Why does my charcoal grill fire keep going out halfway through cooking?!
Why does my charcoal grill fire keep going out halfway through cooking?
ok,Ive used pred-soaked.soaked it myself,used various brands.always & i mean always,it goews out & the heat is GONE halfway through cooking.Ive made a pyramid,layed them flat.doubl soaked them,everything..whats wrong??????
Answers:
You're not giving it enough air. Grills have vents. Use them. Open them up when you notice the smoke thinning. Then the fire won't go out!
Soaked them with what? And are you opening the top and bottom vents on the grill? You need air to get in to keep the coals going. Opening them all the way will give you a hot fire. Just cracked will give less heat, but allows the coals to get enough air to keep going.
Well with charcoal grills, the fire usually does go out, however, the heat still stays because the charcoals stay hot and burn. If they are going out, maybe it's the ventilation. You need to let air run through the charcoals at all times.
Maybe you take to long to cook?
itll go out but the charcoal will stay hot for hours, you just leave it on and forget about it, its not good to be soaking it with that liquid its only to start the fire, i think its pretty tozic
I love to Bar-B-Que,and I can do one up better than any Man I know! The secret is to soak the coals for about 15 minutes with the lid down to give them enough time to absorb the lighter fluid.You're right about doing the pyramid thing though.Give it another good blast of fluid,light it up,leave the lid open and in about a 1/2 hour,spread the coals and it's ready to go.Also,I have found that about 10 minutes after putting the meat on it's a good idea to stick a screwer in between the slots on the grill and jab each coal,they sometimes develope a seal on them that somehow makes the heat go down.By loosening them up it breaks this heat seal and sends the heat up.Good luck and what time should I be over?! Oh yes, I forgot, elevate your coals in some kind of tray that has holes punched in the bottom,that way the coals aren't sitting on the floor of the Bar-B-Que. This allows air to go under the tray and feed the fire.I use 4 empty tomato sauce cans to do this,I just use them over and over again,but you could use 4 of anything as long as it's fire proof and all the same height.
What are you soaking them with, water?
What kind of grill are you using?
If it's the standard round flat kind, you need a bed of sand.
That keeps the coals up near the grill, & soaks up grease.
The pyramid is used to light the briquets or charcoal.
Don't spread them out until they have grey ash on them.
Keep them touching one another when you do lay out.
Be sure they are getting enough air when you're cooking.