The Smell Of Charcoal In The Summer

There are few things that I anticipate as much as the start of summer. Sure, I am a man that loves all the seasons, but none give me the thrill that summer inevitably does every year. When I start to think about summer, I get excited because there are literally countless things to be excited about. I get excited about being outside without freezing, I get excited about camping trips with my family, I get excited about long days at the beach soaking up the water and the sun, and I get excited about charcoal.

Yes, you read that right. I get excited about charcoal. I love everything about charcoal: its texture, the smell of it when it is burning, and the amazing way that charcoal makes my food smell before I eat it. The truth is that I love charcoal because it means grilling, and grilling is one of my absolute favorite things to do.

Some say that all men love to grill, but I am yet to meet many men (although I have met a few) who share my undying passion for the grill. My wife never has to ask me twice if I want to grill out for an evening meal. Even after the longest day of work I am energized and happy to go outside and spend time creating the perfect fire. Charcoal is my parter in crime when it comes to cooking the perfect steak or to grilling vegetables to perfection.

Most people I know have switched over to gas grills. I have refused because I enjoy working with charcoal so much. A gas grill just doesn't produce the same results as an old grill that requires charcoal. So, much to my wife's dismay, I am stuck in the past where grilling food just right is a matter of using the proper amount of charcoal and then heating it just right.

My love for charcoal and grilling has become a bit of a joke among my family and friends in the past few years. They love to mock the very thing I love. I have received a countless number of photographs, cards and gag gifts mocking my love for charcoal. I don't mind it, actually, because it means that I have gotten my point across successfully: I love charcoal and I believe that there is no better way to grill.

So grab a bag of charcoal, get an old fashioned grill, and enjoy the first days of summer with meat and foods that you cooked to perfection the right way. The only way. With a charcoal grill.

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Barbecue With Charcoal

A BBQ is one of the most delicious methods of cooking, and is widely loved by people around the world. It is also one of the traditional methods of cooking, which has reached to us through our ancestors, when they lived in jungles and hunted animals for food. It is interesting to note that despite being such a primitive method of cooking, the barbeque has become still more popular today. This is because of the great taste and fun attached to cooking meat and other foods on barbeque.

Amongst various BBQ fuels, barbeque charcoal is the most loved and popular fuel for BBQs. In the past, charcoal was made by setting fire to wood piles and then covering it with dirt and allowing it to rumble. It is also made by heating wood in the absence of oxygen. Presently, BBQ fuel is processed charcoal briquettes. Charcoal briquettes are small molded pieces of fuel made with wood and clay. As a matter of fact, many people who are particular about the original method and taste of barbeques do not like to use artificial charcoal.

The best thing about barbecue charcoal is that it cooks low and slow. The meat you cook using BBQ charcoal is very tender. The taste you get from using barbeque charcoal is an absolute delight for your taste buds. The idea is to let the meat cook well, and carefully watch the temperature.

Cooking with charcoal is cheap, and it is also easy to make use of portable barbecues that you can take along with you while traveling.

Those who are fussy with regard to taste prefer charcoal over gas. Barbecuing with charcoal adds special flavour to your food. It is the best way to cook burgers, steak, or chicken. You need to be careful when you light the coals. There are many ways to set the fire, however the traditional method is with a charcoal chimney starter. This is a conventional method to get consistent heat from the coals. Beside this, another method to light the charcoal for BBQ is it to soak it with aliphatic petroleum solvent or pretreated briquettes.

Another way to cook with charcoal is to use an electric iron to heat the coals. You can also find electrical charcoal lighting devices along with containers that pile it on a piece of crumpled newspaper and make use of the paper to make the coals glow. You may adopt any method you like, as the main idea is to enjoy the smoky taste given out by hot coals.

Cooking with charcoal has certain drawbacks as well. Charcoal produces hydrocarbons and soot speck, which contaminates the air and intensifies heart and lung issues. Moreover, when the fat from the meat falls into it, polycyclic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines are made. These are compounds which can cause cancer.

To avoid these threats, you should choose charcoal certified by the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program, as they are 100 % oak hardwood. They also do not contain coal, oil, limestone, starch, sawdust or petroleum products.

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