Charcoal or gas?

[fwschrom]

Gas for ease of use, agree about using in the wintertime and I am just not going to spend that much time outside in the winter to fiddle with a charcoal grill. That said nothing is better than a steak, marinaded chicken or cornish game hen BBQ'd on mesquite charcoal...Yum

 

[Oven Ready]

Charcoal is much slower, messier, smokier, hotter, colder, sweatier, variable and less neighbor friendly than gas BUT it tastes like barbeque, so charcoal for me.

<--- rubs eye with bbq hand

 

[dahlia333]

We use charcoal, but our grill has a gas lighter. Takes no time at all for the charcoal to be ready.

 

[chicksbestfriend]

I prefer using wood and hickory or mosquite flavored chips, I like to brine and smoke everything in my smoker, but if I had to quickly get things going and host a bbq, I would definitely use charcoal, minus any lighter fluids. Picked up this really neat electric rod that you place under the coals, I plug it in, turn on a small fan, and coals are ready in less than 20 minutes.

 

[michickenwrangler]

Charcoal. I was raised in a charcoal family and I'll use charcoal 'til the day I die. Made for interesting tail-gating at football games.

 

[brendapa]

I went back to charcoal after having a gas grill for 8 years. Home Depot had a Weber on sale and I bought it spur of the moment.
Jeez, I missed it!
Charcoal and wood chips for me!

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Wood and charcoal in that order, if i'm going to cook with gas why bother going outside. We have a big smoker type grill that we only use wood in. Oak, maple, black cherry - gives a great flavor. The Weber kettle type for quick grilling, charcoal in that one. If you use one of the chimney charcoal starters your food doesn't like you cooked it with a flame thrower burning diesel fuel. 2 pieces of wadded up paper in bottom and 20 minutes later the coals are ready.

Steve

 

[FireTigeris]

Well sing as I have a LP:
stove
drier
and later (when I can afford it W/H)

I'd say gas - my 90 gal tank last me 5 years (+/-)

 

[sunflowerenvy]

we have both outside type of
grill but we do use charcoal n wood chip more. in the house i love a gas stove, i love gas heat, and water heater.
last year we cook a turkey outside on the charcoal grill and we eat all of it in 2 days

 

[Yard full o' rocks]

It takes less than 1 glass of wine for me to cook over gas and AT LEAST 2 glasses to cook over charcoal.....

We cook with charcoal only here....its for the taste, really!!