Charcoal

Post by **paulr** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:53 pm

Does anyone else find it hard to get charcoal???
It's easy to get briquettes but it kinda hard to get cheap charcoal...
A bag of charcoal costs between 32 and 35 dollars which I find expensive..

Does anyone know of a good charcoal supplier (Sydney area); I'm really considering getting a pallet and saving myself some money....

tivoenator · Post by **tivoenator** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:08 pm

Hi Paul,

First post.

Can't really help you but I live in Adelaide...there's a place on Port Rd at Hindmarsh called Gaganis Bros and they sell all sorts of stuff including 20kg bags of charcoal for around $20.

I usually find that a bag last me around 6 months.

I do have a question though...I bought a cast iron hibachi a while back and its fantastic. (Especially good for your Saté Daging recipe from Food Safari). The heat it generates is huge...what do people put them on? I currently just sit mine on top of my gas trolley bbq but that's not very convenient. If I put it on something wooden I'm sure it would catch fire as the radiant heat is so intense.

Here's some video of it in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Gr1OKGHhM

Best Regards,

Dave

Post by **paulr** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:06 pm

Hi Dave, consider yourself lucky...I can only get a bag of charcoal for between 30 and 35 dollars (unless I buy 20 in one go...hmm)
In summer a bag will only last me for about 4 weeks (I do a fair amount of BBQ-ing).

Not sure where I would put a hibachi on (I liked your YouTube video by the way), I guess I would build a small brick construction and place it on top of that (I you have the room and can build something semi-permanent?

Regards, Paul

tivoenator · Post by **tivoenator** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:39 pm

Holy smokes...a bag in 4 weeks!

You are definitely a "BBQ fanatic".

Sounds like a pallet is not such a bad idea.

I read another post here about the recipe you did on Food Safari and whether you can use chicken instead.

I can tell you that we now only ever use chicken in your recipe...my kids think its the best thing I do on the bbq...we've done it many times since I first watched that show.

Post by **paulr** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:40 pm

Just bought another bag..
33 dollars for 1 bag of 20Kg Red Gum Charcoal :cry: