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The top vent is pretty easy to spot. Before you light up your charcoal make sure the vents are open and position the grill.
Place the cooking grate in the grill over the charcoal grate.
How to vent charcoal grill. There are usually two vents on charcoal grills - bottom grill vents and top grill vents. The bottom grill vent is called the intake damper which lets air flow into the grill. This is what actually provides the oxygen needed by the charcoal so it can produce intense heat.
On most charcoal grills theres a top and a bottom vent. The top vent is pretty easy to spot. Its usually a circle of metal with four holes in it.
Turning the metal one way will align the gaps in the metal with the holes in your lid opening the vent. Turning it the other way will obscure those holes closing the vent. Many people think its the amount of charcoal you use but the answer lies with the air dampers.
Adjusting the air dampers will increase or decrease your temperature. The more air going into the grill the hotter the grill will get. The less air going into your grill the cooler it will get.
Most charcoal grills have downward vents. Open large vents and you get more air and a hotter fire thereby. Close the vents partially and youll get less air and a cooler burn.
Before you light up your charcoal make sure the vents are open and position the grill. The vent on the bottom of the basin controls how much oxygen gets inside the grill while the vent on the top determines how much heat exits the grill. The more open it is the more oxygen is supplied to the charcoal which makes it burn hotter.
Place the cooking grate in the grill over the charcoal grate. Put the lid on the kettle and double check that the lid vent is completely open. Your grill will need to preheat for 10-15 minutes.
While the grill is preheating you can prepare your steaks. Sear the food over the coals and then move the pieces to cool area for slower indirect cooking. Regardless of the charcoal arrangement place the cooking grate into position and close the lid.
Ensure the grill vents or dampers are open. Wait 10- to 15-minutes as the grill. Your charcoal grills vents help control temperature by regulating the flow of air both in and out of the grill.
Oxygen is what feeds your charcoal too much and it will flare up too little and it will extinguish. Your grill should have two sets of vents one set at the. Most charcoal grills have a vent on the top of the lids.
You will find another vent on the bottom of the grill basin. Whether your grill is of a regular size or large size it has at least two vents to control the airflow and temperature within your grill. How Important Using Grill Vents Properly For Your Charcoal Grill.
Part 3 I show which vents I use to control the temp on a Weber Kettle Grill using my method and include a demo cook. I also provide the amounts of charcoal I. Most charcoal grills will have two ways to control oxygen.
An intake damper - Located near the bottom of the grill. In close proximity to the charcoal. An exhaust damper - Located on top of the grill that allows gases to escape.
The top vent has a two part job. It has to let the gasses and heat out of the grill and by doing this it will pull oxygen in the bottom vent to the charcoal. A side note is that vents in a charcoal grill are also called chimney intake damper flue exhaust and many other things.
Move the food to the sides of the grill if you need to. By doing this your food would not be over the coal. As all charcoal grills have a tiny vent to adjust the flow of air in as well as out.
You can close this vent to drop the temperature.