Mike Purnell
TVWBB Pro
Has anyone had any experience cooking on the charcoal grate?
I cooked a beer can chicken the other night on the 22.5" OTG and one chicken could barely fit under the lid using the standard cooking grate. I was thinking maybe I could cook it on the charcoal grate beneath instead and removing the cooking grate, that way I would have plenty of clearance and I could probably fit 2 or 3 birds? Maybe use fire bricks to deflect the heat? Put the birds in a pan so nothing drips on the bottom of the grill?
Thoughts.......
Also, was thinking maybe I could cook 8 racks of ribs with 2 rib racks? 1 rib rack on the cooking grate with 4 racks and the same on the charcoal grate with fire bricks again acting as a heat wall?
I cooked a beer can chicken the other night on the 22.5" OTG and one chicken could barely fit under the lid using the standard cooking grate. I was thinking maybe I could cook it on the charcoal grate beneath instead and removing the cooking grate, that way I would have plenty of clearance and I could probably fit 2 or 3 birds? Maybe use fire bricks to deflect the heat? Put the birds in a pan so nothing drips on the bottom of the grill?
Thoughts.......
Also, was thinking maybe I could cook 8 racks of ribs with 2 rib racks? 1 rib rack on the cooking grate with 4 racks and the same on the charcoal grate with fire bricks again acting as a heat wall?