How to Use briquette in a Sentence

briquette

noun
  • Fill top of chimney with 2 quarts of briquettes.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Put a bowl with a few charcoal briquettes on a shelf to suck in and trap strong smells.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • For roasting, put the same amount of briquettes on top and on bottom.
    — Pete Zimowsky, idahostatesman, 26 May 2017
  • Put your choice of slow-burning briquettes or lump charcoal in its hopper.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Even seasoned hands can’t handle the heat coming off hot briquettes.
    — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 24 May 2020
  • Often when you’re done grilling there’s still plenty of life left in the charcoal briquettes.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2022
  • Charcoal briquettes need about 48 hours to cool before they’re thrown out.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Marciano then goes upstairs and puts the charcoal briquette of a croissant on her bed.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Use a chimney starter or build a teepee of about 100 charcoal briquettes and light.
    — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 June 2017
  • Light large chimney starter mounded with charcoal briquettes (7 quarts).
    — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
  • Light large chimney starter mounded with charcoal briquettes (7 quarts).
    — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • When top coals are partially covered with ash, pour briquettes evenly over the other side of the grill.
    — The Mercury News, 13 May 2017
  • If using a charcoal grill, light the charcoal or briquettes; when the coals are ready, distribute them to one side of the grill.
    — Jim Shahin, charlotteobserver, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But then, the heating element inside turns cherry red, and in short order the edges of the briquettes start to glow.
    — Dylan Tweney, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2010
  • Light large chimney starter three-quarters filled with charcoal briquettes (4 1/2 quarts).
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2019
  • Scatter 3 to 4 unheated briquettes on top of heated ones.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Lump charcoal is easier to ignite and burns hotter than charcoal briquettes.
    — Roy Berendsohn and Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2020
  • Those degrees of difference means that what reads as rare comes out as medium-rare, medium is medium-well, and well-done is a briquette.
    — Joe Ray, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Drain the chips and put them in a smoker box or foil packet poked with a few fork holes to release the smoke; set it between the grate and the briquettes, close to the flame.
    — Jim Shahin, sacbee.com, 23 May 2017
  • Briquettes, candles and tiki torches are also banned, the department said.
    — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Drain the wood chips and put them in a smoker box or foil packet poked with a few fork holes to release the smoke; set it between the grate and the briquettes, close to the flame.
    — Philly.com, 25 May 2017
  • For charcoal grills, simply dump the old charcoal briquettes into a metal container.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • Hestan’s ceramic briquettes add to the dish by catching any drippings and sizzling them into smoky flavor.
    — Hestan, Bon Appetit, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Although the charcoal briquette tips are a great help, there's a shortage of instruction on controlling the vents for that low heat level.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Keep in mind that, while the briquette smoker itself is reasonably priced, briquettes tend to be more expensive than wood chips or pellets.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • For a quick, surefire way to light charcoal without having to douse the hardwood or briquettes with lighter fluid, try a charcoal chimney starter.
    — Noelle Carter, latimes.com, 30 June 2017
  • Clarke also vows to add a major new element to the project — an iron plant that would turn taconite concentrate produced at the site into hot briquette iron.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2017
  • In the meantime, the other major use of coffee chaff is still to be processed and pressed into charcoal briquettes, which rely on fillers like chaff or wood dust.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Once glowing, the briquettes were distributed evenly across the entire surface of the bottom of the grill and all food was cooked directly over them.
    — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2017
  • In small kitchen huts, customers light a special stove and insert the briquette—an eco-friendly solution to the demand for wood to fuel cookstoves.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 17 June 2019

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