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A device used for checking the doneness of meat or other foods to ensure that the appropriate and safe internal temperature has been achieved.

A reference often made to pork or beef ribs that are cooked using the low, indirect heat and smoke of a barbecue pit or the high, direct heat of a grill.

Any of a variety of different types of wine that are used to enhance the flavor of food dishes, such as meat, poultry, seafood, stew, vegetables, and sauces, while they are being cooked.

A method, passed down by Native Americans, of cooking meat or fish on a seasoned wooden board. The food takes on some of the flavor from the wood while cooking, which is generally done by baking or broiling.

A type of egg that is cooked in the shell until the yolk and the white are completely solid. In order to accomplish this use fresh eggs that are warmed to room temperature.

Produced as a finishing tool for baked goods, this utensil is most often used to add the golden tan surface to crème brulée desserts by caramelizing sugar sprinkled over the top.

Meat that has been cooked for a period of time that is considered to not be long or short, leaving the center sliightly warm and somewhat dark pink to dark in color.

Eggs boiled in their shells until the whites are firm and the yolks are partially firm but not completely firm, as they would be in a hard-cooked egg.

Originating in the U.S., this term describes the combining of two types or styles of food preparation and cooking into one fused result.

A ham that has been thoroughly heated during some part of the processing to a temperature exceeding 147° F, making it ready to eat without further cooking.

Sherry with added salt. The sherry is undrinkable and is for cooking only.

Also known as boiled ham, the meat is cured, shaped, and cooked in steam or water. It is then packaged whole or sliced and sold as luncheon meat.

A ham that has been heated during some part of the processing to an internal temperature exceeding 137°F but less than 148° F.

Term used to describe a wine with a heavy, prune flavor or that is overripe.

A food made popular in the southern U.S. that is made from the small intestines of hogs. The intestines are slow cooked over several hours in an attempt to tenderize the meat and reduce the chewy texture of this organ.

A commercial sprayer that dispenses a very fine mist of extra-virgin olive oil to coat unheated pans to prepare them for grilling, sautéing, broiling, roasting or baking.

Refers to foods that have been cooked and smoked in the enclosed chamber of a barbecue that is filled with smoke from the burning of hickory logs.

A small free standing fireplace that may also be used as an oven for baking foods. Originating in South America, this wood burning device was initially developed to provide heat and a means to cook food within homes; however, it is also commonly used outdoors in gardens and other areas to provide an outdoor fireplace as well as a cooking oven.

A wooden board used to hold food while it is being grilled, that serves to provide a moist and somewhat smoky flavor to the food as well as preserving the nutrients within the food.

Made for grilling small pieces of food, a Kabob Basket keeps the food contained and offers an alternative to a barbecue or meat skewer.