Struggled again with maintaining heat last night
Either: The brickets I am using are poor quality. Or the grill isn't close enough to the fire.
And that gel stuff was useless. It flared up, but then went out before the brickets had caught alight.
Got it going eventually
Braaiing and Recipes
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Re: Braaiing and Recipes
thanks for the pic, Dzombs!
Maybe drill a couple of air holes at the bottom through the bricks at the back?
Maybe drill a couple of air holes at the bottom through the bricks at the back?
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Dzombo , you need to lift the coals from floor of the braai to allow air supply from below .
Take a few bricks , place a grate over it on which to make the fire . The heat will then rise well from the coals through the food above it .
Then , place a screen at the top of your braai opening in front , to help contain the heat . The braai become somewhat like a large open oven , and contains heat inside the body before it goes up the chimney .
The chimney opening also seems quite excessively large , and you need to reduce the size somewhat . This is easily done with a piece of sheetmetal placed on top of the braai , with a hole cut into for smoke to come through .
In the meantime , while experimenting with this , use a large lid over the meat/foodstuffs while braaiing -- it helps to keep the heat on the food
Take a few bricks , place a grate over it on which to make the fire . The heat will then rise well from the coals through the food above it .
Then , place a screen at the top of your braai opening in front , to help contain the heat . The braai become somewhat like a large open oven , and contains heat inside the body before it goes up the chimney .
The chimney opening also seems quite excessively large , and you need to reduce the size somewhat . This is easily done with a piece of sheetmetal placed on top of the braai , with a hole cut into for smoke to come through .
In the meantime , while experimenting with this , use a large lid over the meat/foodstuffs while braaiing -- it helps to keep the heat on the food
Enough is enough
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Would this work?
If I was to drill some holes very few cm at the base at back of the braai??
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
You need lots of air , and small little holes will clog up .
You have a very nice braai , and need to do a proper job on it that works well
You have a very nice braai , and need to do a proper job on it that works well
Enough is enough
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Maybe get a 1cm or so drill bit and try one row of bricks up? Nothing to lose?
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My old charcoal braai was a rectangular box with a grid.
Not sure why this is getting so complicated
Anyhow, I am going to try changes bit by bit and see if it improves.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-St ... SwXYtY2omE
For a start have ordered a few of these to lift the coals up, so will see how that goes.
Was also talking to a friend of mine. He said I could be using rubbish charcoal. It's the standard cheapo from the supermarket.
I do have a bag of restaurant grade charcoal, so will give that a go too
Not sure why this is getting so complicated
Anyhow, I am going to try changes bit by bit and see if it improves.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-St ... SwXYtY2omE
For a start have ordered a few of these to lift the coals up, so will see how that goes.
Was also talking to a friend of mine. He said I could be using rubbish charcoal. It's the standard cheapo from the supermarket.
I do have a bag of restaurant grade charcoal, so will give that a go too
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Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Just getting a bit frustrated.
Have spent on a fortune on it. And it's not performing as I expected
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It will work out eventually, Dzombs!
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