Friggin' charcoal

[SC50]

Got all propped up on the back deck with some beer, some shine, and my cigar ready to fire up some kielbasa. Couldn't get the charcoal to stay lit on the grill so I pulled out the chimney starter.

1/4 bottle of lighter fluid later, chimney's full and blazing, and lo' and behold the original coal I thought was crap is a blazing too. Da** it! One may think my choice of beverage played a part in my impatience with the charcoal, but that would be a lie, I think. Cheers to the new-to-me Vulcan forum!

[Dave]

I bet you don't know who invented charcoal.

[cnc]

I bet you don't know who invented charcoal.

Colonel Sanders? Oh what he was the fried chicken dude.:hmm::D

[HwyRider]

Not Henry Ford

[SC50]

Someone with the name Kingston? Aided by his more successful brother Matchlight?

[waterman]

I bet you don't know who invented charcoal.

Henry Ford

[GIBBY]

That was too easy!

[HwyRider]

Ellsworth B. A. Zwoyer

[Top Cat]

Charcoal, geeeezz get a propane grill and join the 21st Century :ohno:

[ringadingh]

Those chimneys usually work very well to get the charcoal going. We start it with a few pieces of newspaper, and no lighter fluid at all.

[cnc]

Charcoal, geeeezz get a propane grill and join the 21st Century :ohno:

They're best lit with the BBQ cover off though!:D

[ringadingh]

I have a propane, a natural gas, as well as a charcoal bbq. The first two are convenient, but you cant beat the flavor when cooking over coals.

[GIBBY]

Three words :accelerant,accelerant,accelerant!

[Top Cat]

I have a propane, a natural gas, as well as a charcoal bbq. The first two are convenient, but you cant beat the flavor when cooking over coals.

I knew someone would say that.
I personally don't taste a difference.

[dank]

I knew someone would say that.
I personally don't taste a difference.

I feel sorry for you Tim. :shrug:


I use so much charcoal that they put my monogram on it for me at the factory! :yep:

[Top Cat]

I feel sorry for you Tim. :shrug:
I use so much charcoal that they put my monogram on it for me at the factory! :yep:

I guess I am not a food connoisseur like the rest of you guys :tehe:
I eat when I'm hungry not because it tastes good.
That is how I maintain this physical specimen of a body :tup:

[cactusjack]

I bet you don't know who invented charcoal.

Henry Ford.

[blowndodge]

Charcoal, geeeezz get a propane grill and join the 21st Century :ohno:

I feel that way about my Victory Tim!! :D

[Kawhead]

Charcoal, geeeezz get a propane grill and join the 21st Century :ohno:I love Sweet Lady Propane. It's clean, natural and efficient.:shrug:

[Top Cat]

I feel that way about my Victory Tim!! :D

Really Brad, I would never know you liked it from the way you never talk about it. :ohno: :D

[dank]

I feel that way about my Victory Tim!! :D


What? Like you settled for convenient and are are missing out on the best?

[macmac]

How did we go from charcoal to specimens? And no I don't like the 21st century a bit. I refuse to partake of it any more than I must. Silly man and his silly rules of law and money and we have neither law or money. If anyone thinks so just tell me what a buck is worth.

[SC50]

Propane for grilling?? :lol:

Propane is just too efficient. I don't always grill just for the food, i like the smell of the charcoal, being outside and relaxing, etc :cheers: If i did that with a propane grill, i'd barely finish a beer before the food was done. I have a propane smoker that i use a good bit in the spring/summer months, 3 charcoal grills, and i gave my gas grill away last year.

For years i didn't understand the taste difference between charcoal and gas or propane grilling, but now I can definitely tell. Charcoal all the way, unless i'm doing an all day smoke on the smoker, then it's propane 'cause the charcoal takes too much concentration to maintain temp for that long. Even then, i toss some charcoal lumps in with the wood to add a bit of flavor to the ribs or pork :tup:

[rickyboy]

I have a propane, a natural gas, as well as a charcoal bbq. The first two are convenient, but you cant beat the flavor when cooking over coals.


I have to agree with you Steve.There is no better flavor than when real charcoal is used for BBQing. But it has to be the real charcoal. Not those square briquets. I get mine from Canadian Tire.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh319/sentpacking/brands-ROmain-1.png (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/sentpacking/media/brands-ROmain-1.png.html)

Real wood fires are great too. I plan on building an Adobe/outdoor brick oven and incorporate a smoker at the same time to do meats.
Similar to this but probably not as fancy.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh319/sentpacking/92.jpg (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/sentpacking/media/92.jpg.html)

[Kawhead]

Really Brad, I would never know you liked it from the way you never talk about it. :ohno: :DWhat? Did he sell his Nomad and get another bike or something? :shrug:

[dank]

What? Did he sell his Nomad and get another bike or something? :shrug:

No, he was just saying propane reminds him of his victory...colorless, odorless...lacking in any definable character. Functional, yes, but not something to stir the emotions.

[Vulcan Bill]

No, he was just saying propane reminds him of his victory...colorless, odorless...lacking in any definable character. Functional, yes, but not something to stir the emotions.

:lmao:

Charcoal for kickin' back on the patio cookin'. Propane for lets get it done in a hurry and eat in the house.
I turned the BBQin' over to the wife. My attention spans to short and we end up with charcoal on top of the grill every time http://vulcanbagger.com/forums/images/icons/smileyon-fire-mad.gif:ohno:

[george james]

You guys don't have much to talk about today do you?:bs::bs::bs::bs::bs:
Why not discuss something that has never been discussed on the forum like ct vs mt or oils or how much better a nomad handles than a Vic or maybe Hardley oil leaks?:zzz::zzz::zzz:

[sly]

You guys don't have much to talk about today do you?:bs::bs::bs::bs::bs:
Why not discuss something that has never been discussed on the forum like ct vs mt or oils or how much better a nomad handles than a Vic or maybe Hardley oil leaks?:zzz::zzz::zzz:

For many of us, it’s winter and the no riding time of the year, :cry: sooooo we like to bitch about anything and everything else.... and laugh at the enthusiasts :lmao:

[dank]

You guys don't have much to talk about today do you?:bs::bs::bs::bs::bs:
Why not discuss something that has never been discussed on the forum like ct vs mt or oils or how much better a nomad handles than a Vic or maybe Hardley oil leaks?:zzz::zzz::zzz:



Spoken like a person who just has his spouse broil the meat in the oven and doesn’t understand the significance of using real charcoal in the manly art of BBQ. Put down your New Yorker, take the chain off your glasses, go get some charcoal and try it before making any more comments!:P

[Kawhead]

Spoken like a person who just has his spouse broil the meat in the oven and doesn’t understand the significance of using real charcoal in the manly art of BBQ. Put down your New Yorker, take the chain off your glasses, go get some charcoal and try it before making any more comments!:PForgot to tell him to get out of his rocking chair, take his house coat and slipper off, put on some cloths, and put his teeth in. :shrug:
:D

[george james]

Spoken like a person who just has his spouse broil the meat in the oven and doesn’t understand the significance of using real charcoal in the manly art of BBQ. Put down your New Yorker, take the chain off your glasses, go get some charcoal and try it before making any more comments!:P

Musta gotcha attention :bird::bird::bird::bird::bird:

[Kawhead]

No, he was just saying propane reminds him of his victory...colorless, odorless...lacking in any definable character. Functional, yes, but not something to stir the emotions.What's victory got to do with BDodge?:hmm:
Did he do something in Afghanistan or something?
Strange that he's never mentioned anything about victory anywhere on the forum that I can find. :shrug:

Maybe it's just me. Subjects have to be repeated over and over before I finally catch on. :D

[glwilson]

No, he was just saying propane reminds him of his victory...colorless, odorless...lacking in any definable character. Functional, yes, but not something to stir the emotions.

:lmao::cheers:

[macmac]

Spoken like a person who just has his spouse broil the meat in the oven and doesn’t understand the significance of using real charcoal in the manly art of BBQ. Put down your New Yorker, take the chain off your glasses, go get some charcoal and try it before making any more comments!:P

That's right amd everyone knows a real man starts fire by rubbing 2 sticks. I know i do. :yep: serious

[ringadingh]

I probably could if I really had to Bill, but I prefer to use my Zippo first.:tup:

[Kawhead]

I probably could if I really had to Bill, but I prefer to use my Zippo first.:tup:By the time I reach that point, I'll be nearly starved to death.

[mick56]

Henry Ford
NO he didnt ! he stole the idea of making the briquettes from some other bloke, charcoal was being used in england for hundreds of years before america was even heard of never mind henry ford.:cheers:

[cactusjack]

Well, charcoal was "invented" by fire eons ago. Before your people were dumping diseased, dead corpses in the street.

[Vulcan Bill]

Maybe nature invented it but leave it up to a Henry Ford to turn it into a viable busisness commodity. Actually Ford stole the charcoal briquette idea from some guy named Zwoyer.

[ringadingh]

Henry may have stolen some idea from Zwoyer, but Kingsford make a career out of selling it.:tup:

[Kawhead]

Well, charcoal was "invented" by fire eons ago. Before your people were dumping diseased, dead corpses in the street.
My goodness! Don't sugar coat it CJ, tell 'im how you really feel.:D

Cain't take 'im nowhere! :ohno:

[Loafer]

Who is he calling 'your people'? :hmm:
I used charcoal for a long time, we have mosquitoes so heavy here, that the last thing I
want to do is sit and swat at them while I'm waiting for a great meal. Propane.:tup:

[dank]

Henry may have stolen some idea from Zwoyer, but Kingsford make a career out of selling it.:tup:


Actually Kingsford wasn't a person. It is the town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where Henry ford build his charcoal plant.

[Vulcan Bill]

Well nobody can say this forum isn't educational. Next time we have a BBQ I'm going to be able to impress the hell out of everyone with my vast knowledge of the history charcoal briquettes. http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/images/icons/corkysm20.gif

[cnc]

Well nobody can say this forum isn't educational. Next time we have a BBQ I'm going to be able to impress the hell out of everyone with my vast knowledge of the history charcoal briquettes. http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/images/icons/corkysm20.gif

Or put them to sleep.:zzz::D

[HwyRider]

And everyone knows the Kingsford song being played in the slow down and grill commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBBY1aysmtg

[ringadingh]

That tune made me hungry.....

[Loafer]

Catchy tune.

[blowndodge]

That's right amd everyone knows a real man starts fire by rubbing 2 sticks. I know i do. :yep: serious

I know that's how the fire started between Greg and TC !! :lmao:

[glwilson]

I know that's how the fire started between Greg and TC !! :lmao:

TC isn't rubbing any sticks around here. Instead he keeps clubbing me over the head with it at every opportunity. Grouchy old bast....:D :cheers:

[ringadingh]

Take a brake Greg, Tim's probably out plowing the driveway for the past couple days. Thats what we have been doing here, it looks good until Sat when the next dumping is due to arrive.

[Top Cat]

Yup Steve, I have been plowing, snow blowing and shoveling for a while.
Seems I got back just in time to hear my "friend" Greg call me a grouchy old bastard :ohno:
I don't know why I hang around here, I get no respect I tell ya, no respect.>:(

[dank]

I don't know why I hang around here, I get no respect I tell ya, no respect.>:(

I wondered about that until your better half bought a Victory, but now it seems you fit right in.:yep:

[Kawhead]

TC isn't rubbing any sticks around here. Instead he keeps clubbing me over the head with it at every opportunity. Grouchy old bast....:D :cheers:
If he didn't have his glasses on the prolly thought you was a baby seal.:hmm:
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/sea-animals/baby-seal-smiley-emoticon.gif (http://www.sherv.net/)

Some folks go to the gym, thats what he does. :shrug:

[glwilson]

Yup Steve, I have been plowing, snow blowing and shoveling for a while.
Seems I got back just in time to hear my "friend" Greg call me a grouchy old bastard :ohno:
I don't know why I hang around here, I get no respect I tell ya, no respect.>:(

At least I smiled... you grouchy old...:D

[Silent Sam]

I LOVE THE BLUES...When Loafer and I learn to play those guitar's...we will Knock'em out !

I could relay a story about a BBQ SNAFU...but I was a wild lands fire fighter with the Calif Dept Of Forestry And Fire Protection (CDF),for several years..and now days they do a lot of -laying the blame- for any fires they cant "solve"..On "Disgruntled Former Fire Fighter's"....and there is a good story attached to that statement....but I'll refrain on futher comment !

Instead I'll go out on my patio, and fire up my -gas- BBQ Grill and later we will be having Silent Sam's "Chicken Dun Right" ... It's Feb 12th 2014, and 70 degree's under thin overcast and calm winds !