Broiling is a handy skill for your cooking repertoire, but a small misstep can burn or dry out your food. Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca ...

This is what the broil setting on your oven actually does. Having grown up in a house with a microwave and toaster oven, I don’t think I ever broiled anything until I was well into my twenties. I ...

Broiling might be the sleeper of cooking methods — it's one that chefs rely on all the time but home cooks ignore too often. Broiling utilizes directed heat to cook food. Some people call it ...

Growing up, I loved cooking but I fully avoided the broiler. I’m not sure why, but maybe because my mom never used it or perhaps I just wasn't sure what it was. The entire time, I was wondering how to ...