Cooking on gas grills should be illegal

[TheSlamma]

I think the big issue with Charcoal is that you end up smelling like charcoal yourself while your cook in front of it.

Gas is defiantly a convenience thing.

And this is exactly why gas cooked food has no additional flavors in it. A good mesquite grilled swordfish needs absolutely ZERO seasonings besides what it gets from the wood and charcoal.

 

[IronWing]

Propane doesn't smoke out the neighborhood.

 

[destrekor]

Sounds like your friends just don't know how to a cook a burger regardless of grill type. Let me guess, they flipped them several times and pushed down on them repeatedly. You know, because the fat drips and makes the fire roar which must be a good thing!

The old wisdom is old. Flipping multiple times is actually perfectly fine. You actually get a more evenly cooked item of food, and it cooks a little faster

But agreed, never ever press down. Not once. Not even a tap.

 

[destrekor]

Also, I must be one of the few who loves smelling like a campfire after cooking. :awe: I do agree though, if grilling and then planning on going out that night, a shower and charge of clothes in-between is a good idea.

I love my Weber kettle, but I think in the future, once the time is right, I'll get a Weber or other high-quality propane grill so that I have the convenience and non-smoke ability for foods where it doesn't matter, like burgers, dogs, and brats. I'd like a smoker too instead of smoking in the kettle, but we'll see where the finances go in the future. I like buying new toys, so I have to be careful about these things. :biggrin:

 

[kn51]

Wouldn't mind having a gasser for various things. It would take on secondary duties such as searing up a reverse sear cook or crisping up wings and chicken while the charcoal did the work.

As for starting charcoal, a torch is your friend.

 

[LegendKiller]

3 kids, working 11 hours, commuting an hour and a half does not make a good charcoal scenario on the weekdays. I got a weber genesis ep330 this year and love it.

 

[michal1980]

Sounds like your friends just don't know how to a cook a burger regardless of grill type. Let me guess, they flipped them several times and pushed down on them repeatedly. You know, because the fat drips and makes the fire roar which must be a good thing!

flipping more often, is better then flipping once.

 

[SSSnail]

The food that I BBQ/roast have their flavoring influenced by the marinates, heat is just a medium to get shits done.

 

[Kaido]

Pellet > lump charcoal > regular charcoal > gas

With that said, I finally caved & got a gas grill not too long ago. Sometimes I want grilled food, but don't want to wait for the charcoal to ash. It's awfully nice to throw some bottled sauce on chicken or make a few hamburger patties, cook everything up, and be done in a jiffy. I prefer the taste of charcoal, but convenience trumps that sometimes.

 

[Genx87]

OP had potential. But seriously, they're burgers. Not ribs, not barbequed chicken halves, not porterhouse steaks, not t-bones, not ribeyes. At least pick a food that really benefits from being cooked over charcoal, not a food that's eaten simply as something to get some quick food in your stomach so you can spend more time having fun. At least the OP wasn't about the improvement in flavor to some 3 packs for $2 hotdogs, along with, "and we use mustard. The 98 cents a bottle store brand mustard, because ketchup is for kids."

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[chimaxi83]

If I want to grill over gas I'll just do this

When I want to get some real flavor going I get my charcoal smoker going, the gas and electric ones don't even come close to the flavor. Gotta remember though OP, most peoples taste buds have been trained to McDonalds so they simply don't have the pallet to even notice.

 

[TheGardener]

When I want to get some real flavor going I get my charcoal smoker going, the gas and electric ones don't even come close to the flavor. Gotta remember though OP, most peoples taste buds have been trained to McDonalds so they simply don't have the pallet to even notice.

Agreed. If you read here that someone thinks he's a burger connoisseur, then tells you in the next breath that he uses mustard on his burger, MickeyD tastebuds are to blame.

 

[Kaido]

Agreed. If you read here that someone thinks he's a burger connoisseur, then tells you in the next breath that he uses mustard on his burger, MickeyD tastebuds are to blame.

There are some pretty awesome high-end mustard for burgers out there. A local joint uses a whole-grain spicy mustard that is off the charts good :thumbsup:

 

[echo4747]

For the most part I prefer charcoal as well. But if you are just doin burgers throw a few hickory chips down near the burners of a gas/propane grill and a min later it starts smoking. Works quite well

 

[disappoint]

The old wisdom is old. Flipping multiple times is actually perfectly fine. You actually get a more evenly cooked item of food, and it cooks a little faster

But agreed, never ever press down. Not once. Not even a tap.

Just the lightest of taps to see if it's medium rare yet. There is no such thing as medium, medium well nor well done. Only rare and medium rare exist. Enclosed please find the 5 states of burgers this company recognizes the existence of:

Rare
Medium rare
ruined
ruined
ruined

Yours truly,
Altered States Brown,
CEO Good Eats

P.S. Use of unitaskers are grounds for termination.

 

[Jumpem]

Just the lightest of taps to see if it's medium rare yet. There is no such thing as medium, medium well nor well done. Only rare and medium rare exist. Enclosed please find the 5 states of burgers this company recognizes the existence of:

Rare
Medium rare
ruined
ruined
ruined

Yours truly,
Altered States Brown,
CEO Good Eats

P.S. Use of unitaskers are grounds for termination.

I prefer burgers well done, and steaks medium well to well. 🙂 No undercooked meat.

 

[IronWing]

Just the lightest of taps to see if it's medium rare yet. There is no such thing as medium, medium well nor well done. Only rare and medium rare exist. Enclosed please find the 5 states of burgers this company recognizes the existence of:

Rare
Medium rare
ruined
ruined
ruined

Yours truly,
Altered States Brown,
CEO Good Eats

P.S. Use of unitaskers are grounds for termination.

"Cooking" hamburgers rare? Toxoplasmosis is your constant companion.

 

[SeaSerpent]

I went from cooking on propane to charcoal and then to a Traeger. I love it and wouldn't go back to either.


https://www.youtube.com/user/TraegerGrills

 

[lxskllr]

All meat(aside from fish) gets cooked to well+. Burnt ends from the pit beef stand are a special treat.

 

[Ns1]

"Cooking" hamburgers rare? Toxoplasmosis is your constant companion.

Use better meat

 

[disappoint]

"Cooking" hamburgers rare? Toxoplasmosis is your constant companion.

I've never heard of toxoplasmosis till now. When I was a kid the only foods cooked thoroughly were chicken, pork and some fish/shellfish.

I've never heard of one case of toxoplasmosis. Must be a rare disease.😉

 

[Kaido]

I went from cooking on propane to charcoal and then to a Traeger. I love it and wouldn't go back to either.

Yeah, the Traeger is hard to beat. I do pork top loin (the short fat one, not the long skinny one that people usually use) at least monthly on it, it's like bacon steak :wub:

What else do you do on yours?

 

[purbeast0]

i'd take gas over charcoal 10 out of 10 times for convenience alone. i cook on my grill 4-5 nights during the week and it takes me about 12 minutes from start to finish to cook some pork or chicken on it. the charcoal wouldn't even be hot enough to start cooking in 12 minutes, and then i'd have to clean all that shit up. fuck that noise.

 

[Mixolydian]

Charcoal is archaic. Do you still use a typewriter and rotary-dial phone too?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I've never heard of one case of toxoplasmosis. Must be a rare disease.😉

Most people who have it don't realize it. It's a brain parasite - makes you like cats.