Baking Tips; What Is Baking?; Smoke Flavor? - Louisiana Grills LG800 Elite Instructions And User Manual

Grilling Tips and Techniques

What is baking?

Baking is simply, a cooking technique in which dry heat is applied to a food product in a closed environment, such as an
oven. Just like your oven, one can nearly bake anything on a Louisiana Grill, breads, biscuits, cookies, cinnamon buns,
almost anything, especially wood-fired pizza.
Your Louisiana Grill combines the consistent dry heat of wood pellets, continual fan forced air movement and even
heat distribution to give you the perfect baking environment in your grill. The environment outside your grill, ambient
temperature and winds, will have an impact controlling the time and temperature. Your grill probe readout is a good
way to gauge your temperature, but a more accurate way is to use an actual "Oven Thermometer" you place inside the
grill or in your oven, to measure the actual baking temperature within the grill.

Smoke Flavor?

You control the flavor.
as compared to cooking over charcoal and/or stick wood, that produce a "Dirty Smoke" or fire-pit taste.
There are two basic ways to control the flavor:
1. The flavor of the wood pellets. A mild flavor, such as Apple, or Maple would be a better
choice then Hickory or Mesquite.
2. The length of cooking time. Because baking is usually done at 350°F or higher, the
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length of time your sinful delights are exposed to any smoke is minimal, therefore it is not
exposed to the smoke for a long period of time.
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Read through the entire recipe several times & gather ALL the ingredients.
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A recipe is only as good as the ingredients that are used to make it!
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Wash hands for 20 seconds (before starting, when returning to food) with warm water and soap.
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Pre-measure the flour and other ingredients. This is called "Mis en Place".
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Measure dry ingredients using a dry ingredient measuring cup or spoon.
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Measure liquid ingredients using see-through liquid measuring cups at eye level.
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Use the appropriately sized baking pans & properly prepare them.
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Preheat the grill and use an oven thermometer. Get to know your grill and how it acts.
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Carefully follow each mixing step in your recipe. Do not over or under mix.
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Don't crowd the grill. Avoid opening the grill hood during baking.
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Pay special attention to baking times. Let your eyes and nose be your guide.
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Cool baked goods thoroughly before serving or storing.
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Finishing touches. Presentation is not everything, but it does go a long way to first impressions. It has been said
that we eat with our eyes.
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Store baked goods properly.
TIP
Because your cooking grids are designed to hold heat, place a wire rack or a
cookie sheet turned upside down, between the cooking grids and your baking pan.
This helps to insulate the bottom of your baking from burning.

BAKING TIPS

Not everything has to have that savory smoke taste. Pellets burn with a "Clean Smoke"
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