Stainless steel fish baskets are designed specifically for grilling, steaming, or baking fish. Their unique structure allows for uniform cooking while preventing delicate fish fillets from falling apart. Unlike traditional methods, such as wrapping fish in foil, these baskets provide even heat distribution, ensuring that your fish cooks perfectly every time. The stainless steel material is particularly advantageous, as it is resistant to rust and corrosion, making it a durable choice for kitchens and outdoor grilling.
For foods that require a hot sear, like a steak, or that take a long time to cook through, like a bone-in chicken breast, you'll want to build a two-zone fire. Arrange all the lit coals on one half of the grill's lower grate. That creates a searing surface over the side with coals, and an indirect cooking area on the side without. With either method, add coals continuously every 30 to 60 minutes to roughly maintain the quantity that you started with.
When to close the lid. There's no hard and fast rule about when to use the lid, so you'll need to take clues from what you're cooking. Generally, most foods that cook quickly, over a single-zone fire, can be cooked without the lid in place. You'll want the lid for foods that take longer to cook because it helps trap hot air, producing indirect convection heat, which cooks foods through without scorching the surface from direct contact with flames.
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