View Single Post
Old 05-29-2009, 11:42 PM   #17
bigloo
Crazy like a fox
 
bigloo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Lu
Location: Rose City
Posts: 905
Trading: (27)
Partagas
bigloo will become famous soon enough
Default Re: Charcoal vs. Propane

Quote:
Originally Posted by Trace63 View Post
Care to explain?
Lump charcoal burns away almost entirely. Kingfords, etc leave a ton of ash due to the binders that do not burn away. If you use lump, you have much less ash, much higher heat, lower burn times though but a much cleaner flavor AND the ability to add more charcoal on the fly, it is however more expensive BUT you can get to choose the wood used (hickory and oak burn the longest, mesquite charcoal burns wicket fast and hot but has that distinct flavor).

I prefer propane...j/k, charcoal all the way. I am up and running in 20 minutes with my chimney starter, about 5-10 minutes more then it takes to heat up a gas grill. And cleaning the old ashes, all good charcoal grills have ash catches that only require cleaning every 3-4 uses.
bigloo is offline   Reply With Quote