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dsi1[_15_]

On 8/10/2014 8:09 AM, wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 05:55:17 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 8/10/2014 1:04 AM, wrote:
>>> On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:28:32 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty ignorant about those things. I grew up using one of those
>>>> little hibachis. Now that's what I call "Mickey Mouse."
>>>
>>> Lol I just retired my double hibachi yesterday. I switched to a
>>> portable camping propane bbq. My SIL called to advise me it was on
>>> sale, that they had been using one and it was great, so $29 made the
>>> conversion.
>>>
>>> I found that it became too much hassle to drag out the charcoal etc.
>>> It certainly cooked a nice hamburger yesterday and today I will test
>>> it on a nice strip loin
>>>
>>
>> I haven't fired up a hibachi in over a decade. We have a big bottle of
>> charcoal lighter that's been sitting and waiting for it's day but that
>> day might never come. It's a sad sight. I've always enjoyed assembling
>> those crude things. They were made in the most primitive way out of
>> awful, crudely cast, materials but they worked great until they
>> self-destructed in the elements.
>>
>> Culturally speaking, the local folks don't go for the big setups that
>> they have on the mainland. We grill thin meats that don't require a lot
>> of time. We're too hungry to wait. :-)
>
> Urggh I didn't use charcoal lighter - I had a chimney in which you put
> the charcoal, I used real not those briquet thingies. Then you screw
> up a piece of paper, place it under the chimney and light. Physics
> makes the charcoal light and become very hot, very fast.

Using a chimney for the charcoal is the way that a Boy Scout would do.
It might be in their manual. It's a pretty amazing and efficient gadget
- you could light up your charcoal fast with a single page of newspaper
or a few twigs. I wanted to make one with a big can of juice when I was
a kid but never got around to do it. No matter, I like fire and lighter
fluid adds a nice dynamic touch. Sometimes I'd use an industrial torch
that my dad had. That would be my favorite way to start charcoal but
these days, a chimney would be okay with me.

>
> My kids all have big bbqs so I slake any bbq appetite at their places.
> Mine is just for the odd hamburger or steak.
>