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Title: Charcoal snob or propane?
Post by: Devlyn on January 31, 2011, 08:36:44 PM
Take a side and grab your utensils! I like propane, turn it on, turn it off. How about you?
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Post by: Janet_Girl on January 31, 2011, 09:08:49 PM
Charcoal.  Nothing beats the wood flavor.  And I even use real wood.  Something about get back to the roots of cooking.
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Post by: aubrey on February 01, 2011, 01:27:12 AM
Propane wok burner for me :)
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Post by: V M on February 01, 2011, 01:42:48 AM
Me just want fire!!!  >:-)  Fire!!! Fire!!! Fire!!! Fire!!!    Uh, settle down beavis
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Post by: Cindy on February 01, 2011, 05:02:14 AM
Hmm you usa's

You have no idea The BBq starts early. She lies in bed (preferably satisfied) and goes to sleep. Just before she says, your drunk mates are around this avro for a Bbq. You organised it? You get breakfast in bed, a piece of toast. No he hasn't done nought. You go to the butcher buy the snags, chops etc. make salads. Clean the house, clean the toilet from his last visit (why do men do  not know how to clean a toilet?).

People come around, people eat too much (good), Oh you can't have children can you (Thanks bitch) oh he must be  really caring guy to look after something like you .  Smile. Decide not to be nasty he is her brother. I've found a way to send a petrol bomb. Ahh famlies.
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Post by: tekla on February 01, 2011, 05:07:11 AM
Propane would seem like overkill at the beach, so charcoal.
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Post by: LordKAT on February 01, 2011, 10:13:02 AM
I prefer not to torch my food.
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Post by: tekla on February 01, 2011, 11:11:00 AM
Lord Kat prefers just to take the game in the open field and drag it by the scruff of the neck back to the man cave and snack on it tartar style.
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Post by: V M on February 01, 2011, 06:02:15 PM
It kinda depends on what I'm cooking... Burgers, steaks or chicken pieces I'd go charcoal, a whole chicken or a good sized ham I'd go rotisserie with propane
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Post by: LordKAT on February 01, 2011, 06:04:05 PM
Propane torches, charcoal cooks.

Being vegetarian makes the hunting and killing part not such a hassle.
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Post by: Devlyn on February 01, 2011, 07:15:02 PM
@ Cindy........so is that a vote for charcoal or gas?
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Post by: tekla on February 01, 2011, 07:56:57 PM
Being vegetarian makes the hunting and killing part not such a hassle.

Be warry, warry quite, we're hunting wegetables.
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Post by: Rock_chick on February 05, 2011, 02:40:12 PM
Quote from: LordKAT on February 01, 2011, 06:04:05 PM
Propane torches, charcoal cooks.

Being vegetarian makes the hunting and killing part not such a hassle.

Carrots are vicious little buggers when they're cornered tho.

and I vote charcoal
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Post by: Constance on February 05, 2011, 05:46:58 PM
Charcoal ... always
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Post by: Logan1986 on February 05, 2011, 09:14:33 PM
taste the meat, not the heat
okay, maybe I just like King of the Hill and wanted an excuse to say that...but I still vote propane
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Post by: Lukas-H on February 06, 2011, 12:57:36 PM
I grew up with a family that used charcoal only, and when I've had propane-grilled food at a friends house or somesuch it just wasn't quite the same.

Charcoal does take longer to prepare and needs more tending but I'd say it's worth it in the end for the better flavor. Some years ago my dad got into the habit of using apple, hickory or cherry tree wood and it makes a world of (delicious) difference.
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Post by: HelenW on February 06, 2011, 01:07:22 PM
Propane is OK if one is uninterested in taking a bit of extra time to induce greater flavor but charcoal is my personal choice.  It adds a dimension to the flavor that propane can't equal.

Propane makes grilling easier - the flame/heat control is much simpler, of course - but the art of cooking over a wood fired grill is worth the extra trouble, imo.
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Post by: Elsa on February 06, 2011, 01:28:56 PM
run away the pumpkins are attacking!!!!!! its a stampede!!!

wish I had a charcoal grill but living in an apartment with your parents means you cant ... luckily 3-5 months of continuous rain fall and humidity makes having gas burners not sound bad...

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Post by: Tamaki on February 06, 2011, 06:05:32 PM
You have to show those pumpkins whose boss or they'll stampede like that.  ;D

Small and cheap propane grill with wood chips on the burner. It's almost as good as charcoal and convenient.

Grliing veggies with miso is a great vegetarian dish.
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Post by: rexgsd on February 06, 2011, 06:11:57 PM
Propane and propane accessories, lol

but I like charcoal (don't kill me, Hank XD)
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Post by: rejennyrated on February 06, 2011, 06:15:11 PM
No offense meant to anyone but in our family we always maintain that barbequing is man cooking for men with man fire and man tools. In consequence Alison and I play no part in this activity, instead young Shaun, or failing Shaun, one of our many male friends, will officiate.

As to whether they use propane or charcoal, I would not dare interfere.  ;D
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Post by: Rachael on February 09, 2011, 07:55:12 PM
charcoal snob
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Post by: Tamaki on February 09, 2011, 08:49:55 PM
Quotebarbequing is man cooking for men with man fire and man tools

OMG your right! Now what am I going to do?  ;)
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Post by: V M on February 09, 2011, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: rejennyrated on February 06, 2011, 06:15:11 PM
barbequing is man cooking for men with man fire and man tools.
What? It's 2011 dear... I am woman, watch me cook while you drool and your stomach roars for more  :icon_chick:  :eusa_dance: :eusa_drool: :icon_dribble: :eusa_drool: :icon_dribble: :eusa_dance:
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Post by: BrandonJames on February 22, 2011, 09:25:40 PM
Im a Charcoal guy.  when i was a kid its what we used and If you use it right it cooks through perfectly. We had propane for the house and I had to fill them as a teenager, that stuff stinks to high heaven. Probibly why i dont want to cook with the stuff.
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Post by: Joelene9 on February 22, 2011, 10:56:49 PM
Charcoal from wood burned down in an open pit. Different woods, different flavors.
Joelene

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Post by: erocse on February 24, 2011, 10:43:43 PM
First of all, I have to take issue with Jenny. "barbequing is man cooking for men " That's kinda what my dad said when I told him I was Trans. He said with a big sad face, But I thought you liked to barbeque??"
"Yes dad I do because I just love to cook, didn't you notice at the family get-togethers I did the barbequing as well as all the other cooking, the bread the night before and even the pies for desert??"

A girl has got to be well versed in all types of cooking if she is going to please the company she keeps.

  Now as for Charcoal on gas? There is no harm in being a "Bi-quer" or trans-a-que. First of all it depends on the season.  In the winter months I still like to grill, so gas is a no brainer. It is usually too cold and wet out to tend a fire.  All the other season I use a combination of wood and charcoal, but not those charcoal brickettes ( those are horrible).  But don't forget we are talking "Grilling" here. I think most people don't even know how to barbeque or even that barbeque is not the same as grilling. Because (and I am not being snobby here,) it is impossible to barbeque with charcoal or gas, alone. So as far as real barbequing, there is only one way, WOOD.

(Oh and Jenny, I was just kidding, you know I love you)

  Hugs from  grill-mistress, Roxy
Title: Re: Charcoal snob or propane?
Post by: Medusa on February 25, 2011, 03:27:07 AM
electric  >:-)  just turn on, work instant and havent to worry about out of gas or charcoal  ::)

but wood make better taste
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Post by: Joelene9 on February 25, 2011, 03:11:17 PM
I do the wood thing up at the cabin. At home it is the briquettes in the old Weber, but with no lighter fluid.  I use fire-log starters, which are wood chips pressed in a wax. These comes in blocks that are soft and pliable. I tear off pieces of this and put them in the pile of briquettes, they light up easy. I then put another layer of briquettes on top, wait till they turn white. This puts a neutral, non-lighter fluid taste on the food, but adding your favorite wood chips (hickory, mesquite, etc.) soaked in water on the ready coals will give you the extra flavor.
Joelene
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Post by: Janet_Girl on February 25, 2011, 03:29:48 PM
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Enough said.