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Why does Real Fire-cooked food taste so good?

eliot756 · 2012-10-04 06:09:22

For example, real fire BBQ using charcoal compare to gas cooked. Any magic in there?

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04-10-2012 7:09am

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eliot756

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For example, real fire BBQ using charcoal compare to gas cooked. Any magic in there?

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#2 04-10-2012 10:54am
stevenmu

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I there'd be two factors.

One is that, in general, with a charcoal BBQ food is often on a grill, so higher temperatures are directly applied, which would help with the Maillard reaction and caramelisation where relevant (link for more info. With a gas fired BBQ, the food is often heated on a plate resulting in a lower heat distributed more evenly.

The second is that the smoke from the charcoal fire adds some flavour, especially to meats.

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