When I get asked "What is the best way to cook meat - grilling or with a smoker?", the fast answer is "With a gas smoker". However that is not always the complete answer. Usually the person asking has some other factors that are important like speed or ease. Let's explore these.
Let me state first off that cooking with a gas smoker is by far the most juicy, healthy and wonderful way to prepare any meat. Nothing in this world tastes as good as a brisket that's been in the gas smoker for a few hours. No other way of cooking gives you the luscious aroma that gas smoking does or creates the same level of anticipation. Aslo its its darned near fool-proof in terms of preparation (if you burned a meal in a gas smoker, then you REALLY goofed somehow).
When cooking with gas as a heat source you don't "taste the heat" .i.e. wood or charcoal elements used to generate the heat. With a gas smoker, you get all the rich smoky flavor by adding wood chips to the water pan. In fact, the type of wood used so important to the end result that often wood choice is part of the recipe. It is this ability to add natural flavor that smoking is all about.
Using gas for the heat source in your smoker and wood chips for flavor gives you have the best of both worlds - you get that great smoked flavor from the chips and the gas smoker lets you control the temperature very exactly and makes cooking easy.
Finally, with a gas smoker you don't have to become an expert at setting up and maintaining coals, you fire it up and go (though not as fast as with a gas grill). Gas lets you control the heat very exactly which is critical for most cooking. Easy gas control also lets you experiment a bit over time and determine just the right temperature and time elements for your favorite menu items. It is very hard to do the same with charcoal or wood heat sources as the heat can be uneven and thus become their own variable in your recipes.
With all that said, if you are in a hurry and don't have time for the smoker, then a gas grill is the next best thing. In fact, many times a month I use my trusty gas grill to whip up a fast meal for the family.
Good Bargain Recumbent Bicycles Promotional Keurig B77 Cheap Tivoli Sorel
0 comments:
Post a Comment