All month long Supper Clubbers have been sharing their best cookout secrets, and now it's time for the Shine community (you!) to vote for a winner. Which entry tells the best story, shares the best tips, and looks most delicious? Click on the photos to review the full entries. First prize wins this super fab charcoal grill, and second place scores a cast iron grill pan (hooray for grilling in February!).

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Summer entertaining shouldn't be about spending hours in the kitchen tossing together elaborate meals when guests come over to play. Nope. Dinner should be effortless, preferably served on paper plates, and cooked on the grill creating hardly any cleanup. When kids are involved, finding a dish that keeps both adults and tots happy can be challenging, but not with this seriously easy dish.

Grilled pizza.

Sure, you can cornmeal your crust and slide your tasty pie directly on the grill, but I erased the worry that yours won't with my cheap pizza-grilling secret - throw-away aluminum pizza pie tins from the grocery store. This month's Shine Supper Club is about sharing cookout secrets, and this is my no-fail way to make summer entertaining fun and easy. And you know how much I love pizza (here, here, and here...).

Make things even easier by using a store purchased pizza crust and you are good to go. This is so fun for the

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My guests often ask what my secret is for making the perfect BBQ meat. It's a combination of "secrets" that have been picked up over the years, and I will now share them with you.

For maximum flavor, I marinate the meat overnight in a sealed plastic bag. Be sure to remove the bag about a half hour before grilling, so that it's room temperature. The amount of ingredients can vary, so feel free to put more or less of anything you choose.

The top coating after grilling should be basted on with a brush just before removing it from the grill, so that it doesn't burn on. It doesn't matter what meat you marinate and baste, the flavor will still be phenomenal!

Marinade:
1 cup soy sauce
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 tsp oregano

Grill meat to desired perfect, then use basting brush to add:

Top Coating:
1 cup desired BBQ sauce (I prefer Hickory or Whiskey flavored)
1/2 cup orange marmalade
2 tablespoons soy sauce

Blend together in small bowl and have ready to apply j

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Whether you call it a cookout or a barbeque, nothing says summer like a mouth-watering piece of meat right off the grill. Depending on your preferences, you should choose a grill that works best for you and your cooking needs. On today’s episode, Shine’s Senior Food Editor Sarah McColl shows us her top picks for the best grills under $100. Whether you’re focused on design and style or need to conserve space, Sarah has a grill for you. Added bonus - join in Shine’s July's Supper Club by sharing Your Best Cookout Secret and you could win the super-chic portable charcoal grill featured in this episode. Details here!

Getting hungry from all this summer grilling talk? Check out our Shine Supper Club for endless recommendations for tasty summer eats from ice cream (like a strawberry shortcake flavored one) to the perfect marinated steak.

Happy summer — and happy grillin’!
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Everybody grills a little bit different, but I have a couple of great ideas to have a juicy, tender, marinated Steak for your summer picnic or outdoor BBQ.

Step 1: Get some steak: Be it Rib Eye, New York, T - Bone, or Prime Rib.
Step 2: Buy a Marinade: I like to purchase Jack Daniels original recipe marinade. Found at most grocery stores. I marinated the meat overnight. Makes it juicy, and tasty.

Step 3: Prepare a rub. I found this basic rub recipe online and altered it a bit. Mine only used 4 of the ingredients in different quantities.





Basic Rub:
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 tablespoons ground paprika
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Step 4:
Prepare Le Grill: Light it and turn it on high heat. Wait for it to get to temperature.
Take steaks out from the fridge. Sprinkle on your rub; some like it heavy, others lik

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