char-grilled

adjective

1. (of food) grilled over charcoal

Example Sentences

It’s drizzled over the tender pulled pork, shellacked onto the char-grilled chicken thigh and leg and -perhaps most importantly – mopped all over the rack of ribs that is so tender the meat falls off the bone with ease.

From Seattle Times

Here: saseuljeok — literally, “grilled chain skewers” — made with alternating pieces of American Wagyu beef and line-caught tilefish, with char-grilled zucchini and a salad of scallions, lettuce, anise hyssop and herbs.Credit...Photograph by David Chow.

From New York Times

I like to slather mine with mustard for an added layer of creamy tanginess, but with or without that, the char-grilled burgers, wafting with chili and crowned with the dynamic duo of sweet, juicy apple and sharp melted cheddar are a sure win.

From Washington Post

In each new city I visited, I found myself drawn toward the unmistakable smell of char-grilled street corn and the stories of the people who worked there.

From Salon

That vaporization and the sooty deposits the fat subsequently leaves on the burger’s surface are essential to the flavor of char-grilled foods, but less trapped fat also means drier burgers.

From New York Times