re: Charcoal VS Gas

I'm not reading all that shite. Are all those dummies thinking you can't get smoke flavor with a gas grill?

One other benefit of a ceramic grill is the ability to shut it down and save the unburned charcoal for next time.

And charcoal isn't the only way, it's just better.

I use a gas grill for the convenience of not having to deal with charcoal. I like how I can come home from work and under 5 min my grill is ready to go. I do prefer the taste of charcoal though.


I have a charbroil tru infrared fwiw

Do the infareds have flare ups like the regular gas grills.

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Why?

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Because that is my preference.

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One other benefit of a ceramic grill is the ability to shut it down and save the unburned charcoal for next time.

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you're right about that. cooked a briket for 10.5 hours on Sunday and I still have enough unburned charcoal in the firebox to last me another quick grill or so..

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There is no
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taste of charcoal


. Unless you do the Alton Brown thing and lay some flank steak directly on the coals.

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My opinion is that cooking over a charcoal fueled fire lends more/different flavor than a fire fueled by propane or natural gas. I dont know about you but I have no desire to "taste charcoal".

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Yeah, common belief.

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I'm assuming you dont agree with that "common belief"?

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I'm assuming you dont agree with that "common belief"?

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No, I don't. The only food where people can tell the difference in a blind test is with steak, but that is only one aspect. I do not like the temp variations, so I only use charcoal with steak if I do not have access to a gas grill or a good oven.

I stopped using fluid years agao. All chimney for me. I must have 4 or 5 of them.