there was an equivalently inexpensive and no-hassle service for charcoal. At current prices, I have to wait for holiday weekends when Home Depot puts Kingsford briquets on sale, or go to Restaurant Depot for real charcoal.

Steak is easy and yet incredibly wonderful and satisfying. If you can do it outside over real wood charcoal (not briquets), wonderful, but inside is fine. The real trick is to get some wonderful meat. Get either rib (rib-eye, rib...

well, it all depends on your chimney and what sort of charcoal you’re using. if you’re using briquets, i’d suggest having a little ash on them before you pour them onto the grill. As far as controlling...

I only use hardwood charcoal, which definitely burns hotter and faster than briquets. I rarely need more than one load from the chimney starter, but if I know that I’m doing more, I’ll either start another batch in...

I just picked up and 8.8# bag of Royal Oak for $4.99 at the Burlington Market Basket. Trader Joe’s used to sell Cowboy, which was fine in a pinch, but beware...they are selling briquets now. I was careless and learned the...

in a relatively short time. Hardwood charcoal is definitely the way to go - briquets, even the best of the lot, have fillers and chemicals that can affect the taste.

I used to get my supply of hardwood charcoal (not briquets, lump charcoal) at Russo’s. They had a variety of brands over time, always at a good price. Now they seemed to have stopped carrying any. I need another source!...

to a science. Bank the briquets to one side of the kettle so they are withing a couple of inches of the grill. I start the fuel with a brush burner hooked to a 5 gallon tank. The coals are ready to go within 5 minutes or so. Toss...

this large always in only about 4-5 hours. We set a cake pan for a drip pan under the rack to catch the drippings and the put only a small amount of charcoal on either side of the pan maybe 10 briquets on each side (you can add...

Having cooked literally thousands of steaks over the past 45 years, I like a porterhouse or ribeye as well, USDA prime, dry aged, 1 1/2 inches thick, seasoned only with kosher or sea salt, and cooked over a hot charcoal, not...

I hope by now you’ve mastered your Cobb Grill. Not much to master, actually: A fire-starter match, 10-12 briquets, and a pile of ribs, chicken, Tri-Tip, etc. 2 hours later, you’re eating great BBQ! A few tips...

I’ve always wanted to try the extruded coconut lump briquets, but the shipping costs are damn prohibitive. I wish I had tried them when they were in West Sacramento, because I could have picked some up on my way home!

I did the experiment tonight, and there was no apparent difference between tongs and a fork. I prepared a hot briquet fire in the Weber kettle. The 18.5oz boneless rib eye was divided into two 9.2oz steaks, coated lightly with...

it with a single briquet of charcoal but obviously no. I’d check some Japanese import stores. They might have electric or gas table top grills like you are looking for.

. It looked like a charcoal briquet and had the sandy texture that I would imagine crunching on a piece of charcoal would taste like. It was slightly spicy ... not a pleasant taste in itself ... nice in that drink though.