New Weber briquettes - review.
I used these over the weekend with a 57cm Weber kettle to cook a 6.5kg bone-in pork shoulder.
I used the snake method - two rows with another row on top- and ran them most of the way round the edge, just leaving a gap of about 15 cm between the ends.
At about 9pm I used a blowtorch to light one end of the snake which took about 5 minutes. With both top and bottom vents set at half, it took about 20 minutes to reach my target temperature of 110C at which point I closed the vents a little.
From then on the temperature held pretty steady and responded well to minor vent adjustment when needed.
Throughout the cook the briquettes didn't need any intervention and burned for 17 hours, by which time the pork was done.
The briquettes burned cleanly and at the end there was nothing left on the grate at all - every briquette had burned through completely!
Love these Weber briquettes and can't wait for my next cook with them!