Food · Posted 4 minutes ago 10 Foods You Should Never Cook On A Grill, According To Experts Beware of grilling fish! by Taylor Tobin HuffPost Writer Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail GMVozd via Getty Images Grilling season is a delight for anyone who enjoys perfectly charred burgers, hot dogs , veggie burgers and other flavorful items ― so much so that people these days tend to throw just about anything on a grill, from watermelon to lettuce. That said, a fired-up propane, charcoal or natural gas grill isn’t the ideal place to cook every type of food. We asked professional chefs, cookbook authors and grilling experts to name the foods that they don’t recommend for grilling.
They mentioned these 10 items, some of which might be a bit surprising. Flaky fish Natalia Kokhanova / Getty Images Grilled fish is a summer staple for excellent reason, but certain types of fish work better on a hot grill than others. Joonas Jokiniemi, a former pro chef who runs grilling-advice site Grill Smoke Love , told us that “dry and flaky fish are not good for grilling.
They are very delicate and easily stick to the grill grates and fall apart. In addition, they usually end up being dry and tasteless when grilled.” Hank Shaw, a cookbook author and James Beard Award winner behind the podcast ” Hunt Gather Cook ,” also pointed out that skinless fish fillets can be problematic on the grill.
“Fish is so delicate that you need the skin to hold things together ― if you lose that, th.