Check out the cool new charcoal I just ordered. The seller says it's Korean style charcoal. I got some because it looks cool, and also it's a lot cheaper by weight than briquets. Some of the briquets I've gotten have burned really fast, so at 5.5 lbs for $5.25 we'll see how this stuff works out. It's my first charcoal cookout of the year tomorrow and I spent today running around frantically trying to find fuel. Seems the stores don't think it's summer yet and aren't stocking it.
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Wow, cool. That's one heck of a saw blade for small sticks, yowzers.
Out of pure ignorance and being too lazy to Google it, what is the climate in China? Similar to USA?
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Haha, yeah, sure. Which thread exactly? I kind of get lost sometimes, this forum has a lot of sub forums and sub sub forums. I cooked chicken today with the charcoal briquets I found at a local store, and they burned too hot and too fast. After 20-25 minutes it was pretty much all over except the slow burnout. I had to finish the chicken in the oven. But it still came out well, for the first try of the year anyway. Hopefully this new charcoal burns slower so I can do some real cooking soon.
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The seller sent a few more pics when confirming my order. The first photo is giving advice on how to start the charcoal, [1] with alcohol disc starters (crap in my experience, especially placed on top of the charcoal like this), [2] place on the gas stove directly on the burner is also OK (LOL!) [3] Outdoors you can pick up some small wooden sticks, arrange into a well form, put the charcoal on top of the wood (double LOL) [4] the magic weapon, a gas charcoal lighter. The black text just gives advice that the fire needs 10-20 minutes to get ready, coals are grey, etc. I sure hope this stuff works well. That charcoal I used yesterday burned hot and fast, which I suppose is what you want when you're doing Chinese shaokao BBQ, but didn't work too well on my chicken. Kingsford Blue it ain't.
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Just wondering how did you build your fire for the chicken that got too hot. Minion method, Soo donut, Fuse etc?
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Lost in China, have you had a chance to do a cook with the new coal? Let us know how you like it. That looks like good Kamado lump.
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Ha ha, no, still not! It's sitting in the pile with all the other charcoal outside my door. It's been lousy weather here lately, rainy and not really suitable for a cookout. I was planning on cooking out today, and blammo, more rain last night so I had to cancel it. Turns out it didn't rain today, but how was I supposed to know that? The weather forecasts around here are a joke. I don't give a crap if it rains or not, I'll barbecue in the rain...but my guests will chicken out and not come if it even looks like it might drizzle.
The one time I did cook out recently (lamb from a halal butcher, maybe I'll post that story up soon), a light rain started halfway through and it was lucky we had a roofed alcove to shelter the grill. Gak.Last edited by Lost in China; May 17, 2015, 02:37 AM.
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