| Grilling your food over a braai or barbecue seems | | | | after the flames have subsided. This technique is like |
| quite easy and people have been doing it for | | | | adding salt to a stew, you have to start off small |
| centuries. There are certain techniques to grilling your | | | | then add as you feel needed. You may want more |
| food when you use charcoal, whether or not you | | | | smoke so you should add more chips. You should add |
| use charcoal or gas there will always be a better or | | | | the chips as you cook not before you have placed |
| rather specific ways to cook a tasty meal. In the | | | | the meat on the grill. |
| case of charcoal you need to know that there are | | | | The main technique you should remember when |
| intricate ways of preparing and using your charcoal. | | | | cooking with charcoal is that charcoal will burn and |
| Believe it or not the way you stack your charcoal is | | | | produce fire. Cooking over a fire is not the best |
| important. It does take more time than just chucking | | | | thing; you should start cooking once the flames have |
| your charcoal in the griller so you have to have | | | | subsided. The main reason why something burns is |
| patience if you want good food. Make sure you | | | | because it feeds on oxygen the less oxygen it has |
| stack your charcoal around the perimeter of the | | | | the less it’ll create fire. Therefore you should |
| griller. Place a tin foil pan in the middle of the charcoal | | | | place a lid on the griller once you have the food on |
| so you don’t have to worry about a greasy | | | | the grill. You should lift the lid to turn the meat but |
| griller and this saves you time afterward for cleaning. | | | | try avoiding this as much as possible as the charcoal |
| After you have done this you are ready to light the | | | | will then receive oxygen which will heat the meat up |
| fire using firelighters. The grill grate should then be | | | | too quickly. |
| placed in the middle of the arrangement or charcoal. | | | | Charcoal can create a wonderful grill and your food |
| Another tip would be to add the smoky effect. The | | | | will gain delicious flavor. Always remember that all |
| reason why most people braai with charcoal is | | | | people have different tastes and will therefore prefer |
| because people love the taste of smoky meat. To | | | | different flavours. You should experiment as much as |
| get this effect you can add dry wood chips over | | | | you like, by doing this you will have the best taste |
| your charcoal once the charcoal has turned gray | | | | for best suited for you. |