Charcoal Grill: Indirect Heat

Grilling something on your charcoal grill that requires more than 20 minutes of grilling time? You’ll need to set up your grill for indirect heat so the meat won’t burn before it’s done.

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[kilkennyfishblue]

hahaha thats what i was thinking

[onyxone144]

No water in the pan, fail. 1 1/2 hr ribs, fail. Not water, or oil wiping the grill, fail. They should take this vid. off and stop embarassing themselves.

[BranberryMuffin]

nice.. I'd put some whiskey in the pan and make a good pepper/salt/paprika rub and cook them for 3 hours low and slow. But then again I usually buy way bigger ribs

[generfeld]

@thatsmypeanuts interesting- thanks

[poida84]

@thatsmypeanuts thanks mate been using it while now 10months of exp now LOL

[slapoutz]

@thatsmypeanuts ya that is true. never used indirect heat yet, mainly steaks burgers hotdogs and sausages, oh and deer! but ya i get your point on that.

[thatsmypeanuts]

@generfeld You don't barbecue with moist heat though. That's braising. If you go low and slow, and have nice fatty meat, you don't need any water for it to stay moist. Also, wrap your grilled meat in foil, then a paper bag, for 20 minutes after it comes off the grill. That way the meat steams itself without added water and gets moist without being wet.

[thatsmypeanuts]

@poida84 Use an oven thermometer! Put it right on the grill grate.

[thatsmypeanuts]

@slapoutz I think she's suggesting that you need to replace the coals because you don't put that many in to start with. If your grill is hot 5 hours later, that means you used WAY more coals then she did initially. Which isn't a bad thing but the idea behind indirect heating is keeping the heat source very tame.

[thatsmypeanuts]

@onyxone144 Why would you need to wipe oil on the grill when the ribs are suspended in a vertical rack on top of the grill? And why would you use water, are you trying to braise them? Do you think people put big pans of water in commercial smoking pits to make ribs at competitions? Demonstrate your credentials before attacking her, she's shown you hers.

[pooey7399]

@thatsmypeanuts better looking too

[onyxone144]

@NoUsernameAvailable You're funny