*Charcoal* BBQ/Grilling

First time I ever had brisket was pulled brisket in Seattle. It was delicious!

yeah half onion each side. It was a mix of briquettes and lump charcoal, i typically put some briquettes to bottom of fire starter and top it off with lump charcoal, so if theres small pieces they wont fall through the fire starter and be wasted

No particular reason, just want to use up weber lump charcoal bag i have left

Didn't get any pics of the finished product because things got a bit hectic. I used the Lidl rib holder and it worked very well, the butcher only had baby backs, not sure it would have worked as well with a bigger slab of spare ribs. Got 4 ribs on handy enough. Applied rub the night before, got a bit of snake action going in the weber and put my 4 ribs in the holder. I moved them around twice at about 1hour and 2 hours in to ensure the ones in the middle and back got some love. Had an unscheduled trip to the supermarket to deal with so ended up leaving them a bit longer than intended so didn't wrap until around 4 hours, left them wrapped for an hour than wrapped in towels and into the cool box to keep warm. They turned out great, fall off the bone tender (I would have preferred a bit more bite but they tasted good and people were happy with the tenderness so I won't complain). Couple of pics around about 1 hour and 2 hours in.

Cooked on a gas BBQ for the first time in about 5 years at the weekend. The food is not a patch on charcoal BBQ for taste and flavour.

Cheers mate, let me know please, as im running dry on the briquettes and lump

I got some seriously chunky spare ribs over the weekend. That’s just a single rack cut in half. Loads of meat.

2.5-1.5-0.5 at 250f

HI folks, I'm looking to pick up a charcoal bbq. Will mostly be just grilling for a family of three but from looking at the threads here, I'd be tempted to branch out and try cooking larger cuts of meat, whole chicken etc. Looking at the weber go anywhere or the weber compact 47cm which . I know the weber go anywhere is designed as a portable bbq so I'm wondering would the compact kettle be more multi-functional? Thanks

Id go with the 47cm as a minimum.

Go 57! And not compact. It'll be far more versatile.

Completely agree with this...when I got into charcoal first, I got a 47cm (2nd hand to trial).....now that I am fully fledged I should have got a 57cm one...

Yes definitely save a few extra quid and get the 57cm, it'll give you a lot more flexibility (especially when you have a larger group) and you won't need to buy another for a many years to come; I've had my Master Touch since 2015 and have cooked for 100s of hours on it in that time and it's still performing brilliantly to this day.

As guys said get the 57cm unless you are really very tight for space. Much more versatile. You can just fire up a small amount of charcoal if you just want a quick grill. Just putting lid on and closing vents will save most of the charcoal when you finish to reuse.

Planning to get GA myself soon to have for camping and holidays. Will probably also get used when I just want to cook a few burgers or chicken skewers.