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Wondering if you can keep grilling during the cool Autumn days? Here are a few reasons it’s going to be worth it.

Fall has arrived and has brought with it cooler mornings and the changing color of the leaves. While most of you might think of fall being the time to spend more time indoors, you really don’t need to let the chill in the air keep you from grilling your favorite steaks and vegetables. 

There are plenty of reasons to keep your grill out for barbecuing in the fall and even into the winter. It would be great to have friends and family over for a Sunday game feast or have a tailgate party and grill on the road. You can also just want to get your grilling skills honed up or whip up a quick dinner after a long day at work. Autumn can be the perfect season to do all of these. Listed here are all the reasons to keep grilling!

The temperature in autumn is milder compared to the scorching heat of summer. While the heat of summer brings in a lot of pesky bugs, the milder cool evenings of autumn have a lot fewer bugs for you to worry about. This means you don’t have to deal with bug bites as much. More importantly, you don’t have to make a fuss with spraying bug spray all over and worrying that it will get on the food.

Indeed, summer is undoubtedly the favorite season for grilling for most of us, but autumn grilling isn’t far behind on the list of favorites, mainly because there are far few pests flying about and trying to taste your food. So go ahead, keep your grills on in autumn, and reap the benefits of having cooler weather. 

Due to the cooler weather in the fall, the grill is bound to be colder. So you will be required to preheat the barbeque before you start grilling. It will be a more enjoyable experience if you are grilling in the early evening as the warm fire from the grill will provide you relief from the cool winds. Grilling in the fall is a great way to extend the warm feel of summer by grilling outdoors. 

You can also add a portable patio heater to add warmth. Bringing friends and family together around the warm fire in a fall evening gets much cozier when grilling outdoors. The warm fires and the harvests of fall make grilling in autumn well worth it.

Let the fall grilling be about cooking for the whole week and not just one dinner. Since you are getting the grill fired up, it’s a more practical idea to cook some more things that you can freeze. This way you will be able to enjoy supper with ready-cooked meals during the week.

You can use an infrared grill, and grill one marinated meat for dinner and cut the other one for sandwiches or filling in a tortilla wrap for lunch the next day. There are plenty of green vegetables harvested in autumn that you can grill along with the extra sliced frozen meat on weekends and whip up some yummy fajitas. 

Getting dinner ready in a very short time is possible if you just plan ahead. If you have a double-sided grill that allows different temperatures on each side, then use one side to grill a steak on medium-high heat and the other side to grill vegetables at a medium-low flame.  

Many vegetables are harvested in Autumn, making it the favorite time to grill veggies for many. Cabbage, onions, eggplants, Brussel sprouts, and tomatoes are just to name a few. You can delight your guests with the caramelized, nutty taste of acorn squash; it takes just a few minutes to grill. 

You can use the grill to prepare food for Thanksgiving dinner. You can grill the turkey and use the rotisserie to roast something. This way you can free up your oven and stove to prepare the other dishes on the side. This is very helpful while preparing a holiday feast as you get a lot of extra space to prepare your food.

You can keep the summer feel going during the fall by throwing a tailgate party or an afternoon barbecue on a Sunday. Hot dogs and burgers will be popular options here, and you can also cook pork loin or any kind of steak on the grill during autumn.  

You can make any cool autumn evening warmer by preparing robust meals by grilling briskets and pork ribs. You can accompany charred apples or grilled golden rich squashes with the glazed chicken wings or chops marinated in bourbon. The rich veggies will surely bring a splash of color to your meal table during the fall. 

The amazing aroma of grilling meat is enough to make any crisp fall afternoon feel warmer. You can use the bounties of fall to grill delicacies paired with jellies, sauces, marinades, and wines to make a perfect meal to add flavor to the crisp air of the fall with the smell of damp fallen leaves.

You will just be filled with numerous options of vegetables to choose from that you can grill to your heart’s delight in the autumn. The autumn air can be filled with the delights of grilling as you use hickory-smoked meats, caramelized coconut and pineapple, vegetable salsas, and a lot more to whip your barbecue meals. 

Invest in a good grill that will last you years, and you will be able to keep grilling in all seasons. A quality grill will also have multiple options that will allow you to experiment with different types of cooking and enable you to become a master griller in no time. So utilize your grill to the fullest extent, and enjoy barbecuing in autumn as much as you did in summer.