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Steven Raichlen video on BGE website

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jhl192
jhl192 Posts: 1,006
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i just watched Steven Raichlen cook planked trout on the BGE website.  He used briquettes.  Nothing I have read from BGE supports the use of briquettes.   I have been away from the forum for while.  What's up with that?  
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    Knowing him he photoshopped a webber kettle to look like an egg, eh @Dyal_SC
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
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    Good one @ Chubbs

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,357
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHyfx9dX420

    Tool!  That one XXL Egg ruined
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  • GATraveller
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    He's such a tool.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    You can use standard briquettes in an Egg. The only risk is choking the airflow off due to the amount of ash production from briquettes because of the additives/binders(cornstarch, mostly) that don't burn off.

    DO NOT use Matchlight or any brand with lighter fluid added(or lighter fluid itself). That will absorb into the ceramic and foul the egg.
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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 2,733
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    No way am I putting briquettes in my egg.
    Large Egg with adjustable rig, Kick Ash Basket, Minimax and various Weber's.
    Floyd Va

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,350
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    I believe it has been that briquettes were not recommended due to the larger quantity of ash they produce.

    That may be a problem with the older charcoal grates with fewer holes for ash to drop thru but may not be such a big deal at all if one is using a KAB or aftermarket charcoal grate like a HighQue or Fishbones which are much more free flowing.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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