What is the Minion Method? | Easy BBQ Tips

Credit goes to Jim Minion for creating this method of Low and Slow charcoal fuel burning.

Eliminating continuous fuel stocking to a BBQ cook.

This method is very simplistic in its design yet extremely effective in it delivery.

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So what is the Minion Method?
But before we start we need to give credit to Jim Minion.
He was the originator of the Minion Method.
In its most crudest form it is a pile of charcoal that you like with just a couple pieces of charcoal.
Why?
Well, what this does is gives you an extended burning time, up to 18 hours while being able to maintain a temperature of 225 to 250 degrees.
This method is very commonly used in our set smokers, vertical smokers, barrel smokers and even to Weber kettle.
As an example of this method we have here a pile of charcoal, maybe 40 coals.
You probably use a lot more than this.
You can also add woodchucks to this as you build your pile or added as the pile gets ignited and simply take 3 or 4 lit charcoal briquettes and place them on top, adjust your vents to regulate airflow and the briquettes slowly light the unlit briquettes beneath creating over time, a very slow and low burn.
Perfect for smoking.
This will allow you to easily cook overnight without having to get up and add fuel to the fire.
Quoting Jim Minion, “It’s easier to start with just a few hot coals and bring the cooker up to 225 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit than it is to start with a red-hot cooker and fight to bring it down to 225 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
And that in its most basic form is the Minion Method.
Hey, that’s it.
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This is Gary House with Cooking Everything Outdoors show.
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