Posted on 07/24/2010 5:51:25 AM PDT by smokingfrog
The battle of the sexes is sizzling this summer.
Elizabeth Karmel — one of the few women in New York to helm a top grill pit — rakes male cooks over the coals with her new “The Girls’ Guide to Grilling” (at stfsavortheflavor.com).
In it, she claims that women are just as good — if not better — at taming the outdoor flame.
“The great thing about being a woman in the male-dominated world of grilling is that in the end, it’s all about the food, not about fire-building or pounding my fist on my chest,” says Karmel, executive chef at Hill Country (30 W. 26th St.). “I don’t need to be macho, I just need the food to taste great.”
She adds that women who try grilling her way will find that not only is the experience not messy, they can actually feel feminine while they do it.
“I think everyone should look pretty while they’re grilling,” she says. “Because we all feel better about ourselves when we look pretty.” She suggests wearing grilling mitts to protect long fingernails, and mitts to protect fingernails, and avoiding heels by a hot grill, preferring to go barefoot.
But her comments have sparked a war in the testosterone-fueled world of red-meat-cooking males.
“I’m not worried about getting dirty; I want flavor,” says Andrew Fischel, owner of Rub BBQ (208 W. 23rd St.). “If I’m not getting smoky and getting greasy, than I’m not cooking. Grilling outside is about getting smoke in your eyes and dirt under your fingernails — all that great stuff. That’s why a lot of men gravitate towards grilling . . . the dirt, the smoke, it’s all part of the experience.”
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Not guilty!
My wife can grill when she pries the tongs from my cold, dead fingers.
The right to keep and bear tongs belongs to men only!
BBQ ping. OK, so it’s grilling, not bbq, and it’s NYC. But still, ping!
"Oh, and by the way, I'm a feminist who hates men."
....Propane grilling is for wusses and women..............here is the real deal ..... 
when grilling chicken do you prefer breasts or thighs?
just asking.
Stupid Yankees, you BBQ on one of these:
Like this:
Hell, she can light my grill anytime! :~)
"The great thing about being a woman in the male-dominated world of grilling is that in the end, it’s all about the food...
Well, really, it is about the food, the cold beer that just seems to go naturally with grilling, and not heating up the house when it is 90+ outside.
What's for dinner? Charred animal flesh. Sorry PETA and vegans... I'm a omnivore at the top of the food chain and proud of it.
Actually charcoal is for Haitians and other backyard novices.
For flavor, you use hardwood to smoke meats, like Hickory or Apple. How you get and keep the cooking food hot is of no consequence.
If you smoke a good steak, or grill it on charcoal, you might as well feed it to the dog.
True. Here we’re talking about throwing something on the grill for dinner. Not real BBQ. Real BBQ is an all day affair.
...and her partner in charring crime ....Gretchen Belmonti ...........a.k.a. The Groovin’ Griller
thighs
I’m a leg man.
The REAL DEAL is Ceramic with Hard wood lump charcoal
Did you see any charcoal in those 2 pics?
If you smoke a good steak, or grill it on charcoal, you might as well feed it to the dog.
If by charcoal, you mean this crap:
I would agree. My steaks are grilled on this:
at 700 degrees over lump hardwood charcoal - takes about 6 1/2 minutes. Feeding one of them to a dog would warrant consigning you to hell for all eternity.
too complicated....I can drag my Weber Smokey Joe little grill and a bag of Kingsford (or perhaps some mesquite)anywhere....Ceramic sounds too yuppie and/or Chicom for me.
Depends. See my "tools" in posts #9 and #17.
I use The Beast® pictured in post #9 to smoke briskets /ribs. I have done them on the Green Egg pictured in #17 but they're not nearly as smoky and I can't do more than a single brisket or 3 racks of ribs. On The Beast®I can triple those volumes.
My gas grill has not been used once since the advent of my Green Egg - it is one of the most amazing grilling machines on the planet.
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