Gas assist to the rescue!

[Shadowdog500]

I was cooking a chicken on the rotisserie yesterday using royal oak lump for the first time. I was trying to ride it out to the end on the original coals like I can using Kingsford charcoal but the temps were dropping lower than I wanted near the end of the cook. Opening the lid to throw more lump on would have really cooled things and there would have been a delay before the temps increased.

I tried turning the gas assist on and the temps came right up to 350°f. I shut it off and wound up having to turn it back for the last few minutes of the cook.

I never thought of this until yesterday but it is a good way to go that last 15 minutes without adding coals. I do keep a throwaway pan under the chicken with beer and water in it. No photo of the chicken.:doh: the reason I'm trying royal oak is because I’ve had my second bad bag of Kingsford that left a funky taste on what I was cooking.

 

[bigb56]

Nice, is it the gas assist grill from Sam's Club?

 

[Shadowdog500]

Nice, is it the gas assist grill from Sam's Club?

No, it’s the gas assist on my Weber performer that is normally used to light the charcoals at the beginning of the cook.

I bought some jealous devil briquettes for my next chicken and hopefully they will get me through to the end of the cook like the Kingsford did.

 

[food4thot]

Never thought of using the gas assist that way. Bit of extra lump usually fires up fast.