Charcoal questions
My wife and I grill about every 4-5 days, whether we're at home or on the road. At home, we have a Char Broil infrared gas grill that does pretty well. For the road, we bought a highly rated portable...
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Thanks for the input, everybody!
Yes, we're cooking in the fire ring.
To backpedal a moment, when we got our (first) camper in October, we knew we would be grilling. Even at home, I grill every few days. We make steaks, turkey, fish, chicken, sausages...asparagus, onion, cabbage.... So we got a tabletop gas grill from Home Depot and we took it on one trip. It was ok but really, we knew how much grease and ash we were going to have, based on our home experience. And our Chinook doesn't have that much storage room for hauling it around, anyway (Once we put the dog, two computers, my camera stuff, clothes, food, yadda yadda, we're full.)
So we ended up reverting to our old friend. Like I said, we use a chimney to start the coals quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q90WH2_e-U8
Those things are awesome---no lighter fluid needed, so no lighter fluid taste. And if you could remove the grate from those "grill on a pole" things you see at campsites, that's what we'd use. But we can't easily get the coals from the chimney into the box that holds the coals. I think they're welded so that you can't walk off with them. Maybe we could use tongs to transfer them individually or something.
The other thing is, if we use the fire pit once we finish grilling the coals give us a start on a campfire. Throw on some wood, grab a glass of wine, maybe play a little guitar.
So, better charcoal and a grate to allow air to circulate underneath better.
NYCgrrl wrote:
I'm a little confused by your first question so please bear with me: Are you saying you cook in the fire pit, in the charcoal starter or use something else?
Yes, we're cooking in the fire ring.
To backpedal a moment, when we got our (first) camper in October, we knew we would be grilling. Even at home, I grill every few days. We make steaks, turkey, fish, chicken, sausages...asparagus, onion, cabbage.... So we got a tabletop gas grill from Home Depot and we took it on one trip. It was ok but really, we knew how much grease and ash we were going to have, based on our home experience. And our Chinook doesn't have that much storage room for hauling it around, anyway (Once we put the dog, two computers, my camera stuff, clothes, food, yadda yadda, we're full.)
So we ended up reverting to our old friend. Like I said, we use a chimney to start the coals quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q90WH2_e-U8
Those things are awesome---no lighter fluid needed, so no lighter fluid taste. And if you could remove the grate from those "grill on a pole" things you see at campsites, that's what we'd use. But we can't easily get the coals from the chimney into the box that holds the coals. I think they're welded so that you can't walk off with them. Maybe we could use tongs to transfer them individually or something.
The other thing is, if we use the fire pit once we finish grilling the coals give us a start on a campfire. Throw on some wood, grab a glass of wine, maybe play a little guitar.
So, better charcoal and a grate to allow air to circulate underneath better.
