Love cooking? Explore the oriental side of life with these beautiful grills. This fun hamper includes the following products:
Hida Konro Table Grill HK-3
The largest of the Hida Konro table grills and the most versatile.
Cooking for bigger groups is effortless. Made with Diatomaceous Earth this grill has incredible heat insulation properties. They are lightweight and easy to use.
Complete your grilling experience by using the Tosa Binchotan.
Regarded as one of the best charcoals in the world. To purchase or to find out more please visit the HEAT.
TIP: Remove the grill mesh to grill your favourite skewers.
Japanese Binchotan – 1 kg – Made by Master Artisan Mr Yukinobu Harada
Although their grills can be used with any charcoal Grills of Japan would recommend using Japanese Binchotan or Japanese white charcoal which is known as the King of all charcoals, a favourite amongst Yakitori bars all over Japan due to its clean burning properties and the amazing aroma and flavour it imparts when grilling. It is much harder and denser than ordinary black or lump charcoal and has a characteristic metallic sound when struck together.
Japanese Binchotan is the perfect charcoal for barbequing due to its long steady burning properties, and food grilled over Japanese binchotan results in a juicier texture and heightened flavours compared to other charcoal. There is no smoke and it is completely odourless when burning, so the flavour of the food is kept pure. This of course all changes when you add meat to the grill.
Genuine Tosa Binchotan
The Tosa binchotan we source is pure, 100% produced from Ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides) trees grown and processed in Tosa, in the Shikoku region of Japan and sustainably sourced.
Tosa binchotan has a total burn time of up to 4-5 hours.
Along with Kishu from Wakayama, genuine Tosa Binchotan are known as the best charcoal produced in Japan.
Tosa Binchotan can be used to grill indoors as there is little to no smoke and completely free from carcinogens and chemicals. Lighting binchotan can be achieved by placing into a very hot fire and removing once fully lit or by using a Charcoal Starter pan or Looftlighter, which can be found on the LIGHT page.
Tokujo pieces of Binchotan comes in varied sizes approx 5-10cm in length. They are a mixture of large to smaller pieces so should you want to make smaller pieces they can be cut down to smaller sizes using a sharp axe. Binchotan tends to break clean but please take care when doing so and wear appropriate eye protection.
Compared to regular natural hardwood charcoal, Japanese Binchotan will burn many times longer and when finished grilling, you should simply extinguish the charcoal so you can use it again.
To extinguish simply place the charcoal in our Natsume extinguishing pot, which can be found in our EXTINGUISH page. Alternatively, dip each piece of charcoal in cold water for 30 seconds and leave to dry.
TIP: Before lighting place the binchotan into a hot oven to warm up on a baking or roasting tray. This will speed up the process of lighting it as well as reduce any pockets of trapped air within the binchotan.
Charcoal Starter Pot
The charcoal starter pot is a very useful tool enabling you to light your binchotan charcoal ready to be transferred to your Shichirin, Konro or Hida Konro grill. Place the pot over your gas hob or open flame and allow for the charcoal to be flamed until fully lit then place into your grill. Do not overfill the starter pot.
The binchotan will take between 10 – 15 minutes before it is fully glowing so be patient. Once fully lit transfer your binchotan charcoal to your grill and wait for a minimum of 10 minutes for the binchotan to fully build the heat and insulate your grill. If using a bigger grill place additional binchotan on top of the already lit charcoal and wait for it to be fully lit before you start grilling.
Fro more info, visit www.grillsofjapan.com
Prize details: One lucky reader will win a hamper from Grills of Japan
How to enter: Fill out the form below and answer the following question. What is the Tosa binchotan charcoal made of? Congratulations, Donay Mitchell!
Competition Ts & Cs:
– The winners will be announced by 8.15pm on Facebook on December 10
– Winners will be contacted via details provided on the form.
– Winners are required to claim their prize within one week or another winner will be drawn
– Prizes are not refundable and cannot be exchanged for money
– No transport is included.
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