Watching embers flicker and aromatic smoke waft up from a grill comes with an elemental allure that traces through several hundred thousand years of culinary history. Subsequently, cooking with fire ...

Scientists sampling a charcoal layer formed by a meteorite impact. J. Plado A new study shows that analyzing bodies of organisms killed by an impact of asteroids can teach us exactly how much ...

The Schafbreite site, located within the western German town of Delbrück, has been settled since the first century A.D. The ...

The most significant difference between gas and charcoal grills is the food's flavor profile. Charcoal grills give food a classic, smoky flavor, while gas grills do not. For many, that alone might be ...

Patton found that on the younger dunes (at 500 years old and 2,000 years old), charcoal layers represented individual fires, because the steep slope of the dunes quickly buried each layer.

Charcoal is most commonly used to cook a delicious meal on the grill. But the substance is increasingly being used in foods, too. Activated charcoal can now be found in some baked goods, ice creams, ...

Charcoal production in Africa is still growing by 2% a year. Mr Ali’s neighbours use it for slow cooking, like boiling beans. Nearby shops sell gas and ethanol fuel.

The design by FruiFresh passes water over layers of charcoal residue carefully placed against the clay-brick walls of a storage room. Water is passed through these charcoal layers three times a day.

Activated charcoal can reduce the effectiveness of certain medications. But why is that?