Bill Wright wrote:
> I have a 22" charcoal Weber. I have always used regular charcoal in it
> but I been thinking about buying some lump charcoal and trying it in the
> Weber.
>
> Here is my concern. AS you know the grill is about 6" above the coals
> and with lump coals it will be a lot closer because they are so big.
>
> Will this cause a greater chance of burning the meat?
> Should I try raising the grill a couple if inches to compensate for the
> size of the lump coals? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Actually I have 6 Weber's,
> 1. a 22" kettle
> 2. a 3 burner gas grill (the one with the pop-up shelf on the left and
> gas burner on the right.
> 3. a table top Smokey Joe, charcoal.
> 4. two gas rectangular table tops.
> 5. and a rectangular charcoal table top.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill W.


I use my Weber kettle mostly for steaks, burgers, brats and wings. I
also use lump and have been exclusively for the last couple years.
Depending on how much lump is left over from previous cook will
determine how much fresh lump I put in the chimney to start up.
Generally, I like to have between a heaping chimney and a chimney and a
half of lump in the kettle. Once the lump is hot, I pour it on the
reclaimed lump. Then I spread out the hot lump as even as I can.

I DON'T spread them out across the whole grate though. Rather, I will
spread them out on the back half and use this as the cooking area. For
burgers, steaks and wings I cook directly over the lump. For brats
though, I will cook them around the middle being just at the front edge
of the lump. I cook 5 or 6 brats at a time. Sometimes I have to move
them around a bit to even out the cooking. If a couple are definitely
done sooner, I will move them to the front area as far away as possible
from the heat line to keep warm, while finishing the others.

Also, I was able to purchase the rotisserie collar to extend the height
of the grate from the coal grate. I only used this set up once I think
and did some Turkey Legs on them. I had an extra cooking grate and put
some 6X6 bricks on it and the cooking grate on top of the bricks.
That worked well to.

I have 5 Webers and a CharBroil. None are a gas unit though.

1 22" Kettle
1 WSM
3 Smokey Joes
1 Char Broil Deluxe smoker

HTH

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