A charcoal grill apparatus comprising: a cart； an upper surface located on the cart； an ash can opening located on the upper surface； a burner located on the upper surface； a grill kettle, the grill kettle comprising a kettle lid that sits on a lower base section, the lower base section configured to sit on the ash can opening and to sit on the burner； an ash can removably attachable at the underside of the upper surface and aligned with the ash can opening； and an electric blower configured to circulate air from the burner to fuel in the lower base section when the lower base section is sitting on the burner. A method of grilling food, the method comprises: placing charcoal on lower grate in grill kettle； moving lower base section to burner on cart； lighting burner and turning on blower to quickly ignite and prepare charcoal for cooking； moving lower base section to ash can opening on cart, after about 7 minutes； turning off burner and blower； grilling food； emptying coals from lower base section into ash can after allowing to cool； and removing ash can from cart and disposing of coals. A method of grilling food, the method comprises: removing ash can from cart； attaching lower base section to top of ash can； lighting charcoal in lower base section by using the ash can and combustible material to light the charcoal； and grilling food.
