Trivia quiz questions about Grilling food.
What is grilling?
A: Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the
surface of food, commonly from above, below or from the side.
Grilling usually involves a significant amount of what?
A: Direct, radiant heat, and tends to be used for cooking meat and
vegetables quickly.
Food to be grilled is cooked on a what?
A: A grill, a cast iron frying pan, or a grill.
Heat transfer when using a grill pan or griddle is by
what?
A: Direct conduction.
In the United States, when the heat source for grilling
comes from above, grilling is called what?
A: Broiling.
In this case, the pan that holds the food is called a
broiler pan, and heat transfer is through what?
A: Thermal radiation.
Direct heat grilling can expose food to temperatures
often in excess of what?
A: 260 °C (500 °F).
Grilled meat acquires a distinctive roast aroma and
flavor from a chemical process called what?
A: The Maillard reaction.
The Maillard reaction only occurs when foods reach
temperatures in excess of what?
A: 155 °C (310 °F).
Studies have shown that cooking
beef, pork, poultry,
and fish at high temperatures can lead to the formation of what?
A: Carcinogens.
What may reduce the formation of these compounds?
A: Marination.
Grilling is often presented as a healthy alternative to
what?
A: Cooking with oils.
The fat and juices lost by grilling can contribute to
what?
A: Drier food.
In the United States, the use of the word grill refers
to cooking food directly over a source of dry heat, typically with the food
sitting on a metal grate that does what?
A: It leaves "grill marks."
Grilling is usually done outdoors on what?
A: Charcoal or gas grills.
A skewer, brochette, or rotisserie may be used to cook
what?
A: Small pieces of food.
The resulting food product is often called a what?
A: A "kabob" (US term) or "kebab" which means "to grill" in Persian.
Kebab is short for what?
A: "shish kebab" (shish = skewer).
Mesquite or hickory wood chips (damp) may be added on
top of the coals to create what?
A: A smoldering effect that provides additional flavor to the food.
As is true of any high-temperature frying or baking,
when meat is grilled at high temperatures, the cooking process can generate
what?
A: Carcinogenic chemicals.
Gridironing is the cooking of meats or other foods
using what?
A: A grill suspended above a heat source.
Grilling is often performed outdoors using what?
A: Charcoal (real wood or preformed briquettes), wood, or propane gas.
Some outdoor grills include a cover so they can be used
as what?
A: Smokers or for grill-roasting/barbecue.
The suspended metal grate is often referred to as a
what?
A: A gridiron.
Sear grilling
Sear-grill and gear grilling is a process of what?
A: Searing meat or food items with an infrared grill.
In sear grilling, propane or natural gas is used to
heat a ceramic plate, which then radiates heat at what temperatures?
A: Temperatures over 480 °C (900 °F).
Sear-grilling instantly sears the outside of meat to do
what?
A: To make the food more flavorful.