CitroJim wrote:
The difference is Tim, that when it's in the oven it's not subject to direct flame and intense heat as it is in a barbie. A good barbie can burn incredibly hotly and much hotter than any domestic oven - remember that charcoal was used in the olden days for making steel, that's how hot it can get.
I've regularly seen a barbie grill glowing red-hot.
Also, it's likely to be licked by hot naked flames - they can start to decompose the chrome (or other) plating and release toxins as a result...
The only grills you should use on a barbie are plain steels ones, never a plated one.
You have to be a good cook to do well on a barbie and make sure all food is cooked properly. Again, the intense heat makes it quite tricky to do without cremating it...
Food poisoning is about as funny as a road accident...
As Addo says, why is it so many people get BBQ's wrong? Glowing grill? Food being licked by flames? Shouldn't have any of that. OK the odd flame if any dripping fat goes up but again if there's too much you spray the coals with water to let it die down.
People are impatient, hence the spraying of lit coals with BBQ fluid, or too much charcoal being used, or cooking while there are still flames so the outside of the meat gets burnt but the inside is raw. People that do that should be restricted to gas BBQs!
Use just enough coal, spray it with a bit of fluid if it's not been pre-soaked (most modern stuff just needs a bit of fluid to get it going, the best I've used was coal in a bag, you light the bag and you're away), stand back, enjoy a cool drink and wait for the flames to go and the coal to turn white, then start cooking nice and slow.
Piping hot, properly cooked, unburnt food.
