Bob > wrote:
>I'm pretty sure he stated outright that he was using the hair dryer to get
>the coals to their peak hotness.
>I've got his book _I'm Just Here for the
>Food_, which talks about the same thing, even giving a diagram for hooking a
>hair dryer to a kettle grill to keep the coals hot continuously.

I just watched that episode for the second time, and
he called it "ash management." No mention of using it
to peak the heat.

Now, he has the right to revise and extend his remarks in
his books, but the videotape don't lie.

BTW, using a hair dryer continuously would tend to cool the
meat, even if it gets it more radiant heat, because radiant
heat isn't the only effect of a grill.

--Blair
"Then again, there's this place
called Pittsburgh..."