BBQ Flavour Binchotan White Eucalyptus 1 grill session
Compared to Marabu charcoal, Binchotan is much quieter. It does not crackle and is completely odorless and smokeless when you light it. It burns much longer than Marabu and also reaches a higher temperature. That is why Binchotan is very suitable for use in your table grill. Because it does not splash, this is also a safe fuel to use with children.
No chemicals are added during the traditional production process. The ash content is approximately 1.8%. Binchotan is a type of charcoal with an unearthly high carbon percentage, which ensures an almost pure composition. And you can taste that, you can also use Binchotan to purify your water and Binchotan is very suitable for caveman style preparations.
With this packaging, which is good for 1 grilling session, you will become familiar with Binchotan and after use you will not want anything else! The package contains approximately 1KG of Binchotan and is therefore sufficient to fill your table grill or Konro grill and enjoy a grilling session of about 4 hours. Do you already know what you are going to prepare for your Shichirin? In our Shichirin book, numerous recipes are shared that you can make on the Shichirin, in addition Binchotan also discussed extensively.
History Binchotan
Binchotan is made in Japan in a beautiful traditional way, in stone and clay ovens. Burning this charcoal requires such great expertise that there is a separate profession for it: Binchotan burner. Making Binchotan according to Japanese quality requirements is very difficult, but certainly not impossible. Above all, it takes a very long time. One cycle of making about four hundred kilos of Binchotan takes no less than 15 days. That cycle starts with collecting wood and ends with packing it into boxes. The collected wood is first carefully placed in the oven and heated for about ten days with minimal oxygen supply at approximately 200 °C. This minimal oxygen supply ensures that the wood does not burn but decomposes. Because so little oxygen is supplied, an almost completely pure composition of carbon is ultimately formed. When the smoke coming from the oven has just the right color, the wood has been decomposed and the oxygen supply is increased. The oven reaches a temperature of no less than 1000 °C. This process stops as soon as the charcoal starts to glow red. The final step is rolling the charcoal in ash and sand, which gives it its signature gray glow. After all, it is not called White Binchotan for nothing. The end result is Binchotan, with a beautiful carbon percentage of no less than 95%.
How do you use Binchotan?
To burn Binchotan, it is best to first make a softer charcoal bed with, for example, Acacia charcoal. You then place the Binchotan diagonally on the hot charcoal bed. This way you can easily get Binchotan. It is also possible to light Binchotan with a gas burner, which should burn for approximately 15 minutes. To make lighting your Binchotan easy, we have developed the Binchopan. You use the binchopan to light Binchotan quickly and easily. Take a quick look at the Binchopan. In this blog we also explain in detail how to best prepare Binchotan to light.
