I had a BBQ last night for the first time on my Weber 57cm kettle BBQ and Big K Lumpwood charcoal.
This is what I had to cook:
10 Chicken Thighs (spatcocked)
10 Burgers
10 Chicken skewers
10 Sausages
2 Salmon burgers
5 prawn skewers
10 slices of haloumi
I lit 2 Weber measuring bowls of charcoal on the bbq and let it take for 30-40 mins.
I then put the chicken thighs on in a circle round the edge (as it felt too hot in the middle) and put the burgers in the middle. I did put the lid on for a bit but was nervous about the temperature so kept taking it off.
By the time I was ready to get the sausages and skewers on the heat had really died off.
What should I have done at this point?
So i took the whole food grill off and added another bowel of charcoal and waited 10+minutes until I could even it out, and then put the meat back on, and finished off the last items.
How does one plan for the extra coal required? should I have added it earlier/ during cooking? how? Could I have continued while the extra coal was taking?
Should I have had the lid on the whole time?
What should I do better next time?
Thanks so much for your help! I want to crack it next time.