Grills, smokers, cookers etc

[charby]

The biggest mistake wood/charcoal users make is if they lighter fluid not letting it burn off prior to adding the food to the grill and/or dousing the coals with fluid after the food is on the grill.

I myself have converted over to using a chimney starter and it works great.

Love my chimney.

I have used a propane torch to light a pyramid of briquettes.

[bedlamite]

Love my chimney.

I have used a propane torch to light a pyramid of briquettes.

Oxy-acetylene is much faster. Light a couple, then use only oxygen and you've got a forge going in no time. :)

[K Frame]

The biggest mistake wood/charcoal users make is if they lighter fluid not letting it burn off prior to adding the food to the grill and/or dousing the coals with fluid after the food is on the grill.

I myself have converted over to using a chimney starter and it works great.

Bingo! Nothing like a burger that tastes like an oil spill.

I also use a chimney.

[Jim147]

Chimney here as well  when I went to a chimney my wife want everything possible cooked on the grill.

[K Frame]

Castle Key uses one of those electric loop starters for his BGE.

Works well, and you're absolutely not supposed to use any kind of liquid starter in one because it will apparently soak into the ceramic interior and take forever to cook out.

[charby]

Oxy-acetylene is much faster. Light a couple, then use only oxygen and you've got a forge going in no time. :)

 

[K Frame]

Go look for the Utoob video of the guy "starting" a Weber kettle with liquid oxygen...

[Scout26]

Both chimney and electric loop starter here.

[brimic]

I've been using one of these for about 2 years now:https://m.lowes.com/pd/Char-Griller-AKORN-20-in-Red-Silver-Kamado-Charcoal-Grill/50387508?cm_mmc=SCE_PLA_ONLY-_-SeasonalOutdoorLiving-_-SosGrills-_-50387508:Char-Griller&CAWELAID=&kpid=50387508&CAGPSPN=pla&k_clickID=c39a3ad4-c714-4148-b9a5-a4f9d2294453

Once I cut some gasket material to get a good seal on the bottom vent, I absolutely have been loving it.
I've read that they are prone to rusting out on the bottom, which seems possible, because it's double jacketed, and has a dead space in the bottom where water tends to collect. If mine goes to pot, I'll buy a real Komodo.

I use a chimney for big fires, for low and slow, I use a starter cube.

[makattak]

I've been using one of these for about 2 years now: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Char-Griller-AKORN-20-in-Red-Silver-Kamado-Charcoal-Grill/50387508

Once I cut some gasket material to get a good seal on the bottom vent, I absolutely have been loving it.
I've read that they are prone to rusting out on the bottom, which seems possible, because it's double jacketed, and has a dead space in the bottom where water tends to collect. If mine goes to pot, I'll buy a real Komodo.

I use a chimney for big fires, for low and slow, I use a starter cube.

That's much cleaner and ought to be clickable now.

[K Frame]

I've looked at those Akorns as a possible alternative to the BGE. No, they're not as nice. But they're also 1/3rd the price.

[K Frame]

Broke out the Weber yesterday for the first time in a couple of years. I wasn't using it because it was so difficult to get out to the patio because of the door problem. Now that that is fixed, though, and I have my back yard/patio back, it was time!

I was going to do a small leg of lamb, but I couldn't find one small enough. Most were whole legs, and I didn't feel like trying to deal with that much lamb.

So, I bought a pork loin roast. Brined it for about 6 hours, and then roasted it via indirect heat. Took about 2 hours to cook it nicely. I also baked a potato and had that with dinner.

The only thing I should have done that I didn't was throw some hickory or apple wood on the coals to provide a little more smoke flavor. It had some, but it was VERY subtle.


I'm going to do some chicken breasts tonight. Same deal, brine, and then roast.

A couple of those I'll turn into chicken salad.