How to Get Your Charcoal Grill Hotter

Are you having trouble getting your weber kettle as hot as you need. Charcoal grills can be tricky, but with the right set up you can master your high temperature grilling. It's more than just vent settings.

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[ChrisPolg]

Thank you. I’ve been waiting for this video

[danielploy]

A appreciate the experiments you do. The video play time always goes by real fast too.

[kenw]

I only keep the vents wide open for a clean fire and control temp with the amount of fuel. In the summer I use my "Santa Maria" attachment for the kettle (Burn Shop) and burn a mixture of lump and oak wood. Loved the Snake Method vid you did.

[Pumpkinman]

اهنيك محتوى جميل و جودة الكاميرا و المايك جميله جداً حتى المونتاج ❤....اتمنى لك التوفيق اخي❤

[KevinMirsky]

Ahh, appreciate the tip on using the bottom vent for major adjustments! I have been mostly focusing on the top vent for temperature adjustments and been struggling to reign things in. Starting with the bottom should work better!

[lew]

I have the small Dewalt jobsite fan and place it by the bottom vent at a low speed to stoke flame.😂😂 If it works; it works.

[SmokeNEmbersBBQ]

@grilltopexperience I love your channel. Im just starting my channel. Continue success buddy.

[SirPraiseSun]

what is the easiest/quickest way to put out coals so we can reuse them other than pouring water and then drying them? does it go out quick if you close the vents or still smoulders and reduces?

[kevinberg]

Even with the water pan in place (empty, of course), a full chimney doesn't actually fill up a Slow 'N Sear. So, I tried adding a layer of unlit briquettes into my Slow 'N Sear before I filled it up the rest of the way with lit briquettes, thinking I'd get a better sear on my steak since my coals would be closer to the grate this way. Boy, was I wrong! For some reason, I couldn't get a good sear going! I was so disappointed! How could this not work better?! When I simply used a chimney full of fully lit briquettes, and no bottom layer of unlit briquettes, I got a great sear, even though the coals were at least an inch farther away. I wonder if I was losing heat energy to the unlit coals, or if you actually need an inch or so of space between the coals and the grate to get a good sear (my coals were right up against the bottom of the grate. This result is really counterintuitive, and it's really bothering me that I don't know exactly why I got a better sear with my coals farther away. If you got this far... whoa.