BBQ: Gas or coal?

Morrigoon · 08-21-2006, 01:20 PM

Just for fun...

Which kind of BBQ grill do you prefer to cook with?

I grew up with gas, so of course I prefer the convenience and manageability of a gas grill. They're easier to heat up, pretty much ready whenever.

My boyfriend, on the other hand, is a traditionalist. He grew up with charcoal, and in his mind it's the only way to go.

Guess which grill we have

Morrigoon · 08-21-2006, 01:21 PM

(Crap, forgot to add the poll...)

Alex · 08-21-2006, 01:22 PM

In a perfect world where I have assistants to do the boring stuff charcoal. In the real world, gas. The convenience outweighs the slight taste advantages.

Promo-Man · 08-21-2006, 01:38 PM

It's Gas for me.

katiesue · 08-21-2006, 01:43 PM

I have gas, easier. I'd never do charcoal plus our apartments say you can't use them (although I'm not sure how they'd ever know).

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 08-21-2006, 01:59 PM

Coal. Gas may be easier, but food cooked by coal fire tastes better, IMO.

Snowflake · 08-21-2006, 02:00 PM

hardwood briquets only way to go! Flavor!

Ghoulish Delight · 08-21-2006, 02:25 PM

A properly seasoned gas grill can taste just as good as coal. I grew up with coal, switched to gas. I won't say that I'd "never go back", 'cause there's a certain amount of fun-factor with coal. But, any very slight taste difference is more than offset, imo, by the convenience and consistency of gas.

Capt Jack · 08-21-2006, 02:36 PM

charcoal. preferably a hibachi although my Webber has done pretty well over these past years (decades?).

Moonliner · 08-21-2006, 03:06 PM

Coal. With one of these little gizmos it's hardly more effort than gas.

08-21-2006, 01:20 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	BBQ: Gas or coal? Just for fun... Which kind of BBQ grill do you prefer to cook with? I grew up with gas, so of course I prefer the convenience and manageability of a gas grill. They're easier to heat up, pretty much ready whenever. My boyfriend, on the other hand, is a traditionalist. He grew up with charcoal, and in his mind it's the only way to go. Guess which grill we have __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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08-21-2006, 01:21 PM	#2
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	(Crap, forgot to add the poll...) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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08-21-2006, 01:22 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	In a perfect world where I have assistants to do the boring stuff charcoal. In the real world, gas. The convenience outweighs the slight taste advantages.
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08-21-2006, 01:38 PM	#4
Promo-Man Actor / Comedian / Santa Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The North Pole of Anaheim Posts: 131	It's Gas for me.
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08-21-2006, 01:43 PM	#5
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I have gas, easier. I'd never do charcoal plus our apartments say you can't use them (although I'm not sure how they'd ever know). __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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08-21-2006, 01:59 PM	#6
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Coal. Gas may be easier, but food cooked by coal fire tastes better, IMO.
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08-21-2006, 02:00 PM	#7
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	hardwood briquets only way to go! Flavor! __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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08-21-2006, 02:25 PM	#8
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	A properly seasoned gas grill can taste just as good as coal. I grew up with coal, switched to gas. I won't say that I'd "never go back", 'cause there's a certain amount of fun-factor with coal. But, any very slight taste difference is more than offset, imo, by the convenience and consistency of gas. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-21-2006, 02:36 PM	#9
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	charcoal. preferably a hibachi although my Webber has done pretty well over these past years (decades?). __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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08-21-2006, 03:06 PM	#10
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Coal. With one of these little gizmos it's hardly more effort than gas. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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