Also on Union Ave. in Framingham across from the police station. They fire the grill with real charcoal. No gas or briquettes here. Don’t miss the chicken hearts. Paul

it myself. Back to the OPs request, I assume they’re asking for advice on briquettes. I’ve moved on from Kingsford and am now using Ralph’s/Kroger’s store brand charcoal briquettes for low-and-slow in the...

I don’t know anything about health benefits from lump instead of briquette charcol, but I recently made the switch to lump because the food tastes better. Lump gives the food a more pronounced smoke flavor. I got my lump at...

After happy years on a hibachi, I decided I needed something bigger so bought a Weber one touch gold (18 1/2 inches across). I have two problems. One is that it needs a huge amount of briquettes and the other is that the height...

I am now the proud owner of a new-to-me Kamado ceramic smoker BBQ. I understand these (and Big Green Eggs) work best with real charcoal, not briquettes. So, never having used the real stuff, I don’t know where to get it. I...

I’ve got grill recipes that call for one to use real charcoal chunks-not briquettes. Where do you find these? (And, out of curiosity, why should they be so hard to find?) Keep in mind this is not chunks of dried hardwood...

Don’t specifically know what’s available in your area, but I will say that Kingsford continues to be a good solid traditional briquette. People have complained over the years about quality, amount of ash, etc., but it...

charcoal briquettes. Weber has put together a very good instruction booklet, study it. Some tips I remember, hole pattern has to face a specific direction in regards to the wind, slowly lift the lid or you will create an ash...

of the chicken. Set the chicken aside. Put about four cups of hickory chips in a bucket or bowl and cover with cold water. Prepare the fire in the Weber kettle, two banks of charcol briquettes lined up on opposite sides of a drip...

, and sliced garlic in the cavity of the turkey. Rub pressed garlic all over the outside skin of the turkey. Place the turkey into a 15" deep Dutch oven. Pour 1 cup of warm water into the bottom of the Dutch oven. Cover and cook...

I have my grandmothers Kamado from Japan (no tiles on mine either – it’s exactly as you describe it) that must be close to 50 years old and I use it all the time. We use briquettes in it all the time as they tend to...

Not the original poster, by my guess, hardwood charcoal burns a LOT hotter than kingsford type briquettes

thread), I know I need some refining of technique as relates to cooking time, and temps. A search of other sites shows numerous discussions of smoking using briquettes, due to longer burn and lower temps. When I get to smoking in...

Unusual defect... it’s a great product. Agree with gargantua about lump for direct high temp (steaks) and kingsford briquettes for indirect BBQ. You can do smoking with small fires on the sides (charcoal baskets are great),...

Use lump charcoal instead of briquettes. Add a handful of wood chips or a chunk or two of smoking wood. Apple and pecan are great with poultry, and hickory goes with pretty much anything. Try spatchcocking the chicken (cut out the...