As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2004/07...c_grill03.html

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Cheers,
--Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
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"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

I have a gas grill for cold weather and use charcoal otherwise.
Much better flavor.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

It isn't even close for taste. Charcoal is much better. OTOH, I grill a
whole lot more with my gas grill.

Charcoal Gas but

A lot of gas BBQ a little charcoal + a lot of oven broiled

Marty

In article ,
Jeff wrote:

As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2004/07...c_grill03.html

So what is wrong with a good old fashioned wood fire? :-)
I have TONS of firewood from pruning etc. (plus I landed a truckload of
Pecan wood when they took some trees down at work) and I find I get a
hotter bed of coals off of a wood fire...

And it tastes mighty good!

K.

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Mr. Wizard wrote:
"Jeff" wrote in message
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"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

I have a gas grill for cold weather and use charcoal otherwise.
Much better flavor.

Charcoal gas for grilling.

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On 3 Jul 2004 06:26:05 -0700, Jeff wrote:

As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

On 3 Jul 2004 06:26:05 -0700, Jeff wrote:

As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

People I know who cook in their backyards in the summer are more
interested in things other than whether their grilling meets up to
anyone else's standards of authenticity.

I've never heard such a debate or complaints from guests. I have a
charcoal grill myself, but I do appreciate the offerings from a gas
grill. If I had a gas grill I'd surely grill more often because of
the convenience.

It's my impression that people who write BBQ cookbooks and/or who have
the setup for serious BBQ are the ones worried about authenticity.

The rest of us don't care. It's not that we couldn't appreciate it;
it's just not a priority. :

Sue(tm)
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This is lame trolling. We all know gas is for suburban yuppies and has
nothing to do with real bbq.

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"Jeff" wrote in message
...
As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2004/07...c_grill03.html

--
Cheers,
--Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2004/07...c_grill03.html

hickory charcoal gas

a.

In article , Jeff
wrote:

As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2004/07...c_grill03.html

Heat is heat.

But smoke is not smoke.

BBQ involves slow cooking over indirect heat at low temperatures and
the smkoe is important.

Typically BBQ involves a remove firebox.

So lets assume you mean grilling, not BBQing. And assume you mean
straight charcoal and no chips to give flavoring via the smoke.

Charcoal does not add to flavor. In fact, depending on how you light
it, you can get residual bad flavor from lighter fluid. This is why
starting charcoal in a chimneyt is a good idea. No fluid. But the
charcoal itself does not smoke nor contrubute to flavor.

So if charcoal does not add flavor, what does?

The vaporization of the drippings from the meat and the charring of the
meat from the heat.

Depending on the type of internals, a gas grill can do grilling the
same way as a charcoal grill. It needs to be a grill that properly
vaporizes the drippings.

The huge advantage to a charcoal grill is heat regulation. Douse coals
with water and heat stops. Controlling flareups on a gas grill can be
more difficult, again depending on the design.

StephenJ wrote:

This is lame trolling. We all know gas is for suburban yuppies and has
nothing to do with real bbq.

You can't really be suburban *and* a yuppie.

nancy

Curly Sue wrote:
It's my impression that people who write BBQ cookbooks and/or who have
the setup for serious BBQ are the ones worried about authenticity.


And here we have the reason these commercialized, ain't worth eatin,
crap for Q restaurants are springin up all over the place. Their
clientele just don't care what crap they'll eat.

In article IvzFc.295$4Z3.19@lakeread02, StephenJ
wrote:

"suburban yuppies"

Christian Muslims?

Miami Gators?

yup == young URBAN professionals

In article , Steve Cutchen
wrote:

In article , Jeff
wrote:

As family and friends gather on decks and patios this holiday weekend
to eat grilled burgers and chicken, a debate may erupt - not about
politics or sports, but charcoal vs. gas.

"In order to accomplish the true, authentic barbecue smoke flavor,
you have to use a charcoal grill," says Steven Raichlen, author of
'The Barbecue! Bible' and other grilling cookbooks.

http://enquirer.com/editions/2004/07...c_grill03.html

Heat is heat.

But smoke is not smoke.

BBQ involves slow cooking over indirect heat at low temperatures and
the smkoe is important.

Typically BBQ involves a remove firebox.

...remote... sigh

So lets assume you mean grilling, not BBQing. And assume you mean
straight charcoal and no chips to give flavoring via the smoke.

Charcoal does not add to flavor. In fact, depending on how you light
it, you can get residual bad flavor from lighter fluid. This is why
starting charcoal in a chimneyt is a good idea. No fluid. But the
charcoal itself does not smoke nor contrubute to flavor.

So if charcoal does not add flavor, what does?

The vaporization of the drippings from the meat and the charring of the
meat from the heat.

Depending on the type of internals, a gas grill can do grilling the
same way as a charcoal grill. It needs to be a grill that properly
vaporizes the drippings.

The huge advantage to a charcoal grill is heat regulation. Douse coals
with water and heat stops. Controlling flareups on a gas grill can be
more difficult, again depending on the design.

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 10:54:48 -0400, " BOB" wrote:

Curly Sue wrote:
It's my impression that people who write BBQ cookbooks and/or who have
the setup for serious BBQ are the ones worried about authenticity.


And here we have the reason these commercialized, ain't worth eatin,
crap for Q restaurants are springin up all over the place. Their
clientele just don't care what crap they'll eat.

No, we are talking about grilling in the backyard. You are assuming
that grilled food is "crap" because it doesn't conform to your idea of
"Q" (Q, isn't that Q-te?). Why does it bother you so much that people
happily grill hamburgers in the backyard with un-"authentic"
equipment? GAL!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!