I learned a valuable lesson by accident last night while getting prepped to do a WOK session.

ringkingpin

It's no secret that you need a lot of BTU to get a wok to talk.  Yesterday I had the jones for some wok hei so I did all the mis en place and had everything prepped when I went out to light the BGE.  Darn, I hardly had any charcoal at all, maybe enough to fill the lower section half way up, if that.  So, I lit the charcoal and went down and choped four pieces of well seasoned oak to beer can size.  I went and placed those on top of the coals and waited for things to heat up.  Once the coals were red and the wood was buring, it was show time.  I had no lack of BTU's at all.  I was essentially cooking on top of the flames.  I will do this technique from now on.  I know it uses so much charcoal that it can be less attractive to fire up the egg for the wok but doint this, I hardly used any charcoal at all.  I figured I'd share my findings with you guys.  Nothing ground breaking or new for some of you but for me, it was an "a ha" moment.

tarheelmatt

Never dawned on me.  I just use cheap RO for wok cooks.  

ringkingpin

tarheelmatt, it never dawned on me but as I was doing the actual cooking and it was working GREAT, I felt kind of silly for not having tried it before.  You know a lot of the best inventions are out of necessity or accident.