Charcoal is not wood
Isn't it? What's it made out of now; badgers?
It's made out of wood, but it's not wood.
In the same way that bread is not flour, or an Intel i7 is not a large crystal of pure silicon.
this is a troll post relating to the Turkey uprising and lack of media coverage isn't it?
and BBQ's are for fags, real men smoke!
Also GT85 makes an excellent substitute for lighter fluid
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ONLY way to light a barbecue is naturally. If you have to resort to any lighting bricks or fluids you've failed.
Wikipedia disagrees:
Quoting Wikipedia is akin to saying "My mate Dave says...". It's a US centric site (and as we all hopefully know they have both their own language and there own measurement system far removed from those used worldwide), they can't even spell 'paedia' correctly!
For lighting you need this:
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Quicker, easier and cheaper than fluid or firelighters.
Also GT85 makes an excellent substitute for lighter fluid
This is interesting.
I stared at my can for a while on the weekend, wondering about its use in this application. Decided against in the end.
An engineer at work came in with his arm all bandaged up and his skin falling off about this time last year after experimenting with a clever way of getting petrol onto his bonfire; it's made me very cautious.
molgrips, do you need a weber barby for them, or can you use them on any old contraption?
For lighting you need this:Quicker, easier and cheaper than fluid or firelighters.
Just ordered one today. I assumed you put firelighters in the bottom???
molgrips, do you need a weber barby for them, or can you use them on any old contraption?
It's just for starting the charcoal off so no need for a weber.
I have a picture in my mind of the OP sat in front of his computer muttering under his breath and tapping on his keyboard listening to the voices of people having a nice time through the open window.
Can use on any charcoal/brick BBQ.
Turn it upside down, put 3 sheets of loosely scrumpled newspaper in teh bottom.
Turn over, fill with coals.
Stand in the BBQ (Cooking grate removed).
Light.
Come back when flames have stopped...
Like coffee, you can get 'really into' BBQs! There's a school of thought that says using lighter fluids/blocks taints the charcoal, making food taste off.
There's also a school that says if you are going to 'top up' to coals during cooking, they should be lit first, to burn off surface ash...
DrP
EDIT - obviously, you stand the chimney in the BBQ. You stay well out of the cooking area....
i love Barbecues and i'm a Hypocritical (fish eating) vegetarian.
I do dislike social barbecues where some sod turns up with frozen cheapo burgers but eats all the veggie skewers that i made fresh then burps appologises and suggests i eat the stuff he brought whilst saying mine made a tasty change to the stuff you usually get at these do's.
I want one of those but can never find them as I don't know what its called...
molgrips you are 100% correct.
Those chimney lighter things are brilliant. As you say, no chemicals and even better is that you can just light it and leave it. 20 mins later you're ready to go - no faffing or fanning or constantly rearranging a pyramid of crumbling charcoal. Makes it as simple as a gas BBQ with the advantages of a charcoal one.
As to the OP.... Ok, I'll bite.
I guess it depends how you view food and cooking.
On the cooking side. I see it as a social activity to be shared with friends, have people involved, bring their own food, chopping salad, getting on the grill themselves. Actually having people engage with the cooking of food and see that as part of the joy of it all, rather than seeing it as a chore and hidden away. In the summer it's warm outside, that's where the people are going to be, and so that's where the cooking happens.
On the food side. A steak tastes better done on a charcoal grill than the one on a cooker. That's it.
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I want one of those but can never find them as I don't know what its called...
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As above - the chimnies are generic.
Go spend some time in a sunny country. South Africa, Australia, Argentine, etc. Then you'll get it.
I feel pity for the OP, he clearly needs A) some good mates to cook with B) to eat well cooked food having been cooked either direct or indirect by someone with an ounce of ability.
BBQing is something I love and the food it creates is lovely too, seems a shame to hate something that is fun and creates tasty food.
That chimney thing looks good, but I've realised it would take away a big part of the fun of a barbecue for me: carefully stacking all the briquettes up into a tower for lighting, before spreading out for cooking at the right time.
We bbq'd rainbow trout yesterday evening.
Might do venison burgers tonight.
BBQs = a simple celebration of summer, and life in general. I feel a bit sorry for the OP. 🙁
