markm75 wrote:
> On May 10, 5:01 pm, Sheldon > wrote:
>> On May 10, 2:08?pm, markm75 > wrote:
>>
>>> I know this has been discussed to death in other parts.. but I'm
>>> wondering if this status has changed much in recent days...
>>
>>> I'm still assuming I'll get the best flavor (charcoal flavor) with
>>> things like burgers and hot dogs on a purely charcoal grill...
>>
>>> But now there are things like charcoal flavored devices that you can
>>> use on a gas grill (sorry I dont know much about these).. I've read
>>> the lava rocks arent always so great (they work from the fat
>>> dripping on them then the scent rising up through the food?)..
>>
>> Charcoal imparts no taste per se... the idea of using lump charcoal
>> for grilling is that it imparts no taste, whereas briquettes contain
>> lots of substances that do impart flavor, bad flavor. Gas grills
>> impart no taste either. Gas and lump charcoal impart exactly the
>> same flavor by the same method, by fat dripping onto the hot coals
>> or hot lava rocks or hot metal flavor bars... whatever the method
>> the flavor is from the smoke created from burning fat. With both
>> gas and lump charcoal to impart wood flavor one must employ smoke
>> from smoldering chips of various aromatic woods... real charcoal is
>> no longer wood, it cannot impart any wood flavor.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal
>>
>> Sheldon
>
> Sorry, not sure if i followed what you were implying there..
>
> Your saying with a gas grill, even with the lava rocks or other
> devices, there will be no added taste or flavor only using a real
> charcoal grill will this effect occur?

Well, a basic reading of Sheldon's post stated:

" Gas and lump charcoal impart exactly the same flavor by the same method,
by fat dripping onto the hot coals or hot lava rocks or hot metal flavor
bars... ".

> I guess this bounces back to what I am wondering.. Gas grill = same
> taste as in house foreman style grill?

No.

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