Best Friday Night Dinner

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Originally Posted by over the mountain

yup, boy i must spend a good hour in the back yard watching the dogs, drinking beers, putzing around before i actually start the grill. saturday we did these real nice filets we got from our butcher, grilled big cuts of olive oil & herb brushed zuccini and squash, bbq shrimp skeewers.

the problem was i was trying kingsford's new "competition briquets" which are ready to cook on faster and burn at a higher heat = coals wont last as long. i literally had to start cooking within 10 minutes of firing the grill up.

i went thru a bag of this real charcoal from france last week. burned slow, took a while to start but once it got started you could add charcoal chunks as you grilled which was nice b/c i do alot of different foods on one grilling, so each food needs different time on the grill, different hot spots if you are searing vs slow cooking/smoking it out with hickory wood chips.

man, we need a bbq thread. ive already gone thru 2 big bags in just a few weeks. i havent been able to find live lobster yet in bmore, man i want to grill some lobster tail.

Thats funny you posted this because last night I used some of those new kingfords briquest last and i hate them. They light real fast and get really hot. I cook a London Broil last night and I could not take my eyes off it because I was worried it would burn. I even had all the vents closed off at one point and still had issues. Do you use a Charcoal Chimmy? If not you need to buy one as they are great and you do not need to use any light fluid. Here is a link to what they are and you can find them at any Lowes. The bigger one on the left is more $ but it light better and will out last two or three of the ones on the left. I have both gas and charcoal grills.
The Charcoal Chimney Starter