Rick Bayless: Grilling 101

Never overlook the basics. In this video, I'll discuss the importance of grill maintenance, direct and indirect grilling, grates, seasoning your proteins, essential grilling tools and more. Tell me: what are your favorite grilling tips?

[timkellyDR]

Rick is a master communicator, able to explain practical concepts without going off on a tangent.

[MikaelaVega-kk]

Thank you for this! My dad died when I was young and no one else ever taught me to grill. I now have access to a grill and am trying to teach myself. This video was super helpful!

[AlergicToSnow]

I’ve been grilling for over 40 years and I’ve never been able to master determining the doneness by poking the protein. An instant read thermometer is absolutely essential

[jokay]

Bayless and Kenji López are my favorite current YouTube cooking educators. Both great communicators!

[garybevis]

Hello Mr. Bayless, I have been a admirer of your style and skill with Mexican food. As of today when you mention "over rated marinates" made me an advocate for you for the rest of my life regarding grilling with SALT and PEPPER. Yes, well said Mr. Bayless, That is in my opinion the best thing on meat/fish on the grill, what I have been using for 45 years. Maybe some garlic. I hope to meet you in Chicago, or better yet in Mexico and then I could call you my friend Rick. Thanks for all you share. Gary

[kennethcluck]

It never fails to amaze me that you and Skip are related.

[cpp]

After years of marinating beef for the grill, I finally discovered that just salt and pepper is all you need to bring out the best flavor of the meat. And I always oil the meat or fish and not the grill. Thank you for confirming these tips for me, Chef!

[AdamTillotson]

Always such a great communicator. Thanks for sharing, Chef!

[natedogg]

Its amazing to think of how successful the Bayless brothers are in their chosen fields

[vnas]

I remember watching him on KCET back when I was a kid. Always liked him

[LN-pbiw]

For many years I enjoyed your TV shows. Nice to see you now in you tube too.

[jeffersonfjeld]

I can wholeheartedly recommend Grillgrates. They are aluminum but are life changing for "less than high end" grills. Just YouTube Grillgrates, 1 word.

[heymollymorgan]

This was the most helpful & well rounded grilling video I’ve found! Thank you Rick 😊👏

[conditionsunknown]

Rick Bayless is an absolute MASTER on the grill !!!!

[georgez]

I enjoy all of your videos that I've seen but this is the best so far. So many great tips! Thanks. The one burner off is something that I never have thought of but so smart.

[agrogt]

Rick, I love that you emphasize patience

[mogarcia]

That is a good point about keeping the top up for someone that just starts to learning to grill it’s probably best to leave it open so that they can keep an eye on what they’re cooking until they get better at it

[mama]

51 yr old wife and mother wanting to learn how to grill, so of course I start with You Tube which brought me to this amazing video! You are so well spoken and perfectly explain not only what your doing, but why. This video was very helpful! Would love to know where I can order the spray bottle you recommend

[mrwaterghost]

Whatever you do, Rick, don't tell us the brand of the oil bottle you love so much. Then we might just, you know, buy it.

[danielgalan]

Excellent tips! I'll be starting my grill for the first time ever today. Thanks for this!