Charcoal or gas?

[North Stand Polls]

How will YOU be BBQing this Summer?

 

[Badger]

Charcoal obviously.

Gas is just like having a COOKER outside, it's not a proper barbecue.

 

[WATFORD zero]

The annual BBQ thread. My opinion hasn't changes in the last 12 years. Real men cook on Charcoal.

 

[Hillian1]

The annual BBQ thread. My opinion hasn't changes in the last 12 years. Real men cook on Charcoal.

This.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

I don't barbeque anymore, but when i did, charcoal or cooking directly over a wood fire ( or more accurately over the embers). Don't see the point of a gas barbeque.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Gas is really just cooking, BBQ'ing can only be done over charcoal.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Wood or charcoal

 

[BLOCK F]

Charcoal for me and I have had both over the years.
First of all, it would be nice if the weather warmed up a bit.Reckon May has been pretty chilly.

 

[OzMike]

I've got a large gas one, but I bought a couple of bags of lava rocks and put them on a rack between the griddle and the flame.
You don't get the charcoal effect, which is bad for your health anyway, but when the meat fat, or any other fluids, drip down onto them it ignites and you get a really nice barbeque flavour that way.

 

[Dick Head]

The annual BBQ thread. My opinion hasn't changes in the last 12 years. Real men cook on Charcoal.

Are you suggesting that Hank Hill isn't a real man?

 

[Cian]

Gas, on a proper setup with baffles etc not two piddly burners

If I want cooking to be a challenge I'll cook something more interesting than burgers and steaks, inside.

 

[El Sid]

Real men cook on Charcoal.

Real men politely advise their wives to study the extensive works of Nigella or order a decent take away.

BBQs should be banned under some sort of health law.

And anyone who buys a BBQ and then slaps cheap 90% dust filled sausages and chicken thighs on it should be locked up.

 

[James Bond's body double]

Just had a lovely brick BBQ built can wait to get back to charcoal.

 

[dazzer6666]

I've got a large gas one, but I bought a couple of bags of lava rocks and put them on a rack between the griddle and the flame.
You don't get the charcoal effect, which is bad for your health anyway, but when the meat fat, or any other fluids, drip down onto them it ignites and you get a really nice barbeque flavour that way.

This. The massive convenience of gas outweighs the sometimes slightly inferior result for me.

 

[Marshy]

Gas is not a bbq

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Gas? GAS!? for a BBQ!?

I'd never show my face again if I used GAS.

However, I do CHEAT a little with my coals now. I use one of those coal starter columns where they produce perfectly hot coals to then pour into the bbq. It's been magnificent.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

This. The massive convenience of gas outweighs the sometimes slightly inferior result for me.

But where is the JEOPARDY?

 

[Notters]

I was always a staunchly charcoal man but now we have a fantastic 3-burner outback and it's fantastic. Anyone who tells you you don't get the same flavour with gas is FIBBING.

I did a Full English on the barbecue for the first time yesterday, it was immense.

I also use it pretty much every day from May to September, which would be somewhat time consuming with a charcoal barbecue!

 

[dazzer6666]

Gas is not a bbq

'Outdoor cooking' then. Whatever.

 

[OzMike]

I've sussed out how to keep it at 200 degrees with the lid down by regulating the burners.
This way I cook roast dinners etc. especially in the summer and Christmas, keeping the heat outdoors.