Real bbq is not cooked on gas or Kingsford. Real BBQ is hard woods on my Weber kettle.. IMO.. That is.....
REAL bbq is not cooked on a bbq at all but on a smoker!Grilling is done on a grill and webers are one of the best but for BBQ a smoker is the way to go!I totally agree with using hardwoods or lump charcoal but dont leave out the kingsford competition briquets either,they are just basically lump charcoal compacted together to burn evenly.here is a little history;
''The modern charcoal briquet was invented by automaker Henry Ford. Ford operated a sawmill in the forests around Iron Mountain, Michigan, in the years prior to 1920 to make wooden parts for his Model T. As the piles of wood scraps began to grow, so did Ford's eagerness to find an efficient way of using them. He learned of a process developed and patented by an Orin F. Stafford. The process involved chipping wood into small pieces, converting it into charcoal, grinding the charcoal into powder, adding a binder and compressing the mix into the now-familiar, pillow-shaped briquet. By 1921, a charcoal-making plant was in full operation''.
Henry ford was a smart man but he had a little help from a couple of other very smart friends,his uncle who helped run his empire and another of his poker/drinking buddies,the uncles name was E.G.Kingsford where the briquets get their name from and the other buddy?None other than Thomas Edison!I encourage anyone who has a chance to attend a local BBQ competition and check out the smokers these guys cook on,its enlightening and you wont meet any better folks,lots of fun to be had along with good eats.To learn more about Smokers and cooking good BBQ along with lots of great recipes check out this site,Thesmokering.com,your belly can thank me later!
One last thing,would you light up a bowl of good bud with lighterfluid?HELL NO and you shouldnt use it to cook your food on either.
