How do you "braai"?

How do you "braai"?

  • Wood

    Votes: 167 54.2%

  • Charcoal/Briquettes

    Votes: 185 60.1%

  • Gas

    Votes: 58 18.8%

  • I don't

    Votes: 26 8.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 8 2.6%
  • Total voters
    308
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
As long as it is not milkwood or tamboetie, and it has a flame, oh also no creosote.
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I was pretty clear when I said it was milkwood.

Not sure why it would have been creosoted though.
 
bwana said:
I was pretty clear when I said it was milkwood.

Not sure why it would have been creosoted though.
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I seem to remember milkwood being soft, thus poor coals/heat, and possibly toxic, creosote wood might burn nice but ain't good, niether is tamboetie, nor pine wood, as it usually has a high resin content.

Maybe I should check if milkwood is toxic if burnt.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
I seem to remember milkwood being soft, thus poor coals/heat, and possibly toxic, creosote wood might burn nice but ain't good, niether is tamboetie, nor pine wood, as it usually has a high resin content.

Maybe I should check if milkwood is toxic if burnt.
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I'm pretty sure milkwood a hardwood. Seems really dense. It's been seasoning for a few months now, while I figure out what to do with it all.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
I seem to remember milkwood being soft, thus poor coals/heat, and possibly toxic, creosote wood might burn nice but ain't good, niether is tamboetie, nor pine wood, as it usually has a high resin content.

Maybe I should check if milkwood is toxic if burnt.
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Okay, where I grew up, we had a tree that was soft, and had a milky sap, we called milk wood. See Google informs me that what we referred to as iron wood, is also known as milkwood.

Oops!

Now I am wondering, what the tree with milky sap really is.
 
bwana said:
I'm pretty sure milkwood a hardwood. Seems really dense. It's been seasoning for a few months now, while I figure out what to do with it all.
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Hardwood, should give good coals, but it being protected, might be an issue, but if it is already cut, who knows.
 
rh1 said:
I have a six burner gas grill and thats what I used it for, grilling. When I invite people for a braai, which granted it has been a while, its always wood that is used.

Gas grilling of meat is not a braai. Yes it is a similar process, hence the confusion by some of you, but it is not.
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True. And then there's the aftermath: Cleaning the gas grill. Ain't no-one got no time for dat.
 
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RonSwanson said:
True. And then there's the aftermath: Cleaning the gas grill. Ain't no-one got no time for dat.
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Takes as much time to clean my gas weber as it does to clean my charcoal weber and it needs to be done far less frequently.
 
bwana said:
Takes as much time to clean my gas weber as it does to clean my charcoal weber and it needs to be done far less frequently.
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No-one cleans a charcoal Weber. You have far too much time on your hands.
 
bwana said:
Must be nice cooking on a mound of ash then.
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You're in PE? Got so much wind that you don't even need to iron your clothes, then you worry about ash in a charcoal Weber? :laugh:
Up here on the reef, we use a quick squirt with the hosepipe, if at all.
 
RonSwanson said:
You're in PE? Got so much wind that you don't even need to iron your clothes, then you worry about ash in a charcoal Weber? :laugh:
Up here on the reef, we use a quick squirt with the hosepipe, if at all.
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I'm not the only one
Pineapple Smurf said:
I never have problems with briquettes unless it is bloody windy, then you get the white ash blowing up onto the meat and it tastes kak. Briquettes are made from different ingredients including sawdust.
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Wind + ash = bad.
 
Ghost64 said:
So it’s like a stove, but outside?
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No it isn't, because unlike a stove you're grilling over naked flame to some extent. Some gas grills have volcanic rocks which behave much like charcoal but most commonly these days they have angular plates between the burner and grill which pass on some extent of naked flame as well as deflect fat dripping which burns and adds flavour much the same way as cooking on charcoal.

Look, I know it isn't the same, but for sheer speed and convenience it is a good substitute during the week when you don't have a lot of time, and not at all the same as cooking on a stove (although if you know what you're doing you can broil a pretty decent stake in an oven as well).
 
garp said:
I suspect many of the “gas isn’t a braai” snobs have never really tried it. Yes, nothing beats wood or charcoal if you have an occasion and the time but the big benefit of gas is that you can flip a few steaks after work in less than 10 mins from start to finish and the result is not significantly that much different.
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This is a BBQ not a braai. It is convenient sure, and quick yes, and it has its place for sure but its not braai.
 
neoprema said:
I don't. Whether i use charcoal or gas its either raw or burnt to a crisp, i can never get it in between. I just go out and order a steak if i feel like one now.
For the purpose of the vote though, I have a built-in gas braai so i chose gas.
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@PoppieChoffel gives paid lessons to the ladies around here, maybe enrol with her?
 
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