Why to Not Use Lighter Fluid When Cooking Barbecue Chicken

Series Summary

Since people have harnessed the power of fire they have used it to cook. Over time surprisingly little has changed. We may have grills powered by gas rather than using fire pits, but the art of grilling has remained for the most part, unchanged. Whether you call it barbeque, barbecue, BBQ, Bar-B-Que or the barbie, grilling is a skill that has to be learned. Styles of barbecue and barbeque sauce differ from region to region, but the practice of grilling is a popular back yard activity throughout the United States.

In this series of videos, expert grill master Dan Head will teach an easy to follow recipe for cooking barbequed chicken. He'll give you tips to get your fire going without the use of lighter fluid, and shows you how to add soaked wood chips to enhance the flavor of the meal. He also demonstrates how to cook corn on the cob on the grill along side your chicken, and shows you how to turn and reapply coats of barbecue sauce to the chicken to get it absolutely perfect. If you're planning a backyard get-together soon, watch this free instructional video series and become a master of the grill in no time.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village my name is Dan Head. The first thing to know about grilling is never use lighter fluid, lighter fluid make your food test bad. So if you don't want to use lighter fluid you have to use one of these which is a chimney. Take two pieces of newspaper and don't use anymore because less is more here, just would them up, stick them out of here, then I personally use pure wood. You could use stop and shop pure wood which I happen to use and it is cheap. Put these in here, about full is about enough to cook for 4 and 6 people. As we see that is going to make enough coals and if you happen to need to add more or have a very large group you can add a little bit more later. But this is enough to get started. "