Grilling with Hardwood Charcoal 101

How to light and use hardwood charcoal. Includes cooking Salmon and also Vegetable shish kebobs.
There are many ways to cook with hardwood charcoal...this is just one way....since we made this video I got the Weber chimney, which is well worth the price as it is better built and holds enough charcoal for a grill-full of food...I rarely "quench" the coals now as I burn just enough to cook the food, so there is very little left over. I'm really not on the Weber payroll..I just enjoy their products.
Happy Grilling!

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Howto & Style

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• grilling
• hardwood charcoal
• salmon
• shish kebob
• grilled salmon
• florida cooking
• lakeland florida
• bedgood
• grilling salmon
• royal oak
• charcoal

[tbedgood]

Thanks sugarbear520! Happy grilling!

[hitachi088]

Royal Oak is the BOMB! i love that stuff. one question : is that an home made chimney?

[tbedgood]

@hitachi088

Thanks, for the posting! I haven't actually used Royal Oak in a while, now that there a lot more choices, but maybe I'll try it again....the Cowboy brand, I've been using lately has been including pretty large chunks.

I wish I had made that chimney! It's a Weber and it's great! It's large enough and it's well made, ie: it's already a couple of years old and still works well. It costs a little more than the cheapo ones but has lasted longer than my last two chimneys combined.

[tbedgood]

That's great ladyofproverbs31! Happy Grilling!

[tbedgood]

MyHalo: Many ways to skin a cat....my bottom vents are shot, so I have to quench the coals, if I want to save them. Drying out has not been an issue, for me....after a week, they burn ok....if not, no problem, they can burn the next time. It is a little messy but with the setup I have now I just hose the "mess" off....Good points and thanks for posting....we all have our setups and hopefully our sharing ideas ends up in better grilling for all!

[tbedgood]

super: Good question about thermal shock...I've had my present Weber for about 5 years now and did replace the grill surface about a year ago, but hard to say how much wear is from thermal shock or just the intense heat from the hardwood charcoal itself. Actually, I'm looking into getting a more robust grill surface, either heavy aluminum or possibly out of steel angle iron.

[tbedgood]

@niksinthe916 No, I don't think they are overrated....I think they are well engineered, and they constantly make small improvements....I just bought a new grill grate and it's noticeably heftier than the original...it's funny, a neighbor bragged about how they "upgraded" from their Weber, to a gas grill....I didn't have the heart to tell her I thought that was a downgrade!!

[niksinthe916]

@tbedgood I don't see how weber grills are overrated. There pretty inexpensive compared to others. They use the same method thats been used for hundreds of years and thats charcoal grilling. I have 2 grills a small weber and a larger one. Use the small one for just simple steaks and camping, bigger one for bigger things. If you need a prep area they sell webers that are conjoined with a table. works fine for me.

[sugerbear520]

cool

[01liquidfires]

6.50 at wally world

[hippojuice23]

IT'S DONE!

[arnoldcustom]

have not seen here in Ont. Canada for a long time now any hardwood charcoal

[gghostrrider]

Have you tried cooking directly on the coals? As I understand this is another benefit of lump.

[Mepoli]

and i just close up the grill vents when i'm done. goes out every time :)

[Mepoli]

when i switched to hardwood chunk wood my hubby quit getting grill related heartburn!!! I LOVE the stuff. and yep, i will reuse what didn't burn. this stuff ROCKS. Growing up in Cali, i learned to use the chimney starter when i was still young. This is a great tutorial for my friends i'm trying to convert!! THANKS! (mepoli's Mom)

[349duffman]

awesome stuff. use it for blacksmithing and sometimes ill cook up a hot dog while im heating the metal :P