What Is Grilling Companion?

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Grilling Companion is an online grilling and barbecue resource that publishes recipes, guides, tips, and firsthand equipment notes for outdoor cooking. It is useful if you want backyard-tested ideas for grills and smokers, organized by protein and cut, rather than a general food blog. The site describes itself as an online grilling and barbecue magazine built by two self-described technology and food geeks.

What you'll find on the site

The content is grouped around cooking methods and ingredients, with recipes as the core and supporting articles on technique and gear.

  • Recipes by category: Beef, chicken, seafood, and vegetables.
  • Chicken recipes: Grilled curry chicken breasts, grilled chicken with creamy poblano sauce, citrus-garlic-chipotle marinated chicken, and beer can chicken.
  • Steak recipes: How to grill filet mignon, tri-tip roast on the grill, top sirloin steak, and flat iron steak.
  • Featured recipes: Dry rub chicken wings on the grill, grilled ribeye steak, and marinated and grilled pork tenderloin.
  • News and tips: How to cook BBQ ribs, a Looftlighter charcoal lighter review, a note on switching to a pellet grill, and a Thermoworks Smoke review.
  • Recent recipes: Beef jerky on a pellet grill, Jamaican rice and peas, jerk marinade, and smoked beef short ribs.

How to use it for a specific cook

  1. Pick your protein or cut. Start from a category such as chicken or steak, or search the site from the content search.
  2. Choose a recipe that matches your equipment. Some entries assume a pellet grill or smoker, while others work on a standard grill.
  3. Read the related tip or review if you're changing gear or method. For example, the pellet grill article and the charcoal lighter review describe the author's own experience rather than a neutral lab test.
  4. Verify doneness with your own thermometer. The site reviews a Thermoworks Smoke, but any reliable probe thermometer works for checking internal temperature.

What it is not

Grilling Companion is not a restaurant guide, a shopping storefront, or a structured cooking course. The page evidence shows no pricing, subscription, or login requirements, so treat any cost or access terms as unconfirmed until you check the site directly. Reviews reflect the authors' personal experience, so use them as one data point alongside your own equipment and preferences.

Who it's for

It fits home cooks who already own a grill or smoker and want practical recipes plus occasional gear impressions. If you need beginner step-by-step fundamentals, the technique articles and recipe instructions are the place to start; if you want tested comparisons across many brands, look for sources that publish repeatable test methods.