r/charcoal

154k members
r/charcoal is a subreddit with 154k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses charcoal, grill, grilling, weber, and chicken, and they frequently recommend/review charcoal grill, charcoal, and grill.
For those who grill for taste over convenience, a subreddit dedicated to grilling over charcoal. Tips, tricks, pics, bragging rights, etc.

Popular Themes in r/charcoal

#1
Solution Requests
: "Most successful smoke yet"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Yeti has lost their mind"
6 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "I'm not very experienced with charcoal grills and need to grill burgers and brats for 30 people on this 30"x30" park grill. Where do I start?"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Homemade charcoal"
6 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Steaks on the new grill"
2 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Is this a good deal?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/charcoal

#1

Charcoal

: "My parents are trying to do a Charcoal kbbq in the house. I couldve sworn i heard this was bad, no?"
148 posts
#2

Grill

: "Tips for using an apartment charcoal Grill?"
84 posts
#3

Grilling

: "At the park today Grilling up a storm"
54 posts
#4

Weber

: "Update to the family dollar grill... Weber family now"
37 posts
#5

Chicken

: "Anyone else like to char the hell out of Chicken thighs?"
32 posts
#6

Pork

: "First Pork butt was…amazing."
25 posts
#7

Steak

: "Steak pinwheels and peach cobbler last night"
20 posts
#8

Smoking

: "Smoking some chicken. Smells like spring!"
18 posts
#9

Grilled

: "Grilled with my 3 year old ❤️"
17 posts
#10

Charcoal Grill

: "I'm not very experienced with Charcoal Grills and need to grill burgers and brats for 30 people on this 30"x30" park grill. Where do I start?"
16 posts

Products Discussed in r/charcoal

Charcoal Grill

18 reviews
#1
Weber
5.0 from 12 reviews
#2
Slow N Sear
5.0 from 1 review
#3
BarrelBossQ
5.0 from 1 review

Charcoal

13 reviews
#1
Big Green Egg
5.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Kingsford Briquettes
3.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Weber
4.0 from 1 review

Grill

9 reviews
#1
Big Green Egg
5.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Weber Summit Kamado
5.0 from 1 review
#3
PK 300/360
5.0 from 1 review

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Yearly
+4k members(2.9%)

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Last updated: June 9, 2026