BBQ Charcoal Grill

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 at 10:42 am  
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BBQ Charcoal Grill

A BBQ Charcoal Grill uses two different cooking methods: indirect and direct heat. In direct heat cooking, food is placed on the grill over the hot charcoal. Indirect heat is used for more delicate foods by placing the charcoal on one side of the grill and the food on the other. This is used for longer cooking times and for larger cuts of meat. The grill lid is always closed when cooking with indirect heat.

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Learning the temperature of the coals is the only trick in direct grilling. A gas grill has heat setting that allows you to control the temperature. But charcoal grilling is all about the coals. The ceramic coals should be ready when 3/4 of them are coated with ash. On a charcoal grill, you can check the temperature by holding your hand, palm down, over the coals at the cooking height and count the number of seconds you can hold your hand there before you have to pull it away.

•    Low = 5 seconds
•    Medium= 4 seconds
•    Medium-High Heat= 3 seconds
•    High= 2 seconds

Indirect Cooking on A BBQ Charcoal Grill

For indirect cooking on a charcoal grill, place several briquettes on each side of the grill pan, leaving an empty space in the center. Light the briquettes. When you’re ready to cook, place a drip pan between the coals and add water to the pan to a level of 1/2″. Place the food over the drip pan and cover the grill. Every 45 minutes you will need to add 5-6 briquettes to maintain even heat.

For indirect cooking on a dual burner gas grill, set the drip pan on the lava rocks on one side of the grill and add water to 1/2″. Preheat the other burner on high for 5-10 minutes. Turn the temperature down to medium, and then put the food on the rack over the drip pan and cover.

BBQ Charcoal Grilling is a technique that is developed with trial and error. You will learn how your grill works and what temperatures are right for you. The BBQ charcoal grill is usually consistent and will cook evenly each time. Enjoy your BBQ charcoal grill and develop your unique flavor with rubs and marinade. Your friends and family will be impressed as you amaze them with your cooking skills.

BBQ Chicken Split Roasted Style Barbecue Recipe

Sunday, April 15th, 2012 at 1:44 pm  
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BBQ Chicken Split Roasted Style Barbecue Recipe
In this classic YouTube video the BBQ Pit Boys show you how to use a basic charcoal grill, and then how to cook up a tender and juicy Chicken. Sit back and learn some simple techniques on how you can serve up a real good eatin’ chicken hot off the grill. You can print out this BBQ Pit Boys recipe at www.BBQPitBoys.com —

What is a BBQ Smoker

Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 4:52 am  
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The term BBQ Smoker is a bit of a strange term. This is because the term BBQ has been corrupted over a period of time.

BBQ originally described the cooking of meat over a wood fire and therefore the meat was being smoked as it was cooked. There was no need for a BBQ smoker because the BBQ was the smoker. Because barbecuing meat got so popular and with the mass migrations of people into the confinement of the cities, household BBQ grills began to get popular. The most convenient form of fuel for these BBQ grills was another BBQ product called charcoal. Later the BBQ grills began using propane gas as the primary source of heat.

As people used these BBQ grilling products they began to find that the wood smoke taste was missing. Now there was a need of a BBQ product to help bring back the wood smoke to the BBQ grill and hence the BBQ smoker term was created.

A BBQ smoker can be anything from a tray made of aluminum foil, filled with wood chips and placed on top of the grill to the ultra modern and very practical SmokePistol®. The problem with the pan of wood chips is that it takes quite a while for the heat from the BBQ grill to get the wood chips smoking and once they start the smoke lasts for a very short time period. They are also messy.

There is a new BBQ product on the market called a GrillKicker™. This little BBQ smoker will make a lot of smoke for about ½ hour and it can be started with just a match. There is no need to even light the BBQ grill to get the GrillKicker™ smoking and this permits the user to cold smoke the food before cooking it as well as smoking the food while it is being cooked. This increased smoking time imparts more of the real BBQ flavor to the food.

Another clever BBQ smoker that has been around for about 5 years is the SmokePistol (www.smokepistol.com). The SmokePistol is a smoke generator that can be attached to any BBQ grill or smoker and this little unit will produce smoke continuously for over 4 hours on a single cartridge. The cartridge can then be replaced and the smoke continues for another 4 – 5 hours. The unit also has a smoke control on it which controls the amount of smoke being delivered making it the ultimate BBQ smoker.

So the BBQ smoker is now a standard BBQ product which would have never existed except for the change in our methods of BBQ.

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