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Even heat circulation is crucial, and it's accomplished by adjusting the vents to let oxygen in and out and stacking the coals to produce indirect and direct cooking zones. Charcoal doesn't consist of water, enabling it to reach those white-coal temperature levels that create the best sear on a steak or char on a cob of corn.

Sure, there are various types of charcoal grills, from barrel formed to flat-tops. Even a basic Weber Original Kettle grill (premier in Consumer Reports' "Finest Charcoal Grills of 2020") can outshine the others merely based on its timeless shape, which is optimum for heat circulation.

If you want the highest-performing, a lot of heat-efficient charcoal-burning grill on the market and expense isn't a deterrent, consider a Kamado, whose models include The Big Green Egg (see opposite page). Pick lump charcoal over briquettes.

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This hollow metal cylinder with a bottom grate holds the charcoal. You use newspaper and matches or an air-driven lighter to help the charcoal catch fire and never have food that tastes like lighter fluid.

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One failsafe method is to select thigh meat, which has more fat and therefore higher juiciness and taste. Do not like dark meat? Purchase bone-in, skin-on breasts and prepare them carefully over indirect heat. Zerkel likewise advises marinading the breast ahead of time and butterflying it slicing open the breast to make two cutlets.

The method you cook this lean breast meat makes a distinction, too. To keep it from losing its valuable juices, "I would burn it and move it to the cold side of the grill" to cook slowly, he states. He also buys entire chickens, cuts them up and has parts he can cook differently grilled thighs, poached (in liquid on the stove) breasts for ramen.

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First, season your meat with salt and let it come to room temperature level. (You can even season it approximately 8 hours before cooking and let it being in the fridge.) Position the steak on the hottest part of the grate and scorch it for two to three minutes on each side.

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Move the meat to the cooler part of the grill to complete it off to whatever temperature you like. Fall for vegetables. A preferred on the Zerkel grill is cabbage. "I'll put a half-cabbage on the 'cold' side of the grill, get a good char on it, and it softens and ends up being something else" something terrific, he states.

"The crust it forms will also assist it separate" from the grate without falling apart, he says. Before using it each time, Zerkel scrapes the grate and cleans it down with oil.

Weber Original Kettle 26," $329 at Town Ace Hardware (2170 N. Prospect Ave.) Proponents claim the big advantage is the taste it imparts to food that tantalizing smoky taste. Zerkel, an expert chef who's accustomed to using a range's knobs and temperature controls with accuracy, enjoys this method of cooking for its unpredictability.

Image by Aliza Baran The Big Green Egg can bake, slow-smoke, saut and sear. If cost is no object, this grill simply might be for you. Picture courtesy of Didriks You may have become aware of this contraption a green, egg-shaped ceramic grill that can cook a pizza at 700 degrees in minutes and smoke a beef brisket at 220 degrees for 14 hours.

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The Big Green Egg is a grilling investment that might make sense if you prepare to use it a lot. The Fein Brothers co-owner keeps his Egg in regular rotation in summertime.

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The Egg doesn't require much charcoal, and for those who hate cleaning grills, this one is low-maintenance. To buy: Especially terrific for steaks, ground meat and pork ribs, bone-in roasts, chops.