The only Hill-To-Die-On Food Opinion I have is that grilling with anything other than charcoal or wood is a waste of everyone's time.
Sorry I don’t have 4 hours to babysit the coals to get them just right
I know you're just doing a bit, but I'll start the chimney about 30 mins before I want to cook, and other than just glancing at it to make sure it didn't tip over, no babysitting needed.
But since I'm 'cooking' during that time, I get left alone with my whisky so yeah I'll stick with charcoal... 8-)
The only Hill-To-Die-On Food Opinion I have is that grilling with anything other than charcoal or wood is a waste of everyone's time.
Sorry I don’t have 4 hours to babysit the coals to get them just right
Y'all if it takes more than about a half hour for your coals to be ready to go you're doing something super wrong.
15 minutes in the chimney (20 if it's a windy day), 10-15 minutes in the drum of the grill, and you're all set.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
edited April 2019
Then of course once the food's on the grill it'll cook in less than 30 minutes pretty much always. Start to finish grilling takes less than an hour (excluding prep and cleanup). I really don't know where the idea that this process takes longer than roasting something in the oven came from!
Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
yeah that can get a little tricky for sure, but honestly it'd probably be fairly trivial to make your own at home if one were so inclined. i bet you can special order biguns too, just because barbecue is such a big thing in some parts of the country.
I really want to make a larger smoker from a 50gal drum or old file cabinet or something. The one I have is incredible, but it's also a bit small. .... my smoked meats are much in demand after last christmas when I gave out sample packs to several people
Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
see i've always felt like the filing cabinet style smokers are such a brilliant innovation, like, obviously you can't go wrong with just a big ol' drum smoker/grill what have you, there's a reason people been using em for such a long time, but the first time i saw a converted filing cabinet i was like THIS IS WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR ALL ALONG FUCK FILES
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
charcoal chimney is the ONLY way to charcoal grill, this is known
...it's a thing to not use one? That seems like madness.
Different people do things differently and the snarky half serious elitism in these threads is tedious and off-putting
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
some people use briquettes and just put them in a big pile in the grill
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
edited April 2019
oh yeah there are other ways, i've just found that a charcoal chimney is like, by far the simplest and best way. no chemical starters involved, etc, they're great!
edit: my family always called charcoal lighter fluid or whatever you wanna call that stuff "white guy juice" and i have no idea where that term came from and now that i'm remembering that i have some questions about it's origin.
charcoal chimney is the ONLY way to charcoal grill, this is known
...it's a thing to not use one? That seems like madness.
Different people do things differently and the snarky half serious elitism in these threads is tedious and off-putting
Doug I genuinely did not know that anyone grilling wouldn't use one because I have never encountered that in my life and was always taught that it's a required piece of equipment when grilling.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
oh yeah there are other ways, i've just found that a charcoal chimney is like, by far the simplest and best way. no chemical starters involved, etc, they're great!
edit: my family always called charcoal lighter fluid or whatever you wanna call that stuff "white guy juice" and i have no idea where that term came from and now that i'm remembering that i have some questions about it's origin.
charcoal chimney is the ONLY way to charcoal grill, this is known
...it's a thing to not use one? That seems like madness.
Different people do things differently and the snarky half serious elitism in these threads is tedious and off-putting
Doug I genuinely did not know that anyone grilling wouldn't use one because I have never encountered that in my life and was always taught that it's a required piece of equipment when grilling.
I didn't think you were being actively malicious, but it's hard to read tone in text, I guess
I think I have lived a fairly privileged life and I had never heard of the charcoal chimney device until a few years ago
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Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
oh yeah there are other ways, i've just found that a charcoal chimney is like, by far the simplest and best way. no chemical starters involved, etc, they're great!
edit: my family always called charcoal lighter fluid or whatever you wanna call that stuff "white guy juice" and i have no idea where that term came from and now that i'm remembering that i have some questions about it's origin.
that's pretty disquieting!
yeah, like... i have no clue. and googling around it seems like it's for sure just either, like, my family had an inside joke or something? or maybe it was all my punk friends, barbecues tend to blend together for me... either way,
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charcoal chimney is the ONLY way to charcoal grill, this is known
...it's a thing to not use one? That seems like madness.
Different people do things differently and the snarky half serious elitism in these threads is tedious and off-putting
Doug I genuinely did not know that anyone grilling wouldn't use one because I have never encountered that in my life and was always taught that it's a required piece of equipment when grilling.
I didn't think you were being actively malicious, but it's hard to read tone in text, I guess
I think I have lived a fairly privileged life and I had never heard of the charcoal chimney device until a few years ago
Where I grew up you would get some serious side-eye and be treated as a lesser man if you broke out a charcoal chimney when grilling.
To be clear, I am not saying that is in any way a good or correct attitude. Just that in some parts of the country, in some time periods, that's seen as every bit as much of a fake grilling shortcut as propane.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
charcoal chimney is the ONLY way to charcoal grill, this is known
...it's a thing to not use one? That seems like madness.
Different people do things differently and the snarky half serious elitism in these threads is tedious and off-putting
Doug I genuinely did not know that anyone grilling wouldn't use one because I have never encountered that in my life and was always taught that it's a required piece of equipment when grilling.
I didn't think you were being actively malicious, but it's hard to read tone in text, I guess
I think I have lived a fairly privileged life and I had never heard of the charcoal chimney device until a few years ago
Where I grew up you would get some serious side-eye and be treated as a lesser man if you broke out a charcoal chimney when grilling.
To be clear, I am not saying that is in any way a good or correct attitude. Just that in some parts of the country, in some time periods, that's seen as every bit as much of a fake grilling shortcut as propane.
Making sure nobody's feelings are getting hurt when nobody has indicated that their feelings are getting hurt is maybe kind of unnecessary? I think an amount of ironic aggressive hyperbole is the norm around here, I think most of us know that.
Also lighter fluid tastes bad, use a chimney chumps.
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Pastitsio. It was tasty. Not what I expected, but good. (I expected it to be more savory)
Also very filling. I was stuffed.
I know you're just doing a bit, but I'll start the chimney about 30 mins before I want to cook, and other than just glancing at it to make sure it didn't tip over, no babysitting needed.
But since I'm 'cooking' during that time, I get left alone with my whisky so yeah I'll stick with charcoal... 8-)
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Wood or charcoal are fun too
I want to do some grilling soon
Is there anything worse then bratwurst farts
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Taste the meat not the heat
Im going to have to ask you politely but firmly to leave
I’m gonna have to politely but firmly ask you to eat my butt.
My butt does not taste as good as heat.
the flavor from hickory isn't spicy
It's not referring to spicyness
it's implying that you can taste the heat that cooked the food. It's a poetic way of saying that cooking over wood tastes better.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
the taste of cancer
Y'all if it takes more than about a half hour for your coals to be ready to go you're doing something super wrong.
15 minutes in the chimney (20 if it's a windy day), 10-15 minutes in the drum of the grill, and you're all set.
The joke is Hank is a bland dude and doesn't quite get seasoning food.
the only down side is if you have a big grill and a lot of people. Unless they make extra large chimneys. I've never seen one though.
...it's a thing to not use one? That seems like madness.
Different people do things differently and the snarky half serious elitism in these threads is tedious and off-putting
edit: my family always called charcoal lighter fluid or whatever you wanna call that stuff "white guy juice" and i have no idea where that term came from and now that i'm remembering that i have some questions about it's origin.
so they cook as a team!
Doug I genuinely did not know that anyone grilling wouldn't use one because I have never encountered that in my life and was always taught that it's a required piece of equipment when grilling.
that's pretty disquieting!
I didn't think you were being actively malicious, but it's hard to read tone in text, I guess
I think I have lived a fairly privileged life and I had never heard of the charcoal chimney device until a few years ago
yeah, like... i have no clue. and googling around it seems like it's for sure just either, like, my family had an inside joke or something? or maybe it was all my punk friends, barbecues tend to blend together for me... either way,
Where I grew up you would get some serious side-eye and be treated as a lesser man if you broke out a charcoal chimney when grilling.
To be clear, I am not saying that is in any way a good or correct attitude. Just that in some parts of the country, in some time periods, that's seen as every bit as much of a fake grilling shortcut as propane.
I do it constantly and it is a shameful practice.
Huh.
This explains a lot.
cases in point
what a bunch of assholes
At least we can all agree that Scotch whisky is the best, obviously.
They can't even spell 'whiskey' correctly.
Also lighter fluid tastes bad, use a chimney chumps.