{"id":784,"date":"2010-06-25T05:20:21","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T16:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcity.wordpress.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2012-07-07T23:17:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T23:17:03","slug":"avoid-heating-your-home-with-outdoor-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/avoid-heating-your-home-with-outdoor-cooking\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Heating Your Home with Outdoor Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a reason that so many people enjoy cooking outside during the hot summer months. Turning on your oven can instantly add unwanted heat to your house, combating your efforts to keep it cool. In order to keep the temperatures down indoors, grills across the country are being fired up! Other than the typical <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Grills-Charcoal\/Charcoal-Barbeque-Grills.htm\">charcoal grill<\/a> or gas\/electric grill, which have become beloved family classics, there are many other exciting options that you can use to create backyard delicacies.<\/p>\n<p>An outdoor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/grills\/Brick-Ovens.htm\">brick oven<\/a>\u00a0has become a popular choice for permanent outdoor cooking solutions. These wood-fired ovens are not only beautiful, but they are also perfect for cooking everything from pizza to lobster! They are a perfect way to turn your backyard into a gourmet kitchen. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Grills-Charcoal\/LMU-Rocket-Roaster-590201.htm\">Turkey Rocket Roaster<\/a>\u00a0is a great way to prepare delicious poultry dishes outside of your home. It has a unique roasting chamber that acts like a Dutch Oven and not only cooks a delicious chicken or turkey, but will also cook ribs, pork, seafood, vegetables, and more. It uses charcoal to cook the food, providing that great charcoal flavor while sealing in the juices. The Rocket Roaster costs up to 2\/3 less than comparable gas and oil cookers. A grill with a built-in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Grills-Charcoal\/HEW-Medina-River-Backyard-Smoker-066.htm\">BBQ smoker<\/a> is also a great way to add variety to your meals. The smoke chamber on these devices can use charcoal or specialized wood chips that smoke meat to give it a unique and mouth-watering flavor!<\/p>\n<p>With any of these cooking methods, you gain the ability to cook without heating up your entire home. The clean up is a breeze, and the food is prepared with ease. Give them a try and you might never want to cook inside again!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backyardcity.com\/Images\/CBO\/Etna-small.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"Brick Oven\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backyardcity.com\/Images\/LMU\/Rocket-Roaster-small.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"Turkey Rocket Roaster\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/backyardcity.com\/Images\/HEW\/large-backyard-smoker-066-small.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"Smoker Grill\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a reason that so many people enjoy cooking outside during the hot summer months. Turning on your oven can instantly add unwanted heat to your house, combating your efforts to keep it cool. In order to keep the temperatures down indoors, grills across the country are being fired up! Other than the typical charcoal grill or gas\/electric grill, which have become beloved family &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/avoid-heating-your-home-with-outdoor-cooking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avoid Heating Your Home with Outdoor Cooking<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[45,58,82,207,312,554,555,583],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertaining","category-outdoor-living-spaces-2","tag-bbq-smoker-grill","tag-brick-ovens","tag-charcoal-grill","tag-gas-grill","tag-outdoor-cooking","tag-turkey-fryer","tag-turkey-rocket-roaster","tag-wood-burning-oven"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Nnyf-cE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1604,"url":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/celebrate-bbq-month-with-grill-tips-and-a-delish-recipe\/","url_meta":{"origin":784,"position":0},"title":"Celebrate BBQ Month with Grill Tips and a Delish Recipe","author":"Sara May","date":"May 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Did you know that May is National Barbecue Month?\u00a0 What better way to celebrate it than by cooking dinner out on the back patio or deck?\u00a0 Thanks to\u00a0the generally pleasant\u00a0weather experienced by much of\u00a0the country in May,\u00a0you can celebrate National Barbecue Month just about every night. 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