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BBQ: Coal or Gas?
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fred funk }{ wrote: »A post in another thread and the fine weather got me thinking about BBQing.
I have often had this discussion with some mates about which is better, the coal BBQ or the gas BBQ. Personally I think you can't beat the coals, the lovely smell and taste that it leaves on my charred slabs of steak YUM YUM!
While on the other hand gas BBQs don't create that lovely aroma or leave that charred taste that I love so much. It's a no brainer for me, the coals wins hands down every time.
Also there is something manly about lighting up a fire and cooking your dinner on it while having a few cold beers. Them gas BBQs are for sissies I say!
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It's the fat that drops from the meat onto the hot surface underneath which makes the smoky flavour - no matter what the surface is made from.
This is the stuff you gas heads come up with to justify your wussy bbqs
Seriously though, the dripping fat does of course add some flavour but to say there's no difference between the two is just ridiculous.0 -
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Got a gas one last year, as has been said, so much more convenient and controllable, also no sudden gust of smoke in your eyes if the wind changes direction
but I do miss that relaxing beer I used to have whilst keeping an eye on the BBQ coals as they heated up to the right temperature
, now its switch on the gas, go in the kitchen grab the raw meat/burgers etc and go back out and cook
Im losing out on a beer, man down, what is the world coming to eh?.........(goes off into long rant about how this used to be all fields)0 -
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I've bought a pile off stuff from here recently. http://www.planetbarbecue.co.uk/
I've been using woodchips in a smokerbox on my charcoal bbq and its made a huge difference.
I've also been making my own bbq cooking sauces and bastes and its worth the effort. Once you start making your own you won't go back to store bought stuff.
Tonights efforts were tasty
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You mention "quick", which would make me think you might have got food poisoning from people wanting to use charcoal ones when the coals were still on fire. I see loads of people do this. Many think a BBQ is dead when actually it is only just ready.Gas equals cooked and quick... charcoal (not coal!) equals food poisoning!
Disposable trays can be €2-3, or sometimes even "free" with beers . I much prefer them since you just throw the whole thing out afterwards. I am not sure of how much my father spends on gas on his, but I reckon it would be over €2-3 for the same cooking time as a disposable. He heats it up first for a good while to "burn off old fat", then at the end he leaves it on for ages on high settings, again to "burn off the excess fat", he read this in the instructions and follows them to the letter. I have the use of a gas one in my house but never do as I would have to clean it afterwards, and if I spent that cleaning time working overtime I could buy several disposables! and I hate cleaning them.Considering you'd use about a fiver of charcoal, fluid, starter etc to get a BBQ going. And I'd get over 100 BBQs out of my gas tank, gas is DEFO more economical in the long run.
What I often do is put the disposable inside the gas one, so you have the best of both worlds, the lid for control and throwaway ease.
Seems you don't get it alright! The flavour comes mainly from the fats falling on the hot coal which then begins to smoke and flavour the foods. Many "anti gas" people try and compare them with a grill, but this is wrong, it would be like a grill upside down. There would be tons of smoke in the kitchen if you grilled upside down, though the food would be nicer. Fatty food is essential.fred funk }{ wrote: »Why not cook the food in your kitchen then, I really don't get the gas bbq thing at all.
My brother has a gas one but still doesn't "get it", he marinates chicken fillets and then fires up the gas one just to cook one fillet, spends ages cleaning it too, his fillets have no skin at all, so no fat is falling on the coals, no smoke, so in this case he may as well just grill it inside, same with lots of veggie people. Though of course some like the party/outside side of it, but I have seen my brother just cook outside and eat inside on his own, I don't get it at all.0
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