It's official now: We've hit the season where all we want to do is cook and eat (and swim and cannonball) outside. And — nothing against burgers and steaks — but with the whole hot yawn of summer stretched out ahead, we could use a few more genius ways to work our grills. Here are 20.
Because, on your grill, you can cook entire dinners, and anything from whole beasts (within reason) to quick skewered bits. Your grill will make stars of the parts of vegetables you'd normally throw out. And don't forget, the charcoal sort will give you not just smoke and a hot grate, but coals to cook in down below.
Suzanne Goin's grilled pork burgers
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Melissav's grilled (or broiled) oysters with Sriracha-lime butter
Lisina's grilled corn with basil butter
Steven Raichlen's salt-crusted beef tenderloin grilled in cloth (Lomo al Trapo)
Inpatskitchen's Alabama-style chicken kebabs
Fiveandspice's grilled bread with thyme pesto and preserved lemon cream
Amanda Hesser's sugar steak with bourbon
Anna Klinger's grilled Swiss chard stems with anchovy vinaigrette
Amanda Hesser's grilled squid salad with lemon, capers, and parsley
Ian Knauer's sticky balsamic ribs
Aargersi's cedar plank grilled loup de mer (Sea Bass)
Beth Kirby | {local milk}'s grilled figs with homemade lavender crème fraîche
Creamtea's chicken cutlets grilled in charmoula with quick-cured lemon confit
Lisina's salt & pepper babyback ribs
Beth Kirby | {local milk}'s grilled okra with Sriracha-lime salt
Waverly's chicken al mattone with thyme pesto
Gena Hamshaw's black bean and corn burgers
Thirschfeld's grilled bananas with buttered maple sauce and English almond toffee
This article originally appeared on Food52.com: Genius recipes for the grill
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