Coals for grilling

[superbee69]

Anyone else use hot coals from the stove for grilling? I find it is a perfect use for a glowing coal filled firebox. I transport the coals the weber grill and it is instantly ready cook. I have found that if you shut off the air completely after cooking the coals are preserved as charcoal for use later.

 

[Prof]

I grill in my stove--not sure if this counts?

 

[Mad Trapper]

My Mom has a franklin stove with a grill that swings in over the coals for grilling, made some great steaks on that. The grill can be switched out with a hanger for a dutch oven that you can fry, roast, or stew in.

 

[firefighterjake]

Last year I cooked up some chuck eyes by coating a cast iron skillet with olive oil, dropping in the steaks and seasoning with salt and pepper. Amazing how quick the steaks cooked, juices seared inside ... only drawback was the handle got insanely hot since the coals were still putting out a lot of heat.

 

[Kevin Dolan]

Anyone else use hot coals from the stove for grilling? I find it is a perfect use for a glowing coal filled firebox. I transport the coals the weber grill and it is instantly ready cook. I have found that if you shut off the air completely after cooking the coals are preserved as charcoal for use later.

I have never thought of doing that as i need my coals for restarting the fire. But I think it would be a quick instant bbq as you mentioned and if I had to cook on in my stove, other than being messy and smoky, probably would be great.

 

[Bad LP]

I make coals for "Bean hole beans" and cook the meats over an open fire pit but I'm not carrying out hot coals thru the house.

 

[RFarm]

Instead of using the coals from the stove which works great - I started making charcoal deliberately for future use.

I have a top loader stove and place the roasting pan with lid on the top of a 1/2 stack of wood. I close the top and let the stove go through a burn cycle removing the pan wearing oven mitts once the coal bed has died down a bit. I place the pan outside to cool then re-load and do it again.

 

[superbee69]

Great ideas guys. Thanks for sharing. I do carry the hot coals in the metal ash bucket with lid and welders gloves. They die down due to the lack of oxygen in transport but immediately crank back up when introduced into the open topped grill. Burgers cook extremely fast. I find this method is very useful when the stove is full with coals and i would likely waste some in order to reload quicker when maximum btu/hr is desired. It beats buying charcoal and no need to wait for the charcoal chimney starter to do its thing.

 

[JayD]

I grill in my stove--not sure if this counts?

I do the same Prof, Better then the Weber as far as flavor goes! Yep 2 bricks and a basket. I do chops, burgers, boneless chicken, steaks, and brat's. At least twice a week, Jay