How to Keep Food From Sticking to a Grill

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Grilling food is a great way to prepare your meals in the heat of the summer, when it is too hot to cook inside. Grilling adds a lot of flavor to many dishes and a wonderful social aspect to summer meals. Most foods are amenable to grilling, however it is sometimes difficult to keep foods from sticking to the grill. This can create a mess, or even a hazard if the stuck food begins to flare up. Preventing food from sticking to your grill, is important to a good cookout.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

grill
wire brush
non-stick spray made for grills

Step1

Clean the grill before firing it up. Food and ash left on the grill from your previous grilling effort can catch fire, cause your food to stick more, and actually contaminate your new food. To clean your grill, use a wire brush specifically made for cleaning grill grates. Rub it back and forth along the wires in the grill grate, making sure to get all the food debris stuck between the grates.

Step2

Spray your grill grate with a non-stick cooking spray made specifically for outdoor grills. If possible, lift your grate out and spray it away from your grill to avoid getting residue on other surfaces. Spray the surface of the grill grate thoroughly. It is important to use a spray that is made for outdoor grills, because it is formulated to tolerate the higher heats your grill reaches. Regular cooking spray does not have as great a temperature tolerance.

Step3

Light your charcoal or your gas burner. Let the grill get hot before putting food on it. Food that is placed on a hot grill will sear, and will not stick to the grate as easily as food that is allowed to heat up at the same time as the grate.

Step4

Occasionally move your food. While flipping burgers and other pieces of meat over again and again can dry out the meat, it is acceptable to shift the food a bit to assure it is not sticking.