Char-Broil Patio Bistro ($179) » This compact grill is great if your outdoor space is at a premium, or if you would like a grill that travels easily. Its single burner, which ignites with the turn of a knob, didn't flare up or smoke in our tests.

There's a lot to love about beer-can chicken, grilled pizza, and London broil, but most grilling books include those dishes and there aren't many ways to reinvent the recipes. Thankfully a new cookbook, The Japanese Grill, has arrived, and will blow

Q. We all want to be master of the grill, but you say that most of us are making the same mistake. What's that? A: Yes, most of us are not using enough -- or are using the wrong kind of -- salt when we grill, especially when we grill the hamburgers.

You marinate the meat overnight – which ensures it will be tender as well as flavourful – then grill or broil the skewers as you need them. And because of the moisturising marinade, you will find that if you leave the skewers out after cooking – food

and Tabasco sauce against the sugar rush of honey, brown sugar and ketchup. The chefs sizzle the sauce into the meat under the broiler, which gives the ribs a spicy crust. "Some bites even get a little charred, as they would on a grill," Shook said.