Thread: grilling

just got a chimney starter and i have been having trouble with it.

i have tried a few things, different amounts of paper, cooking oil on the paper, different types of charcoal.... the bottom layer lights fine, but they just don't seem to light the coals above them, and i never get the roaring hot chimney effect taht i've seen other people get. i let it sit for a while and when i dump the coals, the bottom layer is all ash, the middle is ok, and the top isn't even lit.

any ideas?

Buy a gas grill.

i would but i was raised as a man!


my father is a coal purist but i can't get a hold of him.

Is this just an old fashioned charcoal grill?

yeah.

i got it to work better by putting the chimney starter up on top of the grilling surface, rather than in the bottom of the grill. it's a little windy out and i think the extra airflow helped it out, and i actually got some flames shooting out the top.

pork tenderloin

So somewhere shawshank24's dad is disappointed. When you serve your guests just say "I like turtles".

So somewhere claymore's dad is buying new kneepads and getting his tongue pierced for claude's benefit.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Buy a gas grill.

Funny how life can be so simple if you just make it that way huh?

Originally Posted by shawshank24

just got a chimney starter and i have been having trouble with it.

i have tried a few things, different amounts of paper, cooking oil on the paper, different types of charcoal.... the bottom layer lights fine, but they just don't seem to light the coals above them, and i never get the roaring hot chimney effect taht i've seen other people get. i let it sit for a while and when i dump the coals, the bottom layer is all ash, the middle is ok, and the top isn't even lit.

any ideas?

Buy one of these: You stack your charcoals around it and plug it in. Gets the coals started, when they are glowing you just pull the thing out and you're set.

They work GREAT!!!!!

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...811&lpage=none

Originally Posted by turftoad

Buy one of these: You stack your charcoals around it and plug it in. Gets the coals started, when they are glowing you just pull the thing out and you're set.

They work GREAT!!!!!

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...811&lpage=none

i've heard about these, and they sound pretty sweet.

alton brown (good eats) convinced me that chimney starters are the way to go, but i may have to pick one of those bad boys up too

Originally Posted by shawshank24

i've heard about these, and they sound pretty sweet.

alton brown (good eats) convinced me that chimney starters are the way to go, but i may have to pick one of those bad boys up too

Elton Brown has nothing on Beef when it comes to the grill.

Alton Brown?

I listen to Bobby Flay...