Cooking over chunks of hickory (or whatever)

[bradjo222]

This may have been ask before, but does anyone fill their chimney starter with hickory chunks, instead of charcoal, light them, and let the chunks burn down & cook over them similar to the way you would cook over charcoal? Or any any other wood chunks such as mesquite, apple etc.?

[Mojo0209]

Trying some hot and fast ribs as we speak . My Hickory and some white oak. We’ll see what happens

[theroc]

Yes. I regularly start wood chunks in my chimney starter when firing up my Buckaroo chunk wood grill. Works great. I prefer to have a bit of a live fire, though, so once the initial chunks are started I'll dump them out into the grill and then add more chunks that will burn actively through the cook.

[Red Man]

I like to burn chunks in my performer for hot and fast cooks sometimes.

[bradjo222]

Thank you. I think I could have stated more clearly that I was thinking about grilling steak, hamburgers etc. over wood chunks, instead of charcoal, as opposed to a hot & fast bbq.

[Steve R.]

Yes, chunks would work fine for grilling.

[Bruceski44]

When first starting the chimney, the wood chunks will smoke A LOT until the fire gets hot enough to consume the smoke. It works great, but will initially smoke you, your neighbors, and their dog out. I started my chimney over a deep fryer burner just to get past that magic point quickly.

[Mojo0209]

My new favorite set up! We’ll see how long it lasts. But has been a fun new way of grilling and fire management.

[Chiller Phil]

I do not use a chimney starter, as my KBQ C-60 comes with a "Sear Grid of 1/4 in. 304SS rod" for the top of the Firebox.
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