Recent content by Barry G - Yankee Barry

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Thanks for your help. That's exactly what I was thinking. Heat and flames rise. Also, I would think that the ash from the top coals may tend to choke out the bottom coals by filling in the cracks and crevices. Great idea for the two chimneys when you want all lit coals for a quick cook. The...

I think it is a very simple thing to wash your poultry. It only takes a few minutes and can prevent many serious illnesses. If I was a guest at someone's dinner who didn't wash/rinse their turkey I would proclaim that I had suddenly become a vegetarian and pass on the turkey.

When margarine was invented the “expert scientists” proclaimed it was better for your health than butter. Years later the “expert scientists” proclaimed butter is actually much better for your health than margarine. In the 1980’s the “expert scientists” insisted we stop using paper bags for...

If you had one full chimney of lit charcoal and one full chimney of unlit charcoal and you wished to place all the charcoal at the beginning, would you place the unlit charcoal first covered by the lit charcoal? Or would you place the lit charcoal at the bottom and the unlit on top? Thanks for...