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I'm just now learning to grill with charcoal. (Hank Hill is rolling over in his grave)
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#3347 |
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#3348 |
In Search of a Life
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Location: Northern Kansas
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Chimney starter is a must. No lighter fluid. Steaks go over the coals early while the temp is high. Pork Chops and Chicken and possibly even burgers (beef or pork) wait a few minutes until the temp drops a bit. For the burgers, lightly butter the buns and toast over the coals after the burgers are done. It only takes a couple of minutes to do the buns. You might want to close the vents (at least on top) when toasting the buns. If for some reason the coals flare up into a fire (usually from excess fat on the meat), move the meat from over the flames if necessary until the flames die out. Sometimes closing the vents will take care of the flames. Hot Dogs and Brats wait until the coals are closer to the end of their life than the beginning so the "skins" don't split. |
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Buy a charcoal chimney to get your coals heated and evenly ashed over before you cook. These things are foolproof and will always produce ready to use charcoal. Buy some starters like tumbleweeds or little wax cubes if you like. You can put vegetable oil on a paper towel and get it going. Newspaper works great too. Lots of options but do it this way. DO NOT USE STARTER FLUID Understand what your vents do. You are drawing air from the bottom and pushing out over your cooking surface. You vent from the top so personally I control the input and leave the output wide open for the most part. This is where you'll learn how to manage temp in the grill. Realize the dome is going to read about 50 degrees hotter than the grates on average. Buy a decent thermometer, especially if you progress from grilling to trying your hand at mixing in hard woods and smoking. You can add on hard woods directly to the coals when doing burgers or chicken or whatever and get that charcoal/smoke flavor very easily. Just spend at least $10 bucks and you'll get something decent off amazon. |
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#3350 |
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Thinking I’m gonna pull the trigger on the new Masterbuilt Gravity XT.
The earlier models had a great concept, but were flimsy and broke down easily. The new model seems to have addressed these concerns. People had to add mods to the previous models, and the new design basically accounts for all of these. Anyone have one yet? Do I need to be talked out of it?
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His model is probably 5 years old so it's not the new hotness but from what I've read on them the consensus is they've done a very solid job of melding charcoal cooking with the pellet grill temp control format. |
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#3352 |
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I struggled with the decision to go do it. I typically don’t have the time to mess with it, but man the charcoal flavor is hard to beat. I just went with the tiny Weber because it’s cheap but I can’t do a bunch on it. I pretty much can’t do indirect. But if you’re going to cook something good, fire it up. It’s totally worth it. |
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#3356 |
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Fire starter: Take the egg portion of the box and put vacuum cleaner waste and put it in them. Take a candle and pour some of the wax in each one. Take one when you want to start your coals, put it in there, and light. Will burn hot with the wax to get the fire started.
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#3359 |
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I just set my charcoal chimney on the side burner of my propane grill. Once the bottom coals start to burn I turn the gas off and let the coals light themselves. It's quick and clean and easy.
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#3360 |
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That’s a good idea. Unfortunately I don’t have a gas grill anymore. But I still get a newspaper.
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