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Chicken too much charcoal taste

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David
David Posts: 97
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I used my BGE for the first time and my chicken seemed to have too much of a charcoal taste. It also looked smokey as well. Any sugestions for a new user. The chicken was tender!
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
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    David,
    tell us how you cooked it..[p]was the fire going nice and clean?
    how long after starting did you put it on?
    did you do it indirect or direct? what temps?[p]do you mean 'smokey' taste or 'charcoal' taste? [p]
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Wise One
    Wise One Posts: 2,645
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    David, also, what brand of lump charcoal did you use? The biggest cause, like stike says, is trying to cook on a fire that has not been established. It'll take 10-15 minutes for a fire to get established and stop giving off smoke. I have found that leftover lump tends to create a "clean fire" a bit sooner.

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