"Desideria" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:42:38 +0100, "Dasco" >
> wrote:
>
>>Hi - Please excuse the newbie question: Can I use wood chips to enhance
>>the
>>flavour of food, using a gas barbeque without coals or lava rock?
>>TIA - Dave
>>
>
> Yes, you sure can! (finally, a question this newbie can answer, though
> others will have more details)
>
> Some gas grills come with smoke boxes--mine doesn't have one, so I
> have a cast iron smoke box I bought separately. I understand you can
> also just soak the wood chips in water then wrap them in aluminum foil

DON'T soak them.

> and poke holes in the foil.
>
> Not a perfect fix, of course, and it's something I'll have to play
> with more to get better results.
>
> Desideria

Other than that one point, you're right on target.
I can't get my neighbor to give up his gasser, but I have finally gotten him
to give up the wet wood.

BOB