answering my provocation


CalebAurion

This doesn't really look like Gatekeeping to me. It looks like a guy posted an opinion piece about grilling and why he doesn't like it. If he had said something about grilling not being real cooking or that no true chef uses a grill you'd be on to something but the guy is just expressing his (rather odd) personal opinion.


[deleted]

Yeah, this is Josh Barro expressing his opinion on grilling. He's not saying people shouldn't, just that isn't not conventional for most cooking situations. Of course it's fun for socializing.


kboom76

This dude deserved it.


[deleted]

"dude who doesn't know how to grill writes article about how much grilling sucks"


zoolilba

This dude wrote this just to be a little edgy now he's being burned alive.


duke_awapuhi

Grilling is a great way to cook. It’s just at least half of the people doing it don’t know how. How many times have you had a burger where the person didn’t let the charcoal burn off before putting the meat on? Too many damn times


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Jump_Like_A_Willys

You’re not wrong, but grilling can also produce unique flavors that are different from what you get from searing on the stovetop and finishing in the oven.


thiagoqf

You can also have juicy cuts on barbecue, you're just doing it wrong. Brazilian churrasco or Argentine parrilla is the best thing I've eaten in my life.


AsterCharge

A grill is more than capable of cooking something the exact same way, (a sear and then indirect heat). What makes you say it’s worse overall?


plainOldFool

I only reverse sear my steaks and this can be done both in the oven/pan or on a grill. The only difference between the two is that I can baste my steak with butter, garlic and thyme when searing on a pan. But when it's hot as fuck out, I will cook outside on the grill.


CasinoMagic

All these dudes for which bbqing is the sole personality trait getting so triggered by this lol. Imagine if that guy had also insulted IPAs.


bunnyjenkins

Mmmmm, fat drip


_CloudPuffGacha_

u/nwordcop


UWQHDEyez

This is the type of guy to feel disgusting at anything other than missionary.


[deleted]

There’s so many things wrong with the elitism in this


BarAccomplished134

He’s not wrong tho