Vegetables How do you make vegetables get that grilled flavor and look?

[SD Smokers]

I just got a new Traeger when it was time to say good-bye to my old grill. I used to love to make grilled vegetables. I am having difficulty making vegetables with the browned edges and tasting like they are grilled. How do you do it? Thanks.

 

[traeger860]

350-375 degrees and olive oil or butter. Some kind of grilling basket would make it a lot easier too.

 

[JPSBBQ]

Maybe even 400.

 

[Slimpicker]

350-375 degrees and olive oil or butter. Some kind of grilling basket would make it a lot easier too.

Maybe even 400.

Agreed, heat is a must

 

[Parrothead1809]

Agreed, heat is a must

I did my teriyaki chicken veggie skewers at 400 and the veggies came out nice. See Post in thread 'What's cooking today? Pics are necessary!'
https://www.traegerforum.com/threads/whats-cooking-today-pics-are-necessary.3207/post-37928

-PH

 

[Lesley]

It’s very simple. You have bought a smoker not a grill. I had the same problems as you. I solved the problem of seared and charred finishes by buying Grillgrates. Absolutely brilliant. Changed the performance of the Ironwood and made it a real bbq as well as smoker.

 

[RayClem]

The Maillard reaction is responsible for the browning of bread, vegetables, meat, etc. The temperature of the surface has to achieve a temperature between 280 - 330 F (140 - 165 C) for this reaction to occur. There will usually be some evaporation of moisture from the surface of the product that will cool the surface. Thus, you need a grill temperature between 350 - 400 F to get the browning to occur.

Above a surface temperature of 356 F/ 180 C the Maillard reaction ceases and you start getting other reactions that can produce undesirable byproducts such as acrylamides.

Please remember that the effective temperature is the temperature to which the product is exposed. That may or may not be the temperature indicated by the grill thermocouple used by the controller. Check the temperature at the grate level on which the dish is being cooked and set your grill so that the grate temperature will be between 350-400F.