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Default Gas grills vs charcoal and Lava Charcoal Rocks or tiles or flavorbars etc?

Sheldon so bravely stated:
> markm75 wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> markm75 wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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

>> Sorry, not sure if i followed what you were implying there..

>
> I never ever imply... not ever... I don't even know how. Whatever I
> have to say I say without any if's, and, or buts... I don't think
> anyone on this planet is more direct, of which no one will dispute, in
> fact no one would dare. No one as of yet has ever accused me of
> beating around the bush.
>
>> 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?
>>
>> I guess this bounces back to what I am wondering.. Gas grill = same
>> taste as in house foreman style grill.

>
> I haven't clue what it is you are communicating because I haven't a
> clue what language you're writing... it's definitely not English. As
> an example of my directness... you ****ing no IQ imbecile!

And an excellent example of why you are a caustic bore, perhaps a
retired English teacher, but a caustic bore nonetheless.
>
> Sheldon
>



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