Getting the right amount of char is a fine balance.
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Also they fuck with your heat. The first round is hella hot making it cook fast. The next rounds they turn down the heat. Making it harder to get a proper char and changing your cook time. You gotta ask them to leave it hot.
Yeah fuck that. I thought I had it dialed in and then the waiter fucks me over.
Yeah, I'm not quite sure if that happens at every Korean barbecue place, but so far all the ones that I've been to ive have had to specifically request that they do not mess with my heat. At least as soon as I caught on to that trick.