Bamabuzzard
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- May 9, 2007
- Location
- Shrevepo...
Shoot I just boil mines. Fall off the ball good evah time!!!! :becky:
It's also kind of a pain when using it for long cooks as in order to avoid that smell you have to prelight a chimney full every time you add more coal to the cooker.
I will agree that it is the cook and not the charcoal.
My friend brought over some match light to my house. I looked at him and told him to get rid of it. Well needless to say after drinking all night long he left it at my house.
I'm not one to throw something away, so I decided to use it to cook up some burgers and hot dogs. I just made sure that I didn't add anything to my kettle until the chemicals had burned off completely. The burgers and dogs turned out great. The coals though didn't have much life after allowing the chemicals to burn off. Maybe 1-1.5hrs tops.
Cooks need to learn how to overcome problems that might occur in their cooks. Knowing work arounds will help save you trips to the store as well as save meals that aren't going perfectly. I like to think of myself as a McGuyver cook. I look what I have in my pantry/fridge/freezer and then make a meal with what I have. Very few of my meals are completely planned out before I go to the store.
You mean you don't like cedar,alder & fir, + whatever they glue it togather with?So long as it isn't that stinky KBB for the source I agree. That stuff give me indigestion.
:doh: It seems like this thread is having the opposite effect. My premise is that it has been demonstrated that a good cook can get good results with kbb. My humble opinion is that blaming the charcoal for bad results is like blaming the type of cooker. It is the cook, not the charcoal. The type of charcoal is probably one of those last 5% things.
I can accept all the personal preferences for using lump. Ash, heat, belief of taste are all good, acceptable reasons to use lump. You like lump, I got no issues with you. I use both myself.
But, those that blame a drum or such not working correctly on not using lump, well, I think you got a few screws loose.
Where are all those kbb defenders we normally see pop-up?
Since we're discussing charcoal I thought I'd share my experiences with Kroger Brand Lump- Used several bags now and it's very good stuff, size and wood quality is good, burns great and reasonably priced.
Just thought I'd share cuz if you shop for your meat there you don't have to make a separate trip to get coal.
wsm has a water bowl which will catch the fat, which means no fat dripping on coals. i think we are onto something here. fat drippings and kbb dont mix.