"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "jmagerl" > wrote in message
>> So my question: why didnt it come out with a smokey flavor? I was fully
>> expecting smokey chocalate cake. Can coals get so hot theres no smoke?
>> Now I'm tempted to try some bread,
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> In a perfect world, lump charcoal is pure carbon so there is no smoke, no
> odor. When briquettes, you have more fillers, less wood, burning hotter
> reduces the smoke, Couple that with the fact that the cake pan blocks all
> smoke except the top, you'd have little if any, smoke flavor. Years ago,
> all cooking was done over wood or coal.
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And if your food tasted smoky you were considered a poor cook.
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