Jul 10 2008
How to Barbecue Corn On the Cob
Barbecuing corn takes patience and practice, but the end result, sweet, fresh, perfectly-done corn on the cob, is so worth the wait.
My husband has become a corn cooking master, and his secret is all in the ear rotation.
But I’ll get to that.
First, choose your ears by pulling back on each husk a bit, just enough to be able to see a few rows of kernels. I look for straight kernel lines, little to no missing kernels, and, obviously, no worms.
Once you get your selected ears home, remove the silk from each ear by carefully peeling back the husk flaps but leaving them attached to the ears. Then peel back as much of the silk as possible and remove it (I cut it away). Once the ear is free of silk, clean it gently with cold water and re-wrap it in the husk flaps.
As we use a gas grill, that’s the only barbecued corn experience I have, so here’s where the patience and practice comes in to play.
We’ve found that rotating eight minutes per side, turning each ear a total of four times, yields the perfect barbecued corn.
Let the ears cool a bit, remove the husks, and enjoy!
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