Height from grate surface to charcoal for grilling?


 

W_Stewart

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Does Weber build their charcoal grills have a standard height from the grate surface to the charcoal?

I ask as I use a poor man's version of my 18" WSM to do any charcoal grilling. I do this buy dumping a lit chimney of charcoal into the bottom of the WSM as per usual, then just place my cooking grate over the basket rim. It works, enough that I don't feel I need to buy an additional charcoal grill, but i sometimes wonder if my distance from the charcoal isn't ideal for grilling. That said, I'm not sure what ideal is either....
 
It depends on how much heat you want and the meat you're grilling.

With a Kettle, you can get charcoal closer to the grate by using the baskets, its variable.

I use my Smokey Joe to sear steaks, fill it with charcoal to where its right under the cooking grill, and I use my Weber Gourmet Searing Grate on top of the SJ grill.

Or go caveman, and put your steak right on the lump charcoal :)
 

 

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