Yesterday I tried an experiment on my baby Web. I was making turkey burgers for the family. (Take them babies to 163-165 NO higher, they're so juicy it's almost annoying, but delectable!)
Anyway, I lit 6 (six) K-ford blue bag coals, put them atop 6 unlit coals. The grill was up to temp (225+) w/in 20 min, and this was without waiting for the 6 lit coals to get fully grey. This was within 5 min after lighting.
Put the burgers on in 20 min, temp rose to about 285 for maybe 25 min, dropped to 239 after 40 or so, and stayed at 239 for 20min, then began dripping slowly. I got an hour and a half, more than enough time to reverse sear 4 decent sized turkey burgers...on a dozen coals.
I know, most of you are thinking "so? big deal." Well to me it is a very big deal since I use my offset firebox as a grill, and to do a round of reverse seared burgers it usually take 3/4 of a chimney (about 60-70 coals).
Savings here I come. Next on list is Weber 22.5" copper OTG. I'll now leave the Yoder to big cooks and smokes.
Anyway, I lit 6 (six) K-ford blue bag coals, put them atop 6 unlit coals. The grill was up to temp (225+) w/in 20 min, and this was without waiting for the 6 lit coals to get fully grey. This was within 5 min after lighting.
Put the burgers on in 20 min, temp rose to about 285 for maybe 25 min, dropped to 239 after 40 or so, and stayed at 239 for 20min, then began dripping slowly. I got an hour and a half, more than enough time to reverse sear 4 decent sized turkey burgers...on a dozen coals.
I know, most of you are thinking "so? big deal." Well to me it is a very big deal since I use my offset firebox as a grill, and to do a round of reverse seared burgers it usually take 3/4 of a chimney (about 60-70 coals).
Savings here I come. Next on list is Weber 22.5" copper OTG. I'll now leave the Yoder to big cooks and smokes.
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