Charcoal fail

Luc said:

.... A full Chimney of coal is a lot of coal. I normally use 12 briquettes for 2 steaks...

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Interesting. I can never get a hot enough fire with only a few briquettes. I never use less than a half chimney. (for burgers or chicken.) For steaks I use a LOT of charcoal to get as hot a fire as possible on the direct side.
I have the round Weber chimney:


One of these days, I need to try this method. Supposed to give seared crust like nothing else:

langod said:

Interesting. I can never get a hot enough fire with only a few briquettes. I never use less than a half chimney. (for burgers or chicken.) For steaks I use a LOT of charcoal to get as hot a fire as possible on the direct side.
I have the round Weber chimney:

One of these days, I need to try this method. Supposed to give seared crust like nothing else:

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If I do a direct cook, then yes, 12 is enough and the Weber is hot for 3 hours. I may not get a super high temperature but it's enough to cook everything fairly quickly.

When I do a long cook, The snake works best. I stack the briquettes 2 large by 2 high and I go around the weber. Which mean that I don't have a lot of briquettes burning when I smoke something. It's probably less than 12 at one given time for sure.

I've seen the method where you put a grill on top of the chimney and I also did not try it.

langod said:

Interesting. I can never get a hot enough fire with only a few briquettes. I never use less than a half chimney.

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I agree with this statement except in very hot summer months. I wonder if I am doing something wrong? I'll have to try fewer someone just to see how it works.

Will be trying steaks for the wife and I tonight, wish me luck! And thanks for all the insight

SlyMoose said:

Will be trying steaks for the wife and I tonight, wish me luck! And thanks for all the insight

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Don't forget those pictures.

...Pictures or it didn't happen.

SlyMoose said:

Will be trying steaks for the wife and I tonight, wish me luck! And thanks for all the insight

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So.... How'd it go?

DoctorShavegood said:

Don't forget those pictures.

...Pictures or it didn't happen.

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Work went late and didn't get a chance to grill. Looking forward to maybe Saturday night