Charcoal vs Gas

[DropTheBanana]

Forward:
I realize there is a grilling thread, but that seemed more of a "post a picture of your rig and what you grill" thread and decided to to clutter it up. In the same manner, I didn't want to continue the discussion in the "Tilt" thread.



Real men make fire, poke at the fire, gather around to stare at the fire while cooking some sort of delicious dead animal on the fire. Double points if you killed the animal yourself and triple if you didn't use a weapon.

There was a time when a man looked at a cooking device with knobs and an ON switch, called it a fucking stove and told his woman to bake him some goddamn cookies in it.

I understand the convenience of a gas grill, but food lacks that "grilling" taste off propane, especially when smoking your meat.(insert lame sex joke) Plus, the smell and general atmosphere around a burning charcoal grill is surpassed by none.

The only time I find it acceptable to use propane is when deep frying a turkey. You could probably add other poultry to this list but I haven't ventured past Thanksgiving turkey in my deep fryer.

To sum it up, I feel that gas grills have no soul and are basically the gingers of the cooking world.

Discuss.

P.S. "Taste the meat, not the heat" is not a valid argument!

[bigred]

Where's the I live in the city and let the peasants at restaurants do the cooking and then deliver it to me option?

[surviva316]

[kingnat]

With two kids it's gas or nothing... I'd much prefer to cook with charcoal, but by using a smokebox in conjunction with my gas grill, I can impart some ballin' ass flavors and... well, the beginning the end of it is time and gas is just too convenient and too easy to do to pass up at this stage of life.

[BennyLaRue]

But a real man doesn't use pre-bagged charcoal. He cuts down the tree, chop, splits and stacks the wood, dries it for a season, burns it slowly, cools and collects the coals, then fires them up again when it's time to grill slabs of meat on a grill that he stick welded himself.

[bigred]

Yeah, DTB is a lazy pastry baker

[rong]

What's the point of gas bbqs? Why don'y you just cook in an oven in the kitchen and just bring it outside?

Oh yeah, cos that's a fucking picnik!

And also, I like this

To sum it up, I feel that gas grills have no soul and are basically the gingers of the cooking world.

[swiggidy]

The prob with charcoal is you have to start the coals half hour before you even think about cooking. If you get home from work at 6p then gas >>> not grilling at all

[jyms]

IT's gas at home for me or I don't BBQ, same reasons as swig. Camping it's more 50/50 depending on what and when we are eating.

Coals are king for taste, but 90% of the time it's not just about taste. get'r done.

[philly and the phanatics]

are you guys kidding me its so propane AINEC!!!!....you can actually taste the food that way, i guess if you want to eat a piece of charcoal then propanes probably the wrong choice.

[flomo]

Both.

[philly and the phanatics]

hahah its funny because thats what towelee says when he has to choose between weed and saving the kids

[supa]

I guess I'll ad my 2c since I kinda instigated this fucking thread, but Nat, Jyms and Swigg already summed it up.

In the summer I BBQ # or 4 nights a week and twice on sunday. Literally twice on sunday. We get friends coming over all day from 2 til whenever (which sometimes makes me miss work on monday). The ability to fire up the propane and throw on another tri tip in seconds is like having the power of god compared to having to bust out the charcoal and go thru the whole painstaking process for the second or third or eighth time in a day.

I come home from work, jump in the shower, walk out in the yard with a towel on and throw on my meat (cue benny). I like to come home from work, crack a beer, sit on the patio that I built with my unmanly hands, and cook sumpin that's been kilt. I can BBQ in the rain. I can BBQ whenever I want right now, not in an hour from now.

So to sum it up, go fuck your manly charcoal, coz I like baking pastries too.

[surviva316]

IT's gas at home for me or I don't BBQ, same reasons as swig. Camping it's more 50/50 depending on what and when we are eating.

Coals are king for taste, but 90% of the time it's not just about taste. get'r done.

a good old-fashioned american argument...from a canadian? head asplode

[Lukie]

If I had unlimited time and patience, I would use charcoal. I don't, so I..... errrr..... don't.

[rong]

I don't get the point of the gas bbq. why not just put it in the oven?

[OngBonga]

Why the fuck would anyone not use charcoal for a BBQ?

And who the fuck deeps fries a turkey?

You guys are weird.

[Hawk]

Like others, propane at home for convenience, charcoal when camping for the flavor and fun.

And who the fuck deeps fries a turkey?

Yeah, that's what I thought until I tasted one. OMG BEST TURKEY EVER!!!!

[BennyLaRue]

I don't get the point of the gas bbq. why not just put it in the oven?

CONVECTION VS. RADIATION, MF-ER.

[a500lbgorilla]

Yeah, that's what I thought until I tasted one. OMG BEST TURKEY EVER!!!!

This very seriously. We had a smaller deep-fried turkey last thanksgiving and I would definitely do it again.

[boost]

I can appreciate propane after house sitting for a guy I work with who had a propane grill. Also working in restaurants, the grill is very nice for getting crosshatched char marks which do actually add a grilled flavor. However nothing beats charcoal. I think the biggest problem with charcoal is that people have shitty grills that make using charcoal far more difficult.

Also, you all are newbs at being men if you think it takes an hour to get a charcoal grill going. It takes 5, maybe 10minutes tops. A propane grill will take nearly as long if not as long to properly heat up. There is a little more effort in setup and cleanup, but with a proper grill and some knowhow you should not be stuck with propane due to time constraints.

[jjbish]

Gas or nothing imo. I can flash fry a buffalo in 45 seconds with all 4 burners on high.

Great option if youre playing sunday tourny's and wife wants the steaks, or what ever, done.

[DropTheBanana]

I know right. Who has time to get off the internet and go outside?

/sarcasm

Charcoal making a comeback!

YouTube - Salute to Tim "the toolman" taylor

[BennyLaRue]

I know right. Who has time to get off the internet and go outside?

It's cool that you can call yourself out like that. I look forward to you making your own charcoal in the future. Post pics.

[DropTheBanana]

YouTube - How to make charcoal like a (eco) redneck

Seems simple enough, its just gonna be one of those cases where you have to be smarter than what you're working with.

I emailed that link to a buddy who's got a decent amount of land and he's up for doing the welding if I can find the material. Plus, I'm always looking for excuse to start a big fire, so there's a small chance this won't happen in the near future.

I'll probably cook some pretty low grade meat over whatever comes out, but there will definitely be pics when this happens.

[BennyLaRue]

he's up for doing the welding if I can find the material

But that would make him a man, wouldn't it? Not you?

[DropTheBanana]

Nah, I'll just scratch myself a lot and keep telling him he's doing something wrong.

[supa]

Nah, I'll just keep telling him he's doing something wrong.

Right, doesn't sound like a woman at all.