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Wood fired steaks ???

androodp
androodp Posts: 18
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Want to do something different than throwing steaks on the Large BGE...Thinking of pulling the cone and using the grate from the mini to do wood fired steaks... Anyone ever done this ? Use lump as well as Oak or Hickory firewood ?

Metro Atlanta Georgia egger with Large, Mini,and Chimenea

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    that should have come with a grate.  you take the flue off the body, drop th grate on it, and cook that way.

    lump gets hotter than wood or flame, believe it or not.  so if it is sear you want, charcoal is better.

    little more smoke too.  but you may not mind it.  people cook over campfires after all.

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I don't have a chiminea, but a campfire's a campfire. It'll be great.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,893
    Brother i cook almost everything over oak and/or pecan wood or oak and/or pecan coals. Not only will it work, it will work like a charm.

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  • androodp
    androodp Posts: 18

    Update.... been doing a couple steaks at a time (grate is only size of a mini) over a mixture of lump and oak firewood. Delicious !!!

    Metro Atlanta Georgia egger with Large, Mini,and Chimenea

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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    I've got an old China made cast iron chiminea with a grate on the top.
    Makes very good hotdogs while enjoying a fire.
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