So which do you prefer to Bar-be-que with

[texas1928]

Charcoal or Gas.

I prefer Charcoal, get a better flavor.

[TexasProgresive]

1. Pecan wood.

Preferably from a native tree that has met an untimly death from a storm.

[Red State Rebel]

2. We sell Propane and Propane Accessories, I'll let you guess......

[texas1928]

3. Peggy Hill

How are you? How is Bobby doing?

[Red State Rebel]

13. Our kids are always teasing us about it.

I fill 3 or 4 BBQ tanks a day usually. It is part of our Heating & Air Conditioning business.

[texas1928]

64. Well my dad was a propane delivery type

Worked in that from the time I was born til about three years ago.

[Red State Rebel]

66. With some of the winter weather we have here ....

that is a job I would never want to do!

[texas1928]

70. Well even in Texas it is bad in the winter

I will never forget the calls in the middle of the night, from people who ran out of gas. He would go out and fill the tank and then go in and light the pilot lights on all their stoves and furnaces.

[texas1928]

4. Sorry I could not resist

My dad worked in the Propane Industry for years. And you will never guess his name. Nope Bobby.

[Raster]

7. Hank?

[texas1928]

11. Nope Bobby

First time Hank said What the hell I nearly lost it, sounded just like my dad.

[Mr. McD]

5. I prefer wood

I currently have a supply of Plum, Apricot, and Apple. Plum is my favorite.:)

[texas1928]

9. Wood is nice

But when I cook with wood I use Mesquite.

[Mr. McD]

28. I will use Mesquite or Hickory for grilling

I find Mesquite is a little strong for BBQ and I can't get Hickory logs around here just chunks. :)

[jobycom]

6. Dollar bills. They ain't worth much these days.

Of course, being vegetarian, I am only barbequeing tofu and portabellos.

[Guy Fawkes]

8. no vegie burgers? (see message)

I'm a vega-tarian. I only eat vegans.

[texas1928]

10. BleEEEH

now that is just nasty.

[jobycom]

21. Why?Does the ink make the tofu taste bad?

Nasty is throwing road kill on a pretty clean grill. Smells bad, tastes bad, and stinks up the neighborhood.

[texas1928]

25. Well you have to get the road kill fresh

try to hit your own. don't pick up the day old stuff.

[jobycom]

42. My tofu is usually very fresh

[texas1928]

46. did you shoot that beancurd all by yourself?

Just playing. Got to mess with you vegans some times. I lik emy red meat.

[jobycom]

55. nah, I let it live a long, happy life, then cook it the moment it expires

of natural causes, of course!

I'm not vegan, btw, just vegetarian. I like my red meat, too, but I like it still attached to my body. As for the red meat of other animals, it just doesn't look like food to me, so I leave it on the live animal. It stinks less that way. Except on Republicans, who stink more while they live.

[texas1928]

58. So what is the difference?

do you eat cheese and that sort?

[jobycom]

67. Yeah

Cheese, milk, honey, eggs. Vegans eat nothing produced by animals. Vegetarians don't eat meat.

[texas1928]

71. I have always been curious

I could not do it, I have to have my red meat. I am a sucker for ribs.

[soothsayer]

14. you can grill fantastic things like eggplant with mozarella---even pizzas

and quesadillas. Plenty o'good veggie food to grill.

[jobycom]

20. He said barbeque, not grill

Grilled veggies are great. Except eggplant. Who tasted that and labelled it as edible? Blech! What, someone was missing the flavor of mop water that day?

[soothsayer]

41. Who sez you can't do eggplant low and slow?

Ok, the pizza and the quesadilla would be tricky (but you could sure smoke the cheese).

Grilled eggplant (basted with olive oil and lime juice, with mozarella or fontina melting on top is goooooooood stuff)

[texas1928]

48. see you have to add flavor to the eggplant

I can slap a steak on the grill, little salt and pepper and you got a meal.

[soothsayer]

52. I'm with you. Just did Angus ribeyes on a cast iron grate

ooh, baby, beautiful crosshatch marks

Don't forget to let 'em rest for 5 minutes, people, that's yer key to a juicy steak

[texas1928]

53. Now there's a man who knows his grilling

yeah party at your house.

[soothsayer]

84. er, WO-man, actually

tho I grill like a fella I reckon

[texas1928]

49. Must be nice

You can see I cna not use dollar bills, hell I can not even afford a star so i could make this a poll.

[soothsayer]

12. Charcoal, plus maybe some smoke wood, depending on what I'm up to

Hickory, pecan, oak, apple, cherry---yeah, baby! Grilled dogs and burgers tonight, steaks that got finished off with fresh sage, rosemary, garlic, and olive oil last night, and smoked a brisket a couple days ago (with oak and hickory). Yummmmmm...

[texas1928]

15. Sounds good

I may grill some brauts this weekend. Nothing like a braut cooked on an open flame.

[JVS]

17. Brautwursts=Bride sausages

How could you make sausage out of those lovely ladies on their special day?

[texas1928]

23. You chop them up real fine

just have to make sure get all the guts and gristle.

[JVS]

16. It depends on how much I am going to cook

If I have to make one batch of food I like charcoal.

If I have to feed a large group of people over time I like propane. I've worked the grill during parties that have gone for 8 hours and longer, charcoal would have been problematic in that situation just from the perspective of having to dump ashes.

[texas1928]

19. Mine can be cleaned while you cook

I just keep a bucket under the grill. Propane grills are to high for me, being in a wheelchair, don't like my face that close to the flame.

[JVS]

22. What model grill do you have?

[texas1928]

26. Weber

has a handle at the bottom and three scrappers inside. you turn it back and forth and the ash comes out. they also act as your vent covers.

[JVS]

32. My mom has one of those. Still wouldn't want to toy with that while...

it's hot. Could get a nasty burn. I grilled some sausages and burgers on it on Sunday.

[texas1928]

35. I have grill gloves.

I can pick up the grill while it is cooking. Go to a welder's store and get welding gloves. They work and they are long and cover your forearms about half way.

[solinvictus]

18. "Ah sell charcoal and charcoal accessories, ah tell you whut!"

Charcoal, I use Kingsford and add soaked wood chips as desired. Propane just adds nothing but heat to the equation.

[Red State Rebel]

27. Ha! You Charcoal-heads have always been jealous of the ease of propane.

I know how you are!

It's quick even heat that is so easily controllable is more than you can handle! :)

[solinvictus]

29. It's convenient...

but where's the flavor? Gas adds nothing but heat, I like the char and the wood smoke flavor.

[texas1928]

30. Darn right

only taste you get with gas is burnt.

[Red State Rebel]

33. It's better than that piquant aftertaste of starter fluid!

[JVS]

36. mmmmmm carcinogens

[texas1928]

37. Well that is someone who does not know how much lighter fluid is needed

if you taste that they used way to much Lighter fluid should get the briquets started adn that is it. I should be burned off when the briguets have that nice gray cooler.

[soothsayer]

44. you don't need any fluid if you have a chimney starter

just a piece of crumpled up newspaper, in goes the coals and woosh, 15 mins later or so you've got perfectly blazing coals....

[texas1928]

50. I use the pretreated stuff

no margin for error. I can get them started from just using paper and a pile of briquets but the treated kingsford never leaves an after taste.

[JVS]

34. That isn't quite true. It adds smoke from burning fat

But your point is somewhat accurate.

[texas1928]

38. fat adds flavor whether you are using gas or charcoal

the more fat the more juices you have flavoring the meat.

[JVS]

40. Yeah, but I'm just pointing out that gas-grilling is still...

better than microwaving

[texas1928]

43. true

or even worst the panty wastes who use electric grills inside the house.

[solinvictus]

47. Hank Hill to George Foreman

"Sure, your grill is OK for a novelty grill".

[Ready4Change]

24. Just spent Mem. Day Holiday with my first gas grill.

Oh man. SOOOO convenient. Heck, I fired it up today to do a couple hot dogs just for myself.

And I'm surprised at how good the taste is. Great, actually. ANd I'm just cooking with the gas. I haven't tried a putting a smoke box with flavoured wood chips yet.

Cooked several steaks, some brots, some dogs, some tofu dogs (I've had good ones, but these were dissapointments), and managed to cook some of the tastiest, most moist salmon I've EVER had. Oh soooo good.

I've still got my charcoal grill, but after this weekend I honestly don't know if I'll every use it again. :cry:

[HEyHEY]

31. Tires and gas!

Brings out that "motoring" flavour

[texas1928]

39. I will ge tmy tar from cigarettes thank you.

[DemoTex]

45. Aged split hickory started with lump charcoal.

Takes about 40 pounds of charcoal to do an all-day pork Boston butt. Slow at 250-degrees.

[soothsayer]

51. what kind of pit you got?

You might be able to use less fuel with briquettes, plus they burn a little cooler and more evenly than lump. I just did a 9 hour brisket with prolly 15 lbs of Kingsford in my bullet smoker (weber smokey mountain)

[sundog]

54. Hey Texas -- you're a BIG STAR now.... :)

---

[texas1928]

57. My second view all

WHOOOOO HOOOOOOOO

[sundog]

60. Carry on, bro... I'm off to bed.. Later...

:7

[texas1928]

62. Same here got to go that direction soon myself

[thebaghwan]

56. Mesquite charcoal is real nice to use with a bit of hickory chips for a

nice smokey flavor.

[ironflange]

59. I use both

If it's a spur of the moment thing, or I'm just lazy, it's gas (natural gas). If I have the time, I go for the charcoal. I'm also fabricating a smoker from big terra cotta planters like Alton Brown did on the teevee. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart appears to be the only place to get some of the components. I may have to hold my nose and buy them there. Sorry. I'll have to think of an appropriate penance.

[texas1928]

61. We tried natural gas

but we kept burning our hair. :evilgrin:

[TXlib]

63. LOX

Liquid oxygen.

grill goes from room temp to 6,000 F in 3 seconds.

[texas1928]

65. what no Uranium

go to Los Alamos the rocks can cook the meat for you.

[ACK]

68. Wood hickory in a pit covered by the sawed off top of a hog feeder

Yes, I am from Georgia how did you know?

_

[scarlet_owl]

69. Charcoal.

I really like Kingsford mesquite. I would never cook with gas. Sure, it's easier, but the food tastes like I could have made it inside in my oven.

[texas1928]

72. I love the ones who grill with gas and

use liquid wood smoke to marinate to get the wood flavor.

[Whitacre D_WI]

73. REAL charcoal.

None of that compressed-sawdust briquettes nonesense.

Hardwood fucking charcoal over here, please.

[Beaker]

74. "Taste the MEAT, not the heat..."

i'll tell you what...

[bearfan454]

75. Kingsford all the way with mesquite chunks added.

THE best flavor.

[texas1928]

76. Yep that is the best

Thought I go out and get some mesquite out in the country and use along with the briquets.

[bearfan454]

77. I just did a brisket that way this last weekend.

HEB had briskets on sale for .99 a lb. I bought an extra one to throw in the freezer in case they are not on sale for the 4th of July.

[texas1928]

79. been a while since I did a brisket. Would like to do one

but don't have the time or patience to wait that long. Mostly been doing steaks and chops. and RIBS!!!

[Fleshdancer]

78. depends....

when someone else is cooking...charcoal. When I have to do it, then gas. I'm a lazy bbqer.

[texas1928]

80. I am kicking this back up.

:kick:

[tsakshaug]

81. Charcoal

have 5 grills
2 small webers (smokey joes) use when there are two of us, or big party for some things
1 Large weber 22.5" Platinum touch (with table and wheels)
1 Charcoal smoker (turkey and pulled pork are the best!)
1 gas grill that has been without gas for about a year now. Need to get gas for my big boiler, keep it hooked up to that.

Grilled corn, stir fried veggies on the grill!

[soothsayer]

83. i've got 5

3 smokey joes (one is a Simpson's 10th anniversary one), a 22 1/2 inch weber, and a weber smokey mountain smoker (charcoal/water/vertical/bullet)

[texas1928]

82. kick

:kick: