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Gadgets: Wood Soaker

Posted by: paulr | Comments (1)
Saturday, June 14th, 2008

One of the items I use when using smoking chips is my Weber Wood Soaker. This little gadget ensures that all of you wood chips are soaked by ensuring they’re all underwater. Read More→

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Ceramic BBQ

Posted by: paulr | Comments (2)
Friday, June 6th, 2008

So why did I get a ceramic BBQ? After BBQ-ing for a while I discovered that what I was actually doing was grilling. I.e. use high temp cooking and the cook is usually fast whilst BBQ-ing (from a more purist point of view) is low-and-slow cooking with lower temps and longer duration (overnight).

I had a WSM for about two years and have had some sensational cooks on it; however something was lacking/missing not quite right. I can cook low and slow on my WSM and had some overnight cooks on it however I felt it took too long to get it ready for a cook and it didn’t seem to be very economical in it’s fuel usage (I used briquettes in those days (the horror). Read More→

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Smoke Wood

Posted by: paulr | Comments (12)
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Well I’m preparing for a couple of BBQ’s this weekend so am thinking smoke….

All I can get here in Sydney (that I’m aware of) is smoking chips…. Now I know you can get decent results using smoking chips but I’m dissapointed that so far I’ve in not been able to find a good source of chunks. Read More→

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Briquettes or Charcoal (lump)

Posted by: paulr | Comments (32)
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

A lot of my friends ask me what I use to fuel my BBQ’s. Well obviously my gasser uses……gas but for my charcoal BBQs I actually use lump charcoal. The reasons for this are as follows: Read More→

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