Came across an article on binchotan earlier. Too pricey to be a regular use charcoal, but I think I'd like to try it once just to see what it's all about.
Has anyone ever used it?
Is it hard to get?
Has anyone ever used it?
Is it hard to get?
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Last time I looked, prices were nuts at like $10 a pound, but this actually seems somewhat affordable.
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I have the Thann Thai style but mostly use the B&B competition char-logs. The B&B is much cheaper and for what we do, just as good. Is it the same experience? No. And if extinguished by starving the air the Thann can be used a couple times over.
I use it in my lodge camping grill. Give it a whorl, we only live once
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I've fallen into the yakatori space and they are all about this stuff. The purported high heat is what they are after,Comment
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The Thaan binchotan works well in my little yakitori hibachi, much better than briqs or lump. I'd like to try some real binchoton, but some of that stuff is like $85+ per pound. The nice thing is it burns hot and very clean, so you don't get soot on your yakitori or sate. It's not something that you'd use like char logs. I might have to check out that JD stuff, since I've been very happy with their other stuff.
And that reminds me, I need to make a tare since it's hibachi season now...Comment
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There is binchotan, and then there is stuff marketed as "binchotan style". Actual binchotan is make from a particular type of oak in Japan and is as hard as a rock and difficult to light but burn hot, lasts a very long time, and is very clean. The knock off's use other types of hardwoods. Compressed logs aren't binchotan no matter what they're labled.
I use to buy binchotan when I lived in Japan. It's not cheap but it is economical. Nothing beats the smell of sitting in a yakitori-ya enjoying the smells of all the things grilling over wood fires.Comment
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