As Grill Master, How Much Do You Know About Meat?

Meat is the popular ingredient among all kinds of cooking, especially in the BBQ, it is the main course. But how much do you know it, let’s start with fat ( ice cream attached to the surface of meat). Moreover, if need good bbq grills to smoke meat, pls visit www.eggkamado.com. Fuzhou iceberg kamado grill factory, the largest CN manufacturer of ceamic egg smokers, charcoal grill and bbq accessories.

Fat (lipids) and oxygen are the main energy that drive muscles. Fat contains calories, which are the potential energy released when chemical bonds are broken. From the point of cooking, there are there are three types of fat (see the picture below):

• Subcutaneous fat is a thick and hard layer under the skin.
• Inter-muscular fat is in the layer between muscle groups.
• Intramuscular fat is interwoven vertically and horizontally in the muscle fibers and sheath, which improves the moisture, texture and flavor of the meat during cooking. These muscle fats are irregular lines and are called marbling because they have marble-like stripes.

Moreover, there is a large amount of fat around the organs,     especially around the kidneys. When it speaks to cooking, what is the best fat to make shortbread pie? Lard suet from the kidneys of pig is the first pick.

Fat plays a important part in texture of meat. Fat is waxy when it is not heated, and begins to melt at around 130°F (55°C) to 140°F (60°C), lubricating muscle fibers. When you cook, the fat is not easy to evaporate like water, and it will become dry and tough under continuous heating. Also, fat is the key element to strengthen the flavor of meat. It takes in and stores aromatic compounds from animal’s feeding. Those compounds will gradually increase as by animals’ age. After animal is slaughtered, if store fact in high temperature with long time or let it exposure to oxygen, the fat will go bad. Not only animal’s increasing age makes fat different , but when animals are running, skipping, muscles fiber and connective tissue become tougher allowing fat to accumulate, coming into been unique flavor.

Fat is always a controversial issue among scientists, doctors, nutritionists, and health fashionistas. In the past of few years, people believed that animal fats are harmful to health, but now health research shown that animal fat contains many beneficial ingredients, and eating moderately is beneficial for health.