Miso-butter grilled corn on leftover logs
This is what yesterday’s logs are for. Relight the partly burned CHARBLOX from your last cook, put the corn over high, clean heat and lacquer it with miso butter.
Hot and direct. Leftovers welcome.
Corn wants high, direct heat for a short time, which makes it the best job for partly burned logs from your last cook. Relight them in the chimney with a fresh log or two on top, lay them in a single row and grill right over them.
- T−30mRelight leftovers
- T0Corn on
- T+8mBrush miso butter
- T+11mOff the heat
- T+12mServe
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Relight yesterday’s logs
Put the partly burned logs from your last cook at the bottom of the chimney with one or two fresh Dragon Fire Bamboo logs on top. Light one natural firestarter underneath and wait for the top logs to grey at the edges.
Why CHARBLOXPartly burned CHARBLOX lights faster than new logs and gets the fresh ones going. Nothing from the last cook goes to waste.
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02Food
Make the miso butter
Mash the butter, miso, soy sauce and mirin together until smooth.
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03Fire
Lay a hot, even row
Pour the logs into the konro, or in a single row along one side of a kettle, flat faces touching. Set the grate close to the fire, 2–3 inches above the logs.
Why CHARBLOXHex logs nest into a bed with no gaps, so every ear sees the same heat and chars evenly.
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04Food
Grill the corn
Brush the corn lightly with oil and lay it across the heat. Give it a quarter turn every 2 minutes for 8–10 minutes, until the kernels are bright and charred in spots.
Why CHARBLOXBamboo gives high radiant heat with almost no smoke once lit, so the corn tastes sweet and charred, not smoky.
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05Food
Lacquer with miso butter
Brush the miso butter all over and grill 1–2 minutes more, turning constantly: miso browns fast. Brush once more off the heat.
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06Food
Finish
Scatter with green onions and shichimi, and serve with lime wedges.
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07Fire
Keep what’s left, again
Lift the unburned logs into an airtight metal can and close the lid. They will start your next fire.
Why CHARBLOXCHARBLOX is reusable, cook after cook. That is part of what you pay for in every box.
“Once you are done cooking you can put the coals in an airtight container to extinguish and use again. I've been able to use the same charcoal 7×.”
Aiden, verified purchaser, Costco
- Skip the miso for a classic version: butter, flaky salt, chili and lime.
- Grill a few extra ears and cut the kernels off for a salad the next day.
- Cooking yakitori too? Do the corn first while the bed is at its hottest, then move on to the skewers.
The fuel is part of the recipe.
Partly burned logs light faster and carry a short, hot cook.
Bamboo: high radiant heat and almost no smoke once lit.
Uniform hex logs, no hot spots across the row.
No binders, no chemicals, no lighter fluid needed.
CHARBLOX Dragon Fire Bamboo ships in boxes from Los Angeles.
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