BBQ Success

You like to BBQ with briquettes, but you always tend to have issues. Here are a few tips to help your next BBQ turn out a success.

Open your grill and lay out the amount of briquettes that cover the bottom of the grill and extend out about an inch past your food.

Mound them all in the center of your grill and light with a long match if they are self-lighting.

If they are not self lighting, sprinkle with some lighter fluid. Use no more than one or two squirts from the can. Let them sit for about a minute before lighting.

Let the briquettes remain in the mound until they are light gray in color. Once they are all uniform in color spread over the bottom of the grill.

You can test the coals with your hands. Hold your hand over the coals, approximately where the food will be placed. Count out the seconds using the thousand method, (one thousand one) If you are unable to keep your hand over the coals for the following times, here are the approximate temperatures:

2 seconds - Hot
3 seconds - Medium Hot
4 seconds - Medium

Starting Briquettes

You never have any luck starting charcoal briquettes.

The next time that you are getting ready for a barbeque, grab an empty cardboard milk or juice carton.

Remove any plastic pieces and rinse out well.

Once it is dry, fill with charcoal briquettes and light.

The cardboard will burn slow and hot enough to light your briquettes.

Deterring Picnic Ants

When you are out on a picnic you can easily deter ants from your table by taking along a few larger cans.

Find cans that will easily fit under the legs of your picnic table.

Fill each can with about a half an inch or so of water.

Now the ants won’t be able to crawl up the leg of the table and into your food.

Dry Matches

Before you go hunting or camping, grab a couple of books/boxes of matches.

Before you leave, wrap them well in aluminum foil.

Once you get out in the wild, always keep a package on you.

If you get stuck in the wilds, you will at least have dry matches to make a fire with.