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That’s a good shout actually, hadn’t thought of that as a quick and dirty bbq setup.
I was actually drying out the oven ahead of re-rendering it. Cracks in the old render let a lot of water in over winter and our abysmal spring. I used a few bits of hibachi charcoal to keep it going in between me periodically going out to chuck a bit more wood on. It’s hot as fuck but it burns for so long too. Easily get a couple hours out of it.
Seemed like a shame to waste the heat so I grabbed a couple little bavette steaks and threw them in there.
Pizzas today and some more fire based cooking tomorrow ahead of the nicer weather should get it nice and dry fairly soon.
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Hibachi charcoal is great for grilling. So, so hot.
Another thing to try with super thin steaks is to plonk the grill directly on top of a fully lit chimney starter. Much smaller cooking area but you can get great crust while keeping it rare in the middle, all in less than a minute on each side.