How To Use Your New Weber Kettle Grill | Weber Grills

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Video Transcript:
Welcome to Kevin Coleman's Backyard. Today we're talking about how to grill your first ribeye. Now, before we get started preheating our grill, we have to make sure it's set up the correct way. You want to make sure the bottom dampers on the one-touch system is completely open. We need oxygen flow, because that's going to create those awesome grill marks. Now let's get started. We need to take our cooking grate and hang it off the handle. And we're going to be using a chimney starter. And this is the best way to get your charcoal going. You want to fill it up about half way. And that's going to be about 50 to 60 briquettes. This is ideal when doing any kind of direct grilling. Now, my go-to way of lighting charcoal is always using lighter cubes. And you're going to place two of those in the charcoal grate. You're going to light those, put the chimney starter on top, and you're going to wait about 10 to 15 minutes. How do you know what the best time it is to dump that charcoal? Wait till it's completely ashed over. As you can see, the charcoal is completely ashed over. It's the perfect time to get it inside of our grill. Just make sure you're using grill mitts. It's going to be hot, and this makes it much easier to place the charcoal exactly where you need it. The charcoal is inside the grill. Now we need to spread it evenly. And if I'm doing four steaks, I'm going to use about half the grill. I keep the other half as my safe zone. And this is just in case the food starts to cook a little too fast. I can always slide it over, finish it up under indirect heat, and keep it nice and moist. Then take your cooking grate and place that inside of your grill. You want to make sure we're getting those temperatures high to create that awesome sear and caramelization to our food. So make sure the damper in the lid is completely open. Here's the most important grill master tip I'm going to give you in this video-- preheat your girl for 10 to 15 minutes. Now, one thing that I like to do is add a little bit of olive oil to the food that I'm cooking. This helps it from sticking to the grates. It also helps with caramelization, which is going to give you a heck of a lot more flavor. As you can see, we've got some awesome ribeyes here, and I have to season them correctly. And I want to make sure the whole surface is covered. I'm looking for flavor, and I'm looking for one of the best ribeyes I've ever grilled in my life. Make sure we've got our gloves on, and also you have to remember that the lids have a hook on the inside of them. It's the perfect thing to hang the grill off of our bowl. We've got our grill set up for direct heat. We've preheated it. Now it's time to get our steaks on our grill. We want to put those over the coals, and we want to set our timers to about three to four minutes. We have a saying at Weber, looking and cooking. And this is one important tip that I can leave you with. Our timer's gone off, now it's time to flip our steaks. And we want to do that as quick as possible so that we can get the lid back on and get our steaks fully cooked. Hopefully your steaks look as good as these. If they don't, you can always find your personal grilling instructions here at Kevin Kolman's Backyard on Facebook and Twitter. And always, grill on.

[jeepkid]

Could you turn up the music louder next time ? I can still hear the person talking

[timkroneker]

Nice job! Just bought the same grill! Everything tastes so much better!

[adrienne]

thanks good easy tutorial first time for the weber grill thanks ( usually use an electric grill or the big green egg)

[ricgordon]

Good job mate. Love the enthusiasm...and those steaks look good!

[funkyprepper]

I found the vent underneath, thanks for sharing

[cathynguyen]

Thank you!! I’m buying my first grill and it’s super intimidating!

[zachc]

How about covering the bottom vent adjuster? That's critical to temp control...

[nothingsfree]

How do you know it's open at the bottom

[adokur]

I have a bright new exactly same Weber just bought last year in Turkiye and how come I don't have a hook inside the lid? Thanks.

[Jut]

Hello, do you use new charcoal after initial burn? And how long does initial burn have to last as I intend to use it on the same day as I get it.

[johnathanbrown]

Great video. Explanation spot on. Glad i switched to a weber. Out of curiosity, I usually have unused charcoal under the charcoal I used to start. Is this not the best way? Or is the weber shape just better in that way?

[RebeccaCampbell]

Nice video...
I prefer to use old newspaper as fuel to ignite the charcoal on the chimney... as it has less chemicals, but using just two cubes and waiting for them to be consumed completely does the trick as well.
My Kettle Grill has two years now and being used around 52 times per year and it is looking perfect... no wonder why it has such an extended warranty. Still I prefer my Summit as it can reach higher temperatures and it's cheaper to use... but the Kettle is more fun to use.

[FOSTER]

I have an 18-inch Weber Kettle Grill. About how many briquets should be used when grilling ONE steak? What advantage does the "chimney" have over placing the briquets directly on the grate then lighting them up?

[atifbinyaseen]

@s kasthuri  I have same grill with 2 airflow, 1 is on the same as it grill and 1 is at the bottom, but the trouble is that whenever I cover my grill, coals didn't work and extinguished. What should I do? Can u guide?

[shirlaninc]

I don't have a charcoal chimney. What other choice do I have? Thank you.

[AndreaMurray-xucs]

Agree music is loud. Our issue is with temperature, close the lid it gets up to 450 we expect it to decrease when we open it but dropped 100° and takes forever to get back to 300. We've tried a lot of different things but still have problems? What advice can you offer? TYIA!

[pshnazzle]

Do you need to do a “startup” burn for the first time? Wasn’t sure if it was recommended to burn off any manufacturing chemicals etc.

[punkem]

Why two cubes? I use one when I have them on hand and I can get a full chimney going within 15 mins. Also look into reverse searing.

[uscrunch]

What do i do with the charcoal after im done cookimg?

[JohnDoe-qfur]

You only need to use 1 lighter cube. Not sure why everyone suggests using 2... it's a waste. 1 cube easily gets a full chimney going in no time. SAVE YOUR CUBES, PEOPLE!