Prepare a Charcoal Barbecue for Grilling

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This article will give you simple steps to ensuring your charcoal grilled steaks are evenly cooked as part of the preparation process.

Steps

  1. Select the best charcoal. The quality of the charcoal does in fact affect the result of your cooked food.
    • Be aware of briquette charcoal. They are full of additives, which allows them to burn at a constant rate. These additives also transform into gas odors that can seep into the food on the grill. If you must use briquette charcoal, find something with a larger stable burn to it[1].
    • Lump charcoal is typically the favourite to use. If you're a fan of not cleaning up a large mess, this kind of charcoal leaves very little ash behind. These also have a higher fire control rate due to the degree of how responsive they are to oxygen[2]. There are no additional additives in these like briquette charcoal because they are bagged and sold "as is" at the end of the creation process[3].
  2. Create a Make a Chimney Starter (Charcoal Starter). This is the best method if you want full control of the organization of the items.
  3. Create a cylinder made of newspaper. You can do this by evenly wrapping paper around an empty bottle, then taking the bottle out. Then light the paper and put the coals around it. This will create a hot air center for the coals, so there is no need to use polluting fluids.
  4. Allow coals to burn until they are a whitened ashen grey color and appear to be evenly colored. Allowing the flames to die down will ensure that the burn-off chemicals will not impact the flavor of the food.
  5. Place steaks on the grill. Cook to desired doneness, rest for 20 minutes on a rack pan.
  6. Season and serve.

Tips

  • Rest the meat after it has been grilled. It allows the meat to release its fullest flavor.
  • Use best fire safety practices.
  • Use long matches and light coals.

Warnings

  • Ensure that you follow proper fire safety.

Things You'll Need

  • A good charcoal barbecue grill
  • Long match lighter
  • Tongs
  • Quality briquettes
  • Lighter fluid
  • Steaks

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/05/grilling-smackdown-lump-charcoal-vs-briquette.html
  2. ↑ http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/05/grilling-smackdown-lump-charcoal-vs-briquette.html
  3. ↑ http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/charcoal.html

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