The beans that Moby recommends in his WSJ op-ed can take hours to cook, and you need pots and pans, plus a reliable stove or cooking surface.
This can raise the air temp at the cooking surface to well over 500F, a recipe for incineration if the cook wanders off for long.
If a drop of water sizzles on the cooking surface, it is.
"With charcoal you get a good, even cooking surface all at once".
The cooking surface is built from three separate pieces, for easy removal.
It's a kettle-style grill: one cooking surface, with the airflow coming from the bottom to the top.
The idea is to have the cooking surface about four to seven inches away from the heat, he said.
Coals should only be partially lit, so they burn longer and provide a range of heat across the cooking surface.
The infrared thermometer is useful for checking the readiness of a cooking surface, like a frying pan or a pizza stone.
Add just enough batter to cover cooking surface, about 1 1/3 cups for a Belgian waffle, 2/3 cup for a standard.
In this cookstove, hot gases from biomass combustion flow under the cooking surface.
