Is Reusing Old Charcoal Worth it? | TESTED

In this video, I'll answer one of the most common beginner BBQ questions, " Can you reuse old charcoal and still make great BBQ." Using old or reused charcoal has a lot of myths associated with grilling using old coals. Does old reused charcoal leave a weird ash taste? Does it get hot enough or does it even last long enough to cook a decent steak? I'll grill a beautiful New York Strip steak using mostly old coals and test out old charcoal vs new charcoal using my favorite briquettes made by FOGO. Save your money, invest in good quality charcoal, and a waterproof storage bin. The results may surprise you.

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[willdiaz]

I started reusing two weeks ago. I use the FOGO Briquets as well. Thank you for another awesome video confirming the myths aren’t true haha

[Trinifood]

Tom, I love your delivery and the detail in your commentary.

[robertourban]

Hi Tom, I’m Roberto I’m from
Italy and let me say you have one of my favourite, if not the most favorite, bbq channel, you really do a great job man! About charcoal, I’d like to rather ask you how to preset the bbq to start cooking to a certain temp. Let’s say you’re going to cook a certain protein and you want to keep 275 F as target temp, how much charcoal do you lit? How do set the vents? Someone says 1 briquettes fully lit is like 50 F, is it true? Is it a myth? I’d really like to have some advices (or maybe another of your great videos) about that.
Thanks a million and keep goin g!

[BbqMikeG]

Grab a couple of plastic grocery bags, one to use as a glove, and fill the other bag with the cold used charcoal and give it a twist to make it airtight.
If grease gets on the coals, I don't reuse them because they may give off a foul odor.
Add a handful of new briquettes into your charcoal chimney first and then top it off with used coals so the littler bits don't fall out.
Close both dampers as soon as you take the food off to maximize the amount of used coals.
Be mindful of the smoking woods you used the last time because it may impart flavor. Especially if you used cedar wood sticks.
There's still some heat in those used coals! Save money and be scrappy!
Great video Tom!

[bks]

Last week I took the used coals(mostly lump)from my jumbo joe, 22" kettle, and performer. I got a full chimney out of them combined. Got the performer over 500 degrees with them and made an awesome pizza!

[elmin]

Use old stuff when you need to add it to another grill so you don't get smoke

[dpelpal]

Thank god it isnt another thermometer video😅