Question about grilling w/ charcoal?!

Question about grilling w/ charcoal?

Say i'm cooking something juicy like a big steak. After the coals get hot and i throw the steak on, all the juice drips down into the charcoal and puts it out... it usually doesn't finish cooking before it cools off. Ideas?

1 day ago
Yeah thanks guys I think that's what's goin on, i'm not letting them heat up enough. I'm just so damn impatient and hungry.

Your not supposed to start when the coals get hot your supposed to put your charcoal in the pit/firebox add your lighter fluid (unless they are match light) let the fluid soak in and then light it.... you then leave for maybe 15 minutes while it gets the coal completely heated up and all the fluid has had a chance to burn off.... then you put the meat on. It doesn't matter how much fat drips down if you have enough charcoal and it was allowed to heat up properly. (you know the charcoal is ready for the meat when the little chuncks are completely white/gray If you see any black or red then they aren't heated up completely.