Q: Hi Dr. BBQ, I have been trying to smoke food on the BBQ and I am having trouble getting the wood chunks to smoke, I soak the wood but when I put them on the coals they smoke for a few minutes then they catch fire? Any idea what I may be doing wrong? Thanks in advance for the …
Cleaning Steel Grills
Q: Hi Dr. BBQ: What’s the best way to clean off, or soak off, blackened food materials from my steel grills? Thanks, Tim A: Hi Tim, Take the grates out of the cooker, spray them with oven cleaner, put them in a big garbage bag and let them sit for a day. They should clean up pretty easy after that. …
Cook a Little Longer
Q: Dear Dr. BBQI”m having issues with under-cooking my burgers. I have a custom gas grill. I leave the burgers out for 10 minutes to get to room temperature, and pre-heat my grill to 550°F. I cook the burgers for 6 minutes on one side and 6 minutes on the other on direct full heat, lid down. What am I …
Cook Before Wrapping
Doc: I use a large BGE. I usually smoke a butt straight through, put it on let it smoke for 1.5 hours or so a pound. I want to wrap my butts in foil also. I put goodies in the foil to enhance my meat: grape juice, cherry juice, etc. How long do I wrap in the foil? I planned …
New Cooker Not Neccessary
Hello Doc: A friend and I are going to start going to some bbq contest in preparation to start competing. We were wondering about cookers. I have a side firebox smoker that I am very well-versed in using. Would this do well are should we invest in somthing else? Dan Hi Dan, If you can produce great BBQ with your …