/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>calling grilling barbecue
>using charcoal

>>5699873
Yep

>>5699875
I thought charcoal is supposed to be GOAT authentic grilling

>grilling barbecue calling
>charcoaling use

>>5699885
>been craving really good BBQ ribs all week
>BBQ plans for weekend cancelled
>see this picture
I envy you, man.

>>5699885
what wood do you smoke with?

>>5699898
They were good. 4+ hours in the offset smoker with soaked hickory chunks. Devoured by all who were present.

>>5699906
In this case charcoal and hickory chunks.

I just got a charcoal grill today, and I know next to nothing about cooking on it.

Anyone have general tips and tricks that they want to throw at me?

It's hands down my favorite thing to eat when done right. I know the things everyone knows about making it, but don't have much practical experience doing it.

There really isn't a great place to get bbq in my part of south west florida, so I have to put in the work if I want something other than chilis ribs. I got pulled pork at a gas station, literally a gas station, in Kentucky and it was better than anything I've had here in my 30 years in FL.

>>5699912
I'm relatively new to this barbecue stuff.
It's totally unheard of in the UK so I've had to use a lot of trail and error.
After a few years of mediocre results I installed a PID to my kettle BBQ to maintain the temperature to whatever I set it to. This has improved my barbecue immensely.
I think this is mostly because the thermometer I was using before reads 50F lower than the PID thermocouple so all my temps before were bollocks.

>>5699914
check out amazingribs.com

>>5699875
He's clearly got the thing set up for indirect heat so he's not grilling over direct heat. Look at the picture and comprehend it before making stupid remarks.

Also, charcoal is fine. Just don't use lighter fluid or gas.

Not having your own grill council with weekly meatings

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>>5700185
More after my Cs go game

>>5700181
mirin' setup

>>5700191
your beer choice makes me cry

>>5700203
Beer is gross anyways

Rib guy here. Duck legs and loin bacon.

>>5700245
After.

>>5700245
Electric?
I'm not 100% on this.

>>5700255
Bradley smoker. Electric heat for smoking wood pucks. A little different, but nice results.

>>5700191
seriously, why go to all that effort over your meat and then wash it down with such shitty adjunct beer?

makes so little sense that it sucks logic out of the universe.

>>5700226
it is when its coors light

>>5700264
Its a session beer.
Light, not strongly flavoured and low alcohol so you can drink a lot of it.

>>5700279
Queers light.

>>5700280
It's coors light. that's not a session beer, it's rice and corn water.

if you can't session with a 6%+ ale you shouldn't bother pretending to be a bbqer

>>5700295
Dude, if I drank 15+ 6% beers I'd black out too early in the day.

>>5700203
It's a group decision unfortunately

>>5700308
you're a milquetoast, grow some balls

>>5700335

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>>5700336
>milquetoast
lol wot?
I'm not gonna give into your peer pressure through the internet.

>>5700340

>>5700346
drink more heavily or I will scoff at you again

why do americans drink light beer so much, can't handle they're alcohol?

>>5700184
i see you cool whip

>>5700365
they're worried about calories while they eat 10 hamburgers

>>5700380
>Implying beer fits my macros

>>5700365

Southroners like bland beer with spicy food. New Englanders drink more full-bodied beer while they munch sea insects. And besides, craft beer is getting so big these days we'll all be drinking Fullsteam Basil and Old Chub before the decade is over.

>>5700348

>fosters

lel can't even buy that swill in australia

>>5700365
its all we used to have until 20 or so years ago because prohibition ruined our beer progress. its cheaper than good beer and its what anyone aged 35+ grew up with, when you do something long enough you get set in your ways even if they suck.

also consider a lot of USA has a hotter climate than Europe and those ice cold lagers go down like water. I would like to see more craft brewers focus on quaffable session beers and lagers, a lot are finally catching on. I would also like craft brewers to start making quality malt liquors.

>>5700486
I've seen some decent session pale ales and lagers in the middle of the country. Brewers are realizing that they don't have to churn out barley wines all the time just to keep the fringe drinkers happy.

>>5700508
exactly. here in Houston our local brewers are realizing that we want something refreshing but also high quality to drink in the heat. Saint Arnold released an amazing Berliner-Weisse with a low alcohol content, its around 3.5% and its the best august outdoor heat drink I've ever had.

I think brewers went overboard with insane double IPA's and Imperial stouts because most people associated lagers and lighter beers with the pleb big name breweries. Craft brewers wanted to do something completely opposite so they went balls to the wall with wild shit and neglected the session lager and regular pale ale.

i'm seeing the trends turn though. sometimes you just wanna slam an ice cold sixer of pale ale or pilsner.

RIBS ARE LOVE
RIBS ARE LIFE

>>5700542
ribs are overrated. They're kind of like the lobster of grilling, where it's just a vehicle for the sauce, or in lobster's case, butter.

>>5700591
shut the fuck up

>>5700591
I genuinely hope your entire family dies in front of you and then you get enslaved in a rape dungeon.

>>5699921

Gas station BBQ is best BBQ. Mo' Betta.

>>5700336
>>5700336
?
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>>5700591

>barbeque
>sauce

You know what to do, faggot.

>>5700817
>>5700346
>dese niggas don't know english

>>5700649
I thought that sounded a bit harsh, till I read the post you quoted and now I totally agree with you mang

>>5699921
>>5700811
the best BBQ sandwich I ever had was at a gas station in rural Texas. Slow beef, hot sauce and pickles on a roll.

I have a Kamado Joe and I made a Brisket for the first time EVER today. I didnt take any pictures, but I need to do some work on it. It was Done all the way through, no Pink at all, and the skin wasn't black and charred goodness all around.

Any tips from you guys?

>>5700976

your temp was probably too high. i think 225 is the general consensus

>>5700181

what is that tube touching the grill plates?

>>5701110
A dryer tube to vent smoke

>>5701125

How do you apply it to the grate, or does it just freely rest?

>>5701125

why is the dryer tube necessary

>>5701189
you stuff a tube with dryer sheets so your mom won't smell you smoking weed in the house

>>5701213
kek

for any young anons who do this or will try it, it doesn't work at all. your house will smell like weed and febreeze, but mostly weed. don't smoke weed in the house until you own the house. you disrespectful ass you.

>>5700264

What's it like being such a faggot

this sucks. my cousin just opened up his own bbq place like 3 weeks back, and now he's in jail for a hit and run. fuck, those ribs were good though.

>>5701189
Its not necessary.
Its there to improve the air flow characteristics of the smoker.

Having the chimney vent opening at grill level draws the hot and smoke filled air across the food.
If the chimney vent opening was at the top of the smoker all the heat and smoke would rise to the top by-passing the meat.

>>5699886
No youre supposed to burn wood down to coals

>>5701450
Did he straight-up tell you he really wants to love you forever?

>>5701234
It actually does work really well though I use a SmokeBuddy now. I also own my own home

>>5701458
oh oh oh

>>5701458
i don't get it

>>5701504
Thats because you are a child

>>5701504
they are talking about the first music video that gave me an erection

>>5701523
are you a furfag?

>>5701526
not even slightly

>>5701530
I only ask b/c Paula Abdul is basically fucking a cat in that vid

>>5701455

nifty idea there, thanks

>>5701534
I honestly don't remember the video other than being confused that my dick got hard. Maybe I am a very repressed furfag.

>>5701523
>Saying this and not posting a link
Its almost like you're some kind of an asshole

>>5701542
>not having seen it or atleast knowing what it is.

>>5701542
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PN78PS_QsM

>>5701583
what are you? 17?

>>5701583
I don't like you.

>>5701588
no one does

>>5701583
kill yourself

>>5701542
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdnsZAKDMc

I had never seen the video before because I didn't have MTV as a kid.

>>5701457
Natural charcoal is wood burned down to coals

>>5699873
what do you guys prefer to cook with?
Lumpwood or briquettes?

>>5702052
I always use lump.

>>5701044
This is incorrect. It is entirely acceptable to cook brisket at 325F.

What matters is getting the proper texture, the brisket should give like warm butter when probed. Cooking at 225F just takes longer, it imparts no advantage.

>>5701253
>defending shitty corporate beer

>>5702052
if you use briquettes you probably drink coors light while cooking too

>>5702345
Me and my friends use lump sometimes. But that shit burns way hotter then briquettes. Takes the shit forever to get going in a coal starter too.

>>5702052
Briquettes are so consistent you can set your watch by them.
But they produce huge amounts of ash which will choke out your fire so if you're doing a long smoke you will probably need to clean out the ash and reset the fire. They also use binders but I don't feel this imparts any bad flavours to the food.

Lumpwood is inconsistent in size, shape and burn rate, but it burns cleaner and produces less ash. Getting hold of good stuff is difficult, if its old or has been badly handled it can be all broken up into small bits and have lots of dust in the bag. Both of which are bad news when building a fire as it causes it to choke out.

I have used both with great results.
I tend to use briquettes because they are so consistent, but if I see good lumpwood I'll get it.

>>5699951
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for

>>5699914
check out BBQ Brethren
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/index.php

>>5700338
How much do those smokers usually go for?