BGE Charcoal

[SaltMuck]

What are ya'll using? I've been cooking a good bit of 2-5 hour cuts of meat but cooked my first butt last night. Put it on at midnight at ~240 degrees and at 7:30 am the charcoal was burnt out and it was sittin at 190. Had to add more. I hear some of ya'll talking about 18 hr cooks, but do you guys have to add charcoal??

The butt sat 14 hours at 240 (midnight to 7:30) then 210 (7:30-2) and hit 200 degrees. It ain't even funny how good it was...

FYI...I have been using Royal Oak lump.

[Lynchmob]

The fresh market charcoal is actually really good. It is also much cheaper than BGE brand.

[LowcountryBuck]

BGE is fine. U need to fill that baby up for a long cook, well over the side holes.

[BOILINGENGINES]

Primo charcoal!

[cudexter]

Royal Oak. Fill it up, once the temp settles, I don't open the dome.

I prefer Wicked Good Charcoal but it's harder to get than Royal Oak.

[Duke]

Wicked good for long cooks... Royal oak for short cooks. I've cooked well over 18 hrs on one set of wicked good

[cudexter]

anyone interested in splitting a pallet or two of wicked good charcoal, let me know.

I havent been able to get it since leaving Charleston

[SCcdp]

anyone interested in splitting a pallet or two of wicked good charcoal, let me know.

I havent been able to get it since leaving Charleston

I'm in.

[Duke]

anyone interested in splitting a pallet or two of wicked good charcoal, let me know.

I havent been able to get it since leaving Charleston

How much is the palet price? I've got a local connection but it's $25/bag

[DRDUCK]

WHY? don't you young RICH BOY's set up some real cookin WOOD?

[SaltMuck]

I'm happy with the Royal Oak, guess I need to stack it a little higher.

Wicked Good is new on me. Is it worth the coin?

[BOOMSTICK069]

I use the cheap Cowboy stuff and love it. I haven't tried to cook 18hrs either. Everything I have cooked has tasted great. I have 10hrs on one pile and still had more to go though. I have also heard nothing but good things about the Wicked good.

[FEETDOWN]

SM, that lump they've got at Bilo in Edgefield is what I use. It's good for everything from low and slow to searing. I can't think of the name


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[CLEMSONDUCKHUNTER]

Party Q with BGE charcoal filled high and you hardly have to touch it other than spraying in 17 hours.

[cudexter]

and I want to get a digiQ deal for long cooks.

[Simple Man]

18 hours to cook a butt.

[marsh chicken]

18 hours to cook a butt.

18 hours to smoke a butt. It's called BBQ. You can turn up the heat and scald a piece of pork just like the Orion coffee can. But that's not BBQ

[Simple Man]

It's a pork butt. You can't screw that up unless you try like hell.

[SaltMuck]

Simps, this was my FIRST butt and I'd put it up against ANYBODY's. I was still hurting in church this morning...

BBQ without smoke, well, it ain't BBQ.

[Simple Man]

Oh, I know. Didn't mean to take away from your efforts. I'm sure it was outstanding.

The Orion and the BGE are two totally different animals in how they cook - and I will have a BGE of my own at some point. The beauty of the BGE is its versatility - it can easily be used as a grill or true smoker. I get that. The Orion is a one-trick pony, of sorts, in that you can't control the temperature. But therein lies its simplicity, which is also nice to have at times. And I always add chips for smoke on anything I cook on the Orion. The idea that it doesn't smoke things is a misnomer. It smokes while the convection is working - it just does that faster. That being said, there are certain things that are just meant to be cooked for longer like ribs and briskets that I think would be MUCH better on the BGE, even though all the ones I've cooked on the Orion have been damn good in their own right.

Rock on. I didn't mean to take away from your efforts. How 'bout a picture???