grilling on a stove

"BHD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

im an ok cook, aka simple stuff in my college apartment. however i can
grill some mean steaks, hamburgers and chicken kabobs. my question is
can i grill kabobs on the stove top? if so what type of frying pan?
should i use and what temp?

You'd be better off using the broiler. Do you know what that means?

BHD said:

im an ok cook, aka simple stuff in my college apartment. however i can
grill some mean steaks, hamburgers and chicken kabobs. my question is
can i grill kabobs on the stove top? if so what type of frying pan?
should i use and what temp?

Frying is not grilling.

But broiling is grilling.

Use the stove's broiler.

Sheldon

BHD said:

im an ok cook, aka simple stuff in my college apartment. however i can
grill some mean steaks, hamburgers and chicken kabobs. my question is
can i grill kabobs on the stove top? if so what type of frying pan?
should i use and what temp?

Yes, you can cook kabobs in a frying pan. In order to grill them on a stove
top you would need a grill pan, but you can still do them in a frying pan.
They should be done on a fairly hot pan. You want to sear the meat. Be
careful not to overload the pan or else it might cool off and you will end
up simmering them in their juice.

BHD said:

my question is
can i grill kabobs on the stove top? if so what type of frying pan?
should i use and what temp?

Sure you can.............how hot will your stovetop go? ....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:47:04 -0400, Ward Abbott <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

I'm so glad you mentioned that.... you need a serious fan if you're
going to sear steak/kabobs in a pan.

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sf said:

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:47:04 -0400, Ward Abbott <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

I'm so glad you mentioned that.... you need a serious fan if you're
going to sear steak/kabobs in a pan.

I don't know about that. I've seared many a steak in my cast iron skillet
on the stove-top. High heat, cooked to rare (or almost medium-rare), a few
minutes on each side. The only exhaust fan I have is the el-cheapo one they
installed over my apartment stove. However, I wouldn't call it "grilling"
🙂

Jill

sf said:

Ward Abbott said:

....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

I'm so glad you mentioned that.... you need a serious fan if you're
going to sear steak/kabobs in a pan.

Searing in a pan is NOT grilling, that's frying.

ok someone explain the difference between a grill pan and a frying
pan. is a grill pan black with ridges on it or is that just another
frying pan?

BHD said:

ok someone explain the difference between a grill pan and a frying
pan. is a grill pan black with ridges on it or is that just another
frying pan?

It's a fancy name for a frying pan with ridges. It's not "grilling".
Grilling is done outdoors.

Jill

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Quoted message said:

ok someone explain the difference between a grill pan and a frying
pan. is a grill pan black with ridges on it or is that just another
frying pan?

The pan with the ridges will have a label that may say "grill pan", so that
you will buy it and take it home. It's primary purpose is to make lines on
the food, which some people think have taste. Lines do not have taste.

On a real BBQ, the food is cooked mostly by hot, dry air, and very little by
contact with the metal grill, whose main purpose is to simply suspend the
food in the air.

Stop fretting about this. Buy the grill pan if you want lines on the food
because you like the way it looks. Forget trying to perfectly duplicate the
BBQ effect.

Quoted message said:

It's a fancy name for a frying pan with ridges. It's not "grilling".
Grilling is done outdoors.

Jill

what about the cook tops like jenn air that have grills built in?
they are indoors, isn't that grilling?

jmcquown said:

BHD said:

ok someone explain the difference between a grill pan and a frying
pan. is a grill pan black with ridges on it or is that just another
frying pan?

It's a fancy name for a frying pan with ridges. It's not "grilling".

Those pans that put grill lines on are a hoot. They used to use those
in "American restaurants" to put grill lines on precooked pieces of
meat. Now, I think they come pre-grill-marked.

Quoted message said:

Grilling is done outdoors.

Or indoors with an adequate ventilating system. Not in a normal
residential kitchen, that's for sure.

Quoted message said:

Jill

--Bryan

readandpostrosie said:

Quoted message said:

It's a fancy name for a frying pan with ridges. It's not "grilling".
Grilling is done outdoors.

Quoted message said:

Jill

what about the cook tops like jenn air that have grills built in?
they are indoors, isn't that grilling?

Jill meant [most] grilling is done outdoors, just a typo, she omitted
a word. But in fact whenever someone uses a broiler they are
grilling, and most every stove has a broiler built in. There is
aboslutely no difference between grilling and broiling... the words
are totallly interchangable and absolutely synonymous... some broilers
are vertical, so what... some broilers are horizontal, using a
rotisserie is broiling. But you cannot grill in a pan, that's
frying... even those stupid pans with ridges are fry pans, difficult
to clean fry pans but fry pans never the less. Didja know that there
are actually branding irons sold to imprint food with grill marks,
there are even food safe felt tipped markers for drawing ones own
pattern. Anyone who refers to those idiotic ridged pans as grill pans
is an idiot... "grill pan" is a contradiction in terms.... same IQ as
those who think oral sex ain't sex. I suppose you don't think oral
sex is sex because you don't swallow.

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

Anyone who refers to those idiotic ridged pans as grill pans
is an idiot... "grill pan" is a contradiction in terms.... same IQ as
those who think oral sex ain't sex.

That's semantics. Younger folks don't so much say that oral sex is
not sex. They just reserve the phrase, "Have/having sex," exclusively
for intercourse.

Quoted message said:

I suppose you don't think oral
sex is sex because you don't swallow.

WHO doesn't? That's scandalous!

Quoted message said:

Sheldon

--Bryan

so how different does the grill/fry pan gonna taste than the grilled
kabob? is the chicken going to be more moist since its not on a rack?
will it "sear" the juices in more?

my oven has a "broil" option but it kinda scares me. if i use that
should i just put the kabobs on a cooking tray/sheet and stick em in
there?

p.s. ill probably end up using the grill but id just like to know

Sheldon said:

sf said:

Ward Abbott said:

....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

I'm so glad you mentioned that.... you need a serious fan if you're
going to sear steak/kabobs in a pan.

Searing in a pan is NOT grilling, that's frying.

Did I say it was "grilling"? No. OK, the person you're reacting to a
word you can pick apart. Everyone knew what he was asking about.
Personally, I don't think kabobs should ever be done in a pan.

To the OP: If you don't have a Weber - broil them, bro.
--

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Norman Cousins

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Dave Smith said:

BHD said:

im an ok cook, aka simple stuff in my college apartment. however i can
grill some mean steaks, hamburgers and chicken kabobs. my question is
can i grill kabobs on the stove top? if so what type of frying pan?
should i use and what temp?

Yes, you can cook kabobs in a frying pan. In order to grill them on a stove
top you would need a grill pan, but you can still do them in a frying pan.
They should be done on a fairly hot pan. You want to sear the meat. Be
careful not to overload the pan or else it might cool off and you will end
up simmering them in their juice.

Indeed...

I've made that mistake. ;-)

One reason I bought the hamilton grill!
That and convenience and speed.
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Peace, Om

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In article said:

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:47:04 -0400, Ward Abbott <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

I'm so glad you mentioned that.... you need a serious fan if you're
going to sear steak/kabobs in a pan.

Yes and no...

Depends on whether or not you use oil, and what kind.

I get the most delightful sear using Grapeseed oil for steaks.

And it does not smoke up the house.

I do have a good hood fan, but it won't handle THAT much smoke.
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jmcquown said:

sf said:

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:47:04 -0400, Ward Abbott <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

....and
what are you doing for exhaust....a box fan is not going to work that
well.

I'm so glad you mentioned that.... you need a serious fan if you're
going to sear steak/kabobs in a pan.

I don't know about that. I've seared many a steak in my cast iron skillet
on the stove-top. High heat, cooked to rare (or almost medium-rare), a few
minutes on each side. The only exhaust fan I have is the el-cheapo one they
installed over my apartment stove. However, I wouldn't call it "grilling"
🙂

Jill

True. <G>
But it works!
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