re: Anyone cooked meat directly on charcoal before?

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Dammit. I don't have any natural lump charcoal. Is that an absolute necessity?

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YES!

Briquettes have binders and other shite that will get picked up by the meat. Real lump charcoal can be blown off with a hairdryer and the meat is then placed into contact with a bed of glowing embers of pure wood.