Can you cook BBQ, one piece or two? using sterno? Don't you smell chemical?
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we decided to open a can of sterno and remove enough of the gel inside to put in the hibachi on some tin foil. We could not find the right size sterno can to fit inside. We lit it up and we got a nice, small, fire going. It may actually cook more than marshmallows for s'more but we have yet to try to cook anything else. Yes, you can smell the gel burning but it is not bad if you cook outside.
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I have never tried to BBQ a raw piece of meat. It definitely is hot enough to BBQ shrimp or thin fish, but the diameter is under 4", so it would take too long a time for 4 or more people each taking a turn to make an appetizer. You could re-heat up to two skewers of a thin, long piece of meat on a bamboo skewer. I don't smell chemicals and use a glob of sterno into the bottom, because the can won't fit. The restaurant near me uses the Pu-Pu Platter Grill just to re-heat, so that is all I've tried to do at home when serving a PuPu Platter filled with cooked egg rolls, samosas, peanut chicken skewers and Chinese ribs. I have never tried to BBQ a raw piece of meat. It definitely is hot enough to BBQ shrimp or thin fish, but the diameter is under 4", so it would take too long a time for 4 or more people each taking a turn to make an appetizer. You could re-heat up to two skewers of a thin, long piece of meat on a bamboo skewer. I don't smell chemicals and use a glob of sterno into the bottom, because the can won't fit. The restaurant near me uses the Pu-Pu Platter Grill just to re-heat, so that is all I've tried to do at home when serving a PuPu Platter filled with cooked egg rolls, samosas, peanut... » Read More I have never tried to BBQ a raw piece of meat. It definitely is hot enough to BBQ shrimp or thin fish, but the diameter is under 4", so it would take too long a time for 4 or more people each taking a turn to make an appetizer. You could re-heat up to two skewers of a thin, long piece of meat on a bamboo skewer. I don't smell chemicals and use a glob of sterno into the bottom, because the can won't fit. The restaurant near me uses the Pu-Pu Platter Grill just to re-heat, so that is all I've tried to do at home when serving a PuPu Platter filled with cooked egg rolls, samosas, peanut chicken skewers and Chinese ribs. « Show Less
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Very small. Have to scoop sterno into unit. Works ok. We use for s'mores can't use grill top cuz too high and not hot enough. Save Ur money
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We use it for grilling shrimp, scewers etc... Sterno taste was there but we changed over to 4 charchol brickettes and that works well too.
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Yes you can cook as many pieces as you want. Use denatured alcohol, it burns clean and Hot.
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Jason, I've had a hard time getting it up to the desired smoking temp when it's cool & windy or just cool. I think one of the problems is that they only recommending using 12 or so starter coals. Yesterday I increased this number to 20 or so and that seemed to work better. I'll keep fooling with it and could see using up to half the coals in the chimney starter. And I've found that I need to have the top holes open more than the 5/16 they recommend. I'd say open them all the way up and then throttle them down. I also think it makes a big difference and significantly slows down the process if the meat isn't close to room temp to start. But I'll tell you, the more I use the device the more comfortable I feel with it. I'm having a retirement get together this coming Sat so started preparing for that this weekend. Using a rib rack I smoked 6 full racks of ribs on Sat and 6 more on Sun. I'd never have dreamed that 6 racks of ribs would fit on the Weber but they did. I baby sat the Sat batch pretty closely but once the Sunday batch was up to speed I only looked at about once/hour to stir the coals, add water & wood. We ate one last evening and it was good but will put the rest in the oven for 2 or 3 hours to get them more tender before serving. I hope that this (long) answer is of some help and encouragement. Dave McCartney, Marion, OH dkmcpa@yahoo.com
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Yes! Thats the great part about sterno. You can light and re-light it until all the gel is gone. Just make sure you put the lid back on lightly.
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I use propane also. There was a decent coating of soot built up after seasoning the cooker. One run with no oil and one with a good coating of high temperature cooking spray. This is normal for all the grills and smokers I have ever used.
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Spray the grates with vegetable oil and fire up the grill.The grates will be fine.This is the best grill I've ever owned. Tonight,I grilled corn,onions,baby back ribs and hamburgers.I love it.
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I have successfully grilled veggies in this several times. I do a single layer (with or without a small amount of water or oil) turning them over as needed until tender. If you try putting to much in at one time, you end up with the veggies sautéed vs. grilled. Just did butternut squash and it was delicious.
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I believe you can, and you might not need to even buy another meat probe. You might get away with using that bbq temp sensor. I'll have to try that sometime. IF they're the same type of meat, and you're using a heat diffuser, all the pieces of meat should finish at the same time. IF they're different types of meat, you could use they meat probe on the faster cooking meat. Once it hits its temp, remove the meat and put the meat probe into the slower cooking meat. Just some suggestions.
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This item does not use sterno. You use tea light candles. So it is very easy to use.
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It depends on how much grilling you do and how many people you are grilling for. I have a 2-burner, and it is fine for me.
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Hi Dana, I grilled twice and it was a lot of smoke too. Even I tuned to minimum gas, it still burned the meat. I am trying also figure out if there is better way to do it. On the same boat. Stephen
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If I only use 1/2 of grille area, I use about a small coffee can's or a little more of charcoal (maybe 14 pieces of charcoal?). Much more efficient than the larger barbecues. Obviously, double quantity for whole grille area.
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You can use any kind of charcoal you want. I use the cheapest stuff they sell with lighter fluid because the fumes never touch the meat.
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I agree with all the above comments. Its a learning process versus other BBQ but it is worth spending time learning how to make it work . I have been using mine for over a year and it keeps surprising me as wooooo this is good bbq. Easiest is steaks and hardest to do is chicken but once you get the wood/air/fan speed level combination the concept is amazing. I quit using my other barbecues. That's how good this is. (for example 2 faux filet Costco quality is about 10min of use from the start of the BBQ using 1 or 2 pcs of wood)
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Normally, I seem to be running 4 chunks of hickory. I do let them burn down a bit, to get an even heat across the grill.
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The flame from a sterno can will be too close to the bottom of the pot to work properly. The fire compartment is just over three inches in circumference and about two inches high. Use the fuel tablets.
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I purchased 5 of the burners. I used them outside the first time so no issues. The second time we used two of them at the kitchen table and they smoked just a little bit but not much of a smell. The third time we used them in an office so the space was larger however we didn't have the burning alcohol smell. We smelled the marshmellows! We only put about 1/4 full of sterno in each unit so I don't know if that helped or not. Each time I put a little less sterno in the Hibachi and it smoked less and flamed less.
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Anything you can put in a small pot or pan will cook up just fine..maybe a little slow if you use the sterno fuel..A good alcohol stove underneath will work faster. You may be able to use it like a mini grill to to cook some fish on a sheet of tin foil (ive never tried, but I bet it would work)Its a good sturdy stove that isnt too heavy for a backpack and its dirt cheap, so why not try it out