Buying A BBQ
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- mrdobolina0
the beauty of the above chimney starter is:
a. you never have to taste charcoal starter on your food, I don't care what anyone says, that taste does not burn off.
b. you don't have to buy the starter fluid anymore. all you need is some newspaper.
- Since the interweb, who reads a printed newspaper anymore?boobs
- brains0
Thanks dobs. I have a friend who owns a BBQ joint, and for his home setup he swears by charcoal and a chimney starter. He's actually going to give me the run through when I get set up.
- I recommend you start with charcoal, they are cheap enough that if you decide...mrdobolina
- you'd like the ease of propane, you can always upgrade. shit I have both and a smoker.mrdobolina
- joseprieto0
whatever you get get weber...
- Complexfruit0
- How'd you get pictures of hedge's house!?brains
- He sometimes lets poor people like me be the server at these get togethers.Complexfruit
- Plus I think these people are too New Money for hedgie.Complexfruit
- johndiggity0
big green egg!
- lvl_130
yum.
i love charcoal, but for ease of use and time, i would just go with propane.
- Llyod0
propane> pro: cleaner con: lack of smokey goodness, have to buy explosive cannisters
charcoal> pro: flavor, better char con: messy, pretty much poisoning yourself with starting fluid- I thought there were ways to use smaller amounts of starting fluid..brains
- not so. i have a charcoal grill with a built in torch for starting. Real charcoal. not brickettsdanthon
- nah you need it to explodeLlyod
- hahabrains
- get a chimney starter for real.mrdobolina
- chimney starter.... also if you buy wooden shims from a hardware store (home depot etc etc etc)...inhaler97
- and start the charcoal with a small stack of those, you don't need fluid.inhaler97
- hektor9110
Oh no donĀ“t do propane is just like cooking indoors.
Use mesquite wood they should sell at a grecery store.
You will notice the difference.
- brains0
Also, we have to be smoke concious.. Is there a huge difference?
- designbot0
I would go with a charcoal grill and use natural lump charcoal. It tastes much better than regular charcoal, and way better then gas.
- sureshot0
- I wish I had that much space.brains
- like a pro....nice.designbot
- PS. I was also expecting your.. "here, have a sausage." photo.brains
- thats how one has a sausage.ninjasavant
- danthon0
Charcoal can be a fire hazard on a patio, unless you have a yard and you can keep it a distance from the house. I have a cheap gas grill for quick grilling and a charcoal BBQ for when I really want to do a good slow cook. I use the grill 95% of the time these days. Make sure you get a good cast iron grill top. I found one made by lodge that fits on top of the cheap grill and it makes a big difference.
- Hm, I'm dealing with quite a small space. Maybe charcoal is a bad idea.brains
- madirish0
always an interesting discussion/debate.
i *love* charcoal grilling, but it is a daily usability issue, no doubt. chimney starters are awesome like dobs said, they also require a long burn time to extinguish once done, but that is not always an issue. to compliment that, i have found that the "Dried, Untreated Hardwood" from Whole Foods/Wild Oats/wherever works *awesome*- no chimney even needed. fortified w/ a couple of charcoal briquettes and the flame is variable and quick to light.
gas is great though, no doubt. essentially variable to no end and with a quick start/stop of the temp. it makes daily grilling really manageable, but flavor is lost no question. there are tricks to bring this back in to the equation, but in the end it is not the intent of it and really should not be compared, just different.
i would say go and get a nice, small (better efficiency overall) gas grill and call it good. yard sales are a great place to find used charcoal grills for pennies and most of the stuff that will break, already has on them, making replacing parts easy and inexpensive. also, they are usually well-seasoned which is nice.