re: Steaks have Bitter/Chemical-like taste from Kamado grill

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Oily weird taste is VOCs from the fresh charcoal. Merely getting the temp to 700 doesn't mean you're ready to cook. Gotta wait until the thick white/black/grey smoke turns to "clear"....a barely visible, much cleaner smelling smoke.

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My guess would be this is what happened. It was my experience with my BGE. I started grilling chicken and it had a very harsh smoke flavor - kids called it "burnt-house" chicken.

My first rec in troubleshooting would be to ensure you've got a clean burn going with your charcoal.

As hungryone noted you'll get up to temp before you've got a clean burn going.