Got a Yak grill for Christmas, broke it in yesterday!
Did half binchotan and half lump just to try a side by side. Made a homemade tare too.
Excited to keep learning with this thing. Been obsessed with yakitori recently and ready to dive in more.
by gingerbeardguy
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gingerbeardguy
Couple learnings after first session: I bought the Charcoal Riser. The coals were registering 1100-1200 but I’d have to put $50 worth of binchotan in to get the height where I needed. That should be a quick fix.
The lump charcoal (used Fogo black bag) honestly did the trick fine. Will probably save binchotan for guests and special poultry/meats but heat was fine, and flavor difference was there but only assholes like me would really notice.
For the yakitori side – I need to sharpen my knives was the biggest learning lol. I bought Chicken and Charcoal and followed along with the butchering there, but my knife was 75% sharpness and didn’t cut it.
2 Comments
Couple learnings after first session: I bought the Charcoal Riser. The coals were registering 1100-1200 but I’d have to put $50 worth of binchotan in to get the height where I needed. That should be a quick fix.
The lump charcoal (used Fogo black bag) honestly did the trick fine. Will probably save binchotan for guests and special poultry/meats but heat was fine, and flavor difference was there but only assholes like me would really notice.
For the yakitori side – I need to sharpen my knives was the biggest learning lol. I bought Chicken and Charcoal and followed along with the butchering there, but my knife was 75% sharpness and didn’t cut it.
Overall, super fun little grill.
i would get some tbh