Thread: It's Time to Light the Grill!

Awesome Weber!!!

I love to grill!!! Charcoal for me too or wood. We grill at least 3-5 times a week in the summer. So much fun with hickory and mesquite and apple chunks for flavor.........I'm makin' myself hungry here......... Have we talked about marinades yet?????????????

Here is my grill:

Smoke'N Pit Pitmaster Deluxe Charcoal/Wood Smoker

Had the damn thing for 10 years.......maybe a new one in a year or two......I'd get the same grill. I love it.

Lynn

Mainly lump charcoal at our house, although the gasser does get used from time to time. This is what I use. I like marinades and brines, but have been paying more attention to dry rubs, lately. They are easy to make and there are lots of great ones available commercially. Take a look at Dizzy Pig rubs http://www.dizzypigbbq.com Definite +1 on the hardwood chunks.....no substitute for the smoke.

Yeah Lynn, I have two of those smokers same as yours plus one little R2D2 lookin' guy(which is the best way I found to smoke a yardbird). My yard now looks like a used grill lot.

I was talking to Paul McIlhenny (the Tabasco sauce boss) on the phone one day. He asked me, "What's your favorite Tabasco Sauce recipe?"

"I like to smoke a brisket slathered in the stuff."

"What kind of smoker do you have?"

"I've been using Brinkmann's smokers forever."

Paul then says, "Oh I went to school with Charlie Brinkmann. We get together for parties now and then."

I think about that alot. How does one get invited to a party with the McIlhennys and the Brinkmanns? Oh my god!!! How can it get any better?

One more thing, for a bunch of reviews of different brands of lump (never briquets...sorry) wander over to Naked Whiz Kamado Style Cookers and Lump Charcoal lots of great recipes too.

I'm a bit lazywhen it comes to grilling, so I just use a Weber propane. BBQ however i'm willing to spend a little on however. Moved form Georgia to Iowa, so don't get to BBQ year round, but makes it that much more special in the warmer months. My rig below.

Nice Post Ice! This really gets me going because I used to compete in BBQ competitions in the west, and it was a blast! We did ok and won a little cash, but really it was all for the fun of it. The four categories were chicken, beef brisket, pork shoulder and pork ribs. It's all about cooking low and slow!

In my opinion, there is nothing that can beat a properly BBQ'd brisket... so rich and tender... .

Gas is for sissies, charcoal is good... lump charcoal is really good, but wood is my favorite. A nice seasoned hickory, maybe some applewood or pecan, or mesquite if that's your thing.

The coolest thing about competitions was that everyone wasn't worried about hiding all of their secrets... if you asked them they'd share whatever tricks they had (kind of like SRP). Before I get too carried away I'll just say that we got pretty familiar with all kinds of BBQ setups: traegers (kind of cheating) brinkmanns, offset smokers, webber bullets (thats what we called them anyway, they are really called smokey mountain cookers or something like that), green eggs, and huge custom trailer smokers.

I personally wasn't a fan of the green eggs, but they do a pretty good job. On a budget it's really hard to beat a webber though, tons of BBQ teams use those webber "bullets" exclusively...they set up about six of them and go to work.

Man, I can ramble about this for a while, so I'll just end it by saying that nothing beats a good BBQ... Thanks for the post Ice!

Nothing is nastier than wood

My favorite is using hard wood and then charcoal. Nothing beats grilling. Thats what I lived off of entirely last summer. There are very few things I found that cannot be made on a grill...this is making me hungry!!

I also love my smoker. I use a electric smoker but have made my own modifications and turned it into a charcoal smoker. I got it at a garage sale...

oh man great thread. im actually having a bbq very soon and i have 2 of my own grills and i also use my dad's gas grill. on the day of the event i like to have lots of grills going at once... the gas is very easy to start and heat up and i usually throw the basics on it burgers, dogs, chicken it works great but my preference is my charcoal weber grill (i also like throwing on some wood for flavor which i keep off the gas grill for those who dont like the added wood/smoke) recently i got an open fire pit like set up that i use only wood on and i actually have yet to cook on it but i cant wait.
hmmm as for recipes i do have a few tricks that i turned out loving. one i did was a beer batter chicken. what u do is find ur favorite beer batter recipe and dress up that chicken but when cooking u take a can of beer drink a bit more then half while ur grills heatin up and sit the chicken on the can this will make it nice and juicy and add flavor (i prefer using a heavier beer) another recipe i did was a spicy chicken rub wrapped in tin foil and get a brick and put it on top of the chicken breast as it cooks (at first i thought this would press out all the juices but it turned out great).
Doing fruits on a charcoal grill is also great one time i did a grahmn cracker/cinnimon/brown sugar and rum filling for a pear then roasted it in tin foil ... this is getting pretty long so ill part with one last recipe i really liked. take simple hot dogs and cut out a little sliver (size will vary) put a strip of pepperjack cheese in the open area and lay japaleno pepper slices across the top of the cheese. throw that on the grill and it gets all delicious as the cheese melts and the pepper seeps into the dog. all great recipes send me a pm if ur interested in more specifics ive already typed too much here

Originally Posted by icedog

Yeah Lynn, I have two of those smokers same as yours plus one little R2D2 lookin' guy(which is the best way I found to smoke a yardbird). My yard now looks like a used grill lot.

I was talking to Paul McIlhenny (the Tabasco sauce boss) on the phone one day. He asked me, "What's your favorite Tabasco Sauce recipe?"

"I like to smoke a brisket slathered in the stuff."

"What kind of smoker do you have?"

"I've been using Brinkmann's smokers forever."

Paul then says, "Oh I went to school with Charlie Brinkmann. We get together for parties now and then."

I think about that alot. How does one get invited to a party with the McIlhennys and the Brinkmanns? Oh my god!!! How can it get any better?

I've worn out a few of the standup Brinkmann Smokers. Love them again with real Charcoal and wood chunks. My kids grew up on smoked trout filets. They never lasted a full day in the ice box. Bring them home from fishing. Smoke them figuring snacks for the week. Gone...........

Lynn