bbq charcoal
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Ok, pardon my newbiness.....
I am new to smoking and am using one side of my large charcoal grill for the coals and the other for the meat....my question is, at what point do you add more charcoal or what evere you are using. Every time I have tried to add coals they never burn, I guess that means I am adding them to late......
Time to get a smoker??? I do not smoke that often yet though...and usually just a slab or two of ribs....
Man I am hungry now....
theribdoctor
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your old coals need some life to them, or, you can use the minion method.
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gibbleguts
BoM april 09
I have heard that royal oak is tghe same but when I try it it seems to burn hotter and faster then the BGE stuff. I use it only in case of emergency.
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theribdoctor
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it used to not be, but there are rumors that bge coal is top line of royal oak.
JDog
BoM Nov '12 & May '13
I've used Cowboy Charcoal and Royal Oak in the past... both are good. The regular Kingsford is not Charcoal, it's manufactured and as other people said has nasty stuff in it.
Concerning refueling and your coals not lighting up... here's what I do. I usually start with two chimney with coals to get it started and pour them out. Then I would put about .75 of a chimney of raw/unburned charcoals on top. With my smoker (Good One, KS) I'll get about 5 hours of smoking without refueling. Of course, I also use wood 5 to 6 chunks for smoke (at first) and is a fuel.
Concerning refueling and your coals not lighting up... here's what I do. I usually start with two chimney with coals to get it started and pour them out. Then I would put about .75 of a chimney of raw/unburned charcoals on top. With my smoker (Good One, KS) I'll get about 5 hours of smoking without refueling. Of course, I also use wood 5 to 6 chunks for smoke (at first) and is a fuel.
gibbleguts
BoM april 09
Refuel? If I load up at the beginning never had to reload. Longest cook was 30ish hours and still had close to 1/4 of what I started with.
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theribdoctor
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just picked up 17.6lbs of royal oak for 7.99, love my new membership to restaurant depot.
CigarSaint
Who Dat!
:applause::applause::applause:I get the "Cowboy Charcoal" from Lowe's.
Its about the same price as Kingsford, but less weight. But it doesn't seem to burn down completely like Kingsford does at times. I usually have some chunks left in the bottom of the grille that I sift out and reuse. I don't think there is any chemicals in it, being that its basically natural charred wood chunks.
I put them in the charcoal chimney with 2 of those white cube starters and go at it. No problems with the Cowboy Charcoal yet.
I do see on the website that it does burn hotter than conventional charcoal, so less is.can be used.
theribdoctor
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huh? 40lbs? for 16lbs?
That's where I picked up that Mequite lump. That was all they had.