Get that Pumpkin on the Grill!

Have you noticed that suddenly pumpkins are everywhere? It’s as if our entire country has decided to decorate itself in orange fruit. Yes! A pumpkin is a fruit. Who knew? And to be even more specific, it’s actually a berry. Go tell your kids and see if they believe you. If you want to surprise them one more time, see if they know what the biggest pumpkin ever grown weighed. As of last year, the record was held by Mathias Willemijns of Belgium who grew a pumpkin weighing in at 2,624.6 pounds. That’s a whole lotta pumpkin.

Everyone knows about pumpkin pie and pumpkin puree and it’s suddenly showing up as a flavoring in coffee and almost anything else you can imagine. And of course, Halloween pumpkins with carved faces. Also known as Having Fun with Fruit. Just kidding.

Before we tell you how to grill a pumpkin, please note that jack-o-lantern pumpkins are not the same as the ones you’ll be cooking. There’s a definite difference, and you’ll want to purchase the ones that are sometimes known as “pie” pumpkins. You’ll find these inside the store, and not outside stacked up almost begging to come home with you.

You can grill the pumpkin in slices or in halves. The outside, as we all know, is very thick, so you’ll need a serious knife to get the job done. Once you’ve sliced the pumpkin in half, clean out the inside until it’s smooth and attractive. You can save the seeds for other uses, but you don’t want to grill them now.

If you’re grilling the pumpkin in halves, grill with the flesh side down. Use some olive oil and some sea salt for seasoning. Those are just the basics. Add whatever else strikes your fancy. For instance, you can add rosemary, or pie seasoning or even a barbecue rub. Then give it roughly 45 minutes to be soft enough to eat. If you plan on using the pumpkin for a pie or another dish, you might want to grill it for close to an hour to get really soft and you’ll want to use a little less salt. If you’re going to grill the pumpkin in slices be sure to rub both sides with the olive oil and they should be ready in 40 minutes or sooner, depending on the temperature of your grill. Fork tender is what you’re aiming for. And if you toss some butter on them...yummy. And no need to remove the skin before you grill or eat. The skin will soften as it cooks.

You’d be right if you expected some of the pumpkin to stick to the grilling surface. What to do? Just so happens, we make the best grill scraper available. Our scrapers keep your grill clean and well-maintained. You can get a mini one, or a heavy duty one, or a heavy duty one with a squeegee. Any of them will get the job done right, save you time and money, and take some pressure off your back, legs and feet. And with that physical pressure off, you’ll probably complain a little less and be a whole lot more fun to be around. Just saying.

If this is your first time visiting us, we’d like you to know that our products are made right here in the USA. This is something we’re extremely proud of. We know that it helps to keep Americans working, and there’s no question that we help them keep on grilling. Either in a restaurant, or in a food truck, or right at home.

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Healthy Eating in 2017

We’re one month into the New Year, and have you thought about eating a little bit healthier this year? It’s something that shows up on the top of a lot of resolution lists, and quickly gets discarded. We’re going to give you a few tips to help get you started. Nothing drastic and nothing scary, just some easy stuff you might never have thought of before.

Here are some very basics:

• Use whole-wheat flour whenever you can, in place of white flour.
• Greek yogurt works in place of sour cream. You want to buy the all-natural kind.
• Ground turkey works in place of red meat for just about anything.
• Oatmeal will make healthier meatballs and meatloaf than breadcrumbs will.
• Instead of salt, use citrus juice or herbs that you like. Life shouldn’t be a salt lick.
• Steam instead of boil. It saves nutrients.
• Brown rice or wild rice is healthier than white.  You can try bulgur, too.
• When you’re baking you can reduce the amount of sugar you’re using by adding vanilla or cinnamon or nutmeg. Or apple sauce. Make sure that you buy the unsweetened kind and you can use it in a lot of baking recipes. You can use it in place of butter and your creation will remain moist and delicious. Applesauce will also substitute for eggs. Go figure, and don’t tell the chickens. The ratio of applesauce to butter is one to one: if a recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter, simply sub in 1/2 cup of applesauce. For every large egg a recipe requires, use1/4 cup of applesauce in its place.
• Instead of bacon you can try turkey bacon or Canadian bacon. They’re both good, but try not to eat bacon too often. It’s sort of a classic “no-no”.
• Don’t butter your pans! Use cooking spray or non-stick pans...unless you’re in a French cooking competition.
• Cottage cheese isn’t just for diets, if that’s what you were thinking. Read the label and make sure you’re getting the low-fat kind, then you can use it in place of sour cream on a baked potato, or instead of ricotta cheese in lasagna, or when you bake a cheesecake, or with any kind of fruit for a fruit salad, or on some whole wheat toast with jam on top, or you can drizzle it with honey and cinnamon and stick a cherry on top for dessert! You can also use it to thicken a sauce without having to add butter and flour. The bonus is that it’s packed with protein.
• At some point in time butter became the enemy. During the 1970s people blamed it for everything and then ran to margarine. When margarine turned out to be not the world’s best choice, people ran back to butter because, well, you can’t beat the flavor of butter, as long as it’s the real thing. But how to use less of it? You can use butter along with olive oil or canola oil or peanut oil when you’re cooking. When it comes time to “butter” the bread or muffin or bagel, how about cream cheese instead? Or unsweetened jam or jelly?  Or the all-time favorite peanut butter.
• What about that olive oil? First off, you want it to be EVO. That’s not a brand name. It stands for extra-virgin olive oil. If the bottle doesn’t say “extra-virgin” it won’t have all the antioxidants that you’re looking for. It’s the staple of the famous Mediterranean diet which just about everyone agrees is the best for your heart. What you do have to know is that the taste and price vary drastically. Ideally, you’d like to buy the highest quality that you can afford. What you might not know about olive oil is that it comes in flavors! You can buy it flavored with basil or garlic or bacon (!) or chipotle... the list goes on. You can learn how to flavor or “infuse” your own, too. It just takes a little imagination. There might even be a store in your town that will swamp you with choices and ideas.

These really are just some of the easy basics. A lot of good things start with baby steps. Check back with us and read about healthy grilling and lots of things to make your life better!

We are always thinking and innovating so please follow our Upcoming Products page for more, and of course come to our website to view these products and everything we offer at Redi-Gril.com. If it doesn’t say Red-Gril it’s not the original! And all made in the USA!

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Wishing you all the best in the coming year!

Happy 2017!

As singer Brad Paisley said about a new year: “Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” 

We hope that this bright new year bring you everything that you need and want. Be happy, have fun, and do some great grilling! (You’re in charge of the first two, we’re here to help you with the third!)

Cheers to you and yours from Mike and Margaret at Redi-Gril, LLC.

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You’re Only as Good as Your Tools

You must have heard the expressions “You’re only as good as your tools” and “You need the right tool for the right job”. And you’ve found them to be correct, haven’t you? If you need a Phillips screwdriver then that’s what you need. A regular blade screwdriver won’t do. (A little fact for you... the Phillips screwdriver is named for the man who invented it, Henry F. Phillips. Well, not exactly. A man named John P. Thompson invented it, but couldn’t sell it, so he sold it to Mr. Phillips, who was probably pretty happy to name it after himself.)

If you own, or work in a restaurant or a food truck or stand, or have a big ol’ grill in your backyard or on your terrace, you want the right tool to clean it. That’s where we come in. We make the best grill scraper on the market. That might sound boastful, but we stand tall behind our products. And they’re made right here in the USA and virtually indestructible. It doesn’t get any better than that.

The right tool is a good investment. Once you own it, you never have to think about it again. If you’re a cook (or chef, if you prefer) you know that from bacon and eggs in the morning to steak and sides at night your grill gets a workout. You want your grill to be ready when you are. You want to keep it clean and maintained. You don’t want to be without a Redi-Gril grill scraper. You can get a mini one, or a heavy duty one, or a heavy duty one with a squeegee. It’s a beaut and newly patented.

We have been in business for almost forty-five years, and our products have been a fixture in most restaurants and top fast food chains. Our scrapers are safe, efficient, easy to use, and they offer easy clean up. But you still have to do the cooking.

The quality of our products speaks for itself. We use FDA and EU certified silicone. On the off chance that the need arises, we offer replacement parts.

We are always thinking and innovating so please follow our Upcoming Products page for more and of course come to our website to view these products and everything we offer at Redi-Gril.com. If it doesn’t say Red-Gril it’s not the original! Thank you for looking.

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