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Brian Bennett is a former senior writer for the home and outdoor section at CNET. Once you taste good barbecue, it just might blow your mind. That's what happened to me, and now it's become a powerful ...

There's a deep-rooted magic to preparing food using charcoal. Watching embers flicker and aromatic smoke waft up from a grill comes with an elemental allure that traces through several hundred ...

to everything you put on the grill, and charcoal can burn at temperatures as high as 700 degrees—100 degrees hotter than a gas grill—ensuring the perfect sear that makes grilled steaks and chops taste ...

If you’ve never cooked over charcoal on a kettle-style grill, you might be a little intimidated. But pros recommend playing with fire. When it comes to charcoal grilling, the biggest fuel debate is ...

Anyone who has ever grilled knows that fire is as delightfully primal and instinctual as heat sources get. Nonetheless, following some basic guidelines and techniques will help you get the best ...