he second challenge is discarding everything you know about cooking meat. Keeping a charcoal grill as low as 225 to 250 degrees can be worrisome for those of us used to cranking it up for steak. Just one scant chimney starter of charcoal and a handful of wood chips can get the grill up to temperature. (Purists may prefer to use a backyard smoker, but a kettle grill will work just fine.)