How to Grill Vegetables Like a Pro

Put summer's bounty to work with these tips and guidelines from a master griller

Grilling vegetables caramelizes their natural plant sugars, giving them a supernatural sweetness, while gently infusing the vegetables with the flavor of wood smoke. Steven Randazzo

The rules for grilling vegetables are pretty much the same as those for grilling meat or seafood: Keep it hot. Keep it clean. Keep it lubricated. In other words, you want to start with a hot clean grate that you oil right before the food goes on.

Start with a hot clean grate that you oil right before the food goes on. TBaker770/Shutterstock