Any advice on grilling on coals in the woodstove

[michaelthomas]

I have a couple of nice ribeyes, a nice bed of coals in the woodstove and a grill outside in the cold. I would rather stay in. I am thinking about taking a few bricks and laying one of the grates over them and cooking them. How do you eliminate or reduce flare ups in the stove? Do you shut the door?

 

[jabush]

That's tempting but I wouldn't want that greasy smoke going up my chimney.
OTOH...a nice coal bed is probably around 650 degrees so the meat would only be in there for a couple minutes per side.
Personally I wouldn't do it.

 

[michaelthomas]

How much "greasy smoke" could there possibly be? It is not like the lid of your grill is caked with gobs of grease? The stove top was around 500, I choked down the damper, 4 min a side and perfect medium. Good flavor. I think I would do it again. Anybody do dutch oven cooking in there stove? I want to do some long, slow cooking this winter.

 

[wellbuilt home]

I like cooking in my stove, I have a double grill and sit it on top of two logs, stake cooks in a few minutes on each side . If the flames are low there is not much grease .