TxQGuy
Full Fledged Farker
Hey y'all. I figured I would ask about a situation that happens far too often around my place. Maybe you can tell me what you do.
I'm doing a nice indirect grill session, maybe a rack of ribs or a whole chicken. Something that takes 1-2 hours. Well, the cook is coming along nicely, the food is almost done...then--One of my extended family shows up with a couple of big ol' ribeyes. "We found these on sale and wanted to bring them by. Can you throw these on the grill too?"
So yeah, there is enough heat in those coals to cook on. It's probably "medium" to "medium hot" still at this point...but I need some super hot rip-roaring flames to sear those steaks. I need open flame, not a slowly-dwindling coal bed.
I'll usually throw a handful of chips on the coals, and once they catch a few big chunks of wood. It creates some brief open flames to cook above, but it's not super blazing hot. I will admit that this method is neither carefully thought out nor carefully researched. Which is why I defer to you, dear Brethren.
My question is this. How should I quickly and efficiently "restart" the fire?
P.S. No clever Billy Joel references :laugh::laugh::laugh:
I'm doing a nice indirect grill session, maybe a rack of ribs or a whole chicken. Something that takes 1-2 hours. Well, the cook is coming along nicely, the food is almost done...then--One of my extended family shows up with a couple of big ol' ribeyes. "We found these on sale and wanted to bring them by. Can you throw these on the grill too?"
So yeah, there is enough heat in those coals to cook on. It's probably "medium" to "medium hot" still at this point...but I need some super hot rip-roaring flames to sear those steaks. I need open flame, not a slowly-dwindling coal bed.
I'll usually throw a handful of chips on the coals, and once they catch a few big chunks of wood. It creates some brief open flames to cook above, but it's not super blazing hot. I will admit that this method is neither carefully thought out nor carefully researched. Which is why I defer to you, dear Brethren.
My question is this. How should I quickly and efficiently "restart" the fire?
P.S. No clever Billy Joel references :laugh::laugh::laugh:
