Gas Vs. Charcoal

It is an age old debate in America. Do you use a gas grill or a charcoal grill for cooking?

There are advantages and disadvantages to both.

With charcoal you have better smokey flavor and more of an All American grilling experience....well and you haven't lived until you have charcoaled corn on the cob!!!!
What you also have is unpredictable temperatures, in the wind you can have lighting problems, a longer time until you can cook while waiting on the coals, and the clean up process.

With gas you have easy lighting, precise temperature control, and little clean up.
The downside is that it is extremely difficult to smoke anything, flavor, and you really don't get the thrill of playing with fire.

If you have the fundage I'd say get one of each for whatever mood you are in. If you are teaching your friends or children to grill, get a charcoal grill. Once they master that a gas grill is a snap.

Personally I use gas now but every once in a while I get a urge to use charcoal!!!!
There really isn't a wrong choice here. A grill is something that you just have to measure to your own personal situation. If you are in a small apartment and have no yard then you need a small gas grill. If you are in a house then you can go as large as you want and use either.

If you love the taste of smoke then you will probably want a smoker grill which has an offset firebox. You can then use wood for the perfect flavor. Yeah I know that you can smoke on a gas grill but believe me, it really isn't the same. When you use wood to cook, well it really doesn't get much more outdoorsy and primal than that unless your meal was just walking somewhere and you killed and prepared itl!!!!

If you are just thinking about which one to use then you are missing out on the real purpose of grilling which is to do it for others and share in the thrill of good food with friends!!!!