Meat and vegetables cooking on the grill.
How To Test For Your Grill's Hot Spots Using Bread

NEWS

By JONATHAN KESH
Burger patties cooking on the grill.
Grills have hot spots that can significantly impact cooking times and outcomes, particularly when grilling meats. Fortunately, there’s a hack you can use to locate these hot spots.
Hot grill with flames.
Preheat your grill for about 15 minutes on high. Then, cover the entire grate of your grill with slices of cheap white bread, laying them flat and lining them up side by side.
Slices of burnt bread on the grill.
Let them grill for a few minutes on medium heat and then flip each slice. Flip the bread over in the same order you laid it down so each piece grills for the same amount of time.
Slices of burnt bread on the grill.
Look at which slices have burned the most, and there are your hot spots. This hack works on gas grills, pellet grills, and even griddles — as long as they’re maintained and clean.