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Browning Grills
Is your browning grill gathering
dust in the back cupboard? Dust it
off and heat it up. It’s great for
snacks and getting a quick meal
for your teenager when he finally
gets home from basketball
practice!
A microwave browning grill is a
frying pan for a microwave oven.
It is used for frying things that you
would fry in a skillet or pan on top
of the stove. A few foods, such as
an open faced grilled cheese
sandwich or frozen french fries,
that would be cooked under a
broiler or in a hot oven can also be
cooked on one of these grills.
People ask me all the time,
“Could I brown a turkey on a
browning grill?” No. Would you
brown a turkey in a frying pan on
top of your stove? (Besides, the fat
in the turkey skin does brown a
little in the microwave all by it
self!)
Fried eggs, grilled cheese
sandwiches, crispy fish sticks,
toasted appetizers, frozen french
fries, grilled fruits, and browned
chops, steaks and hamburgers are
foods that you can cook on a
browning grill. Most of these foods
could not be cooked very well in the
microwave without a browning
grill. Reheat pizza on a browning
grill for a brown, crispy crust.
There are disadvantages to the
browning grills, though. They are
best for small quantities of food.
With large amounts, you have to
cook in batches, reheating the grill
in between. If you crowd the food
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together on the grill, it won’t brown
as well.
I didn’t care for steaks and chops
cooked on a browning grill because
they don’t get as brown or crispy
as when grilled under a broiler.
Pork chops sometimes get dried
out. However, other people have .
reported excellent results with
these meats on their grills.
Other disadvantages are that
foods splatter when cooked on a
grill, so you have to wipe the oven
out. (This can be a problem with
micro/convection ovens, but isn’t
with a regular microwave.) Also,
frying foods usually produces
some smoke. Is your microwave
near an exhaust fan?
Browning grills are best, I think,
for cooking meals for one of two
people. If your family has split
meal hours, a browning grill can
whip up a couple of hamburgers
and some frozen french fries in
about 10 minutes.
If you are thinking about buying
a grill, get the largest one that will
fit in your microwave. The grills
are expensive, and the larger ones
can do much more than the
smaller ones, even for a single
person. Not only do the larger ones
hold more, they seem to do a better
job of browning the food.
Some grills come with a cook
book with timing suggestions for
meal combinations. This makes
learning to use the grill easier. And
some grills come with a plastic
cover to contain the splatters.
Here are some tips for getting
the most out of your browning
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-Always use iugh power for
browning grills. When preheating
the empty grill, a special coating
on the grill absorbs the microwave
power, and heats up. This makes
the grill hot, just like a frying pan
preheated on a burner.
-Preheat the grill according to
the directions that came with your
grill. My grill is preheated for four
to five minutes for eggs, ham
burgers and sandwiches; and for
eight to nine minutes for larger
items like steaks. If the food burns
on the first side, it’s been
preheating too long. If it doesn’t
brown enough, you may need to
preheat longer.
-The first side of the food placed
on the grill will get the brownest.
Cook the food for a short time on
the first side, then a longer time on
the second for even browning.
-Usually foods need some sort of
fat to brown well. Butter bread
products to get them toasty brown.
Grease the grill when cooking
foods that don’t contain much fat.
Spraying a vegetable oil on a hot
grill produces a lot of smoke;
liquid or solid shortening is better.
-To grease a hot grill lightly,
take a little of the wrapper off one
end of a stick of margarine or
butter. Holding the wrapped end,
run the unwrapped end over the
grill. The hot surface melts off as
much as you want!
-When the grill is hot, you will
probably need potholders to handle
it. Be careful where you set it to
cool. A man once told me he’s
melted his countertop and scor
ched a breadboard setting the hot
grill down! Leave the grill in the
microwave, set it on a cake rack,
or on your stove top to cool.
-Some grills get black and
terribly dirty looking when they
are used, especially if they are
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reheated between batches of food.
In spite of their looks, they aren’t
too hard to clean. Cleanser and a
dish cloth will remove blackened
drippings. If your directions say
not to use cleanser, baking soda
does just as well.
-A browning grill should always
be used on the bottom of your oven.
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Do not put the grill on a metal
rack. Whole meal cooking with the
grill on the bottom and other foods
on the rack is very difficult, since
the grill doesn’t get full power.
Watch for The Micro Way next
week for browning grill recipes
and meal combinations.
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who successfully complete the
course will receive a 4-H
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ribbon. All participants will
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members.
The course will be taught by
Marci Yoder, who is a 4-H leader
and a former Pewnn View
Christian School teacher. There is
a fee of $5 for registration and
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