self ignition with wet charcoal

[Brandon Cackowski-Schnell]

Howdy.

There's a really interesting article on whether or not wet charcoal will self-ignite over at The Straight Dope.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mwetcharcoal.html

It's a pretty cool read, or should I say a pretty coal read. Heh.

-Brandon

 

[Anthony G.]

Boy...this is the first time I've heard of this!

 

[Brian L.]

Good article, but give up charcoal? Never! I grill with propane because of ease of use, not for better flavor.( I always throw some smoke wood on there to get some smoke flavor). Since I started smoking with charcoal as the heat source, I can't go to anything else unless I went all wood!