/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18835210]

should I get a propane grill or a charcoal grill? I’ve never bought a grill so I don’t really know what I’m getting into.

[Anonymous No.18835218]

>>18835210
Propane is for women and homosexuals. I'm not disparaging either group, but I would recommend propane for both.

[Anonymous No.18835226]

If you ever want to start cooking at 5pm and eat by 6, like making a burger for dinner, get propane.

[Anonymous No.18835253]

>>18835218
kill yourself

[Anonymous No.18835273]

>>18835210
If you get charcoal just get a Weber kettle, the one with the fancy ash catcher is nice, but the cheaper one with the bullshit plate ash catcher does the job.

Go to Costco and get kingsford pro charcoal. You can usually get it on sale for 13-15 bucks for 40lbs. Also, just get the paraffin wax cubes to start the charcoal. Put it in a pyramid, walk away for 20 minutes and prep whatever you want and come back when the coals are ashed over and knock them down. Lighter fluid is awful and makes your food taste awful. Chimney starters work great, but you need welding gloves to pick one up that's started.

If you're interested in smoking meat as well as grilling, I would get a Pit Barrel. It's brainless to operate and the results are fantastic, plus you can use it as a grill.

I have an MHP Nat Gas grill which is great for basic grilling, and it's 30 years old, but they are also > 1000USD new. It's super convenient and I never run out of gas, but there's no satisfaction in using it.

Whatever you do, avoid buying chink shit from walmart or home depot, it will crap out within 18 months.

[Anonymous No.18835708]

>>18835210
i have a propane flat top griddle.
if i had to do it again for the same money i'd get a weber char coal kettle

[Anonymous No.18835760]

If this is your first grill go with propane. It's less work and you can control the heat more easily. Goes from cold to cooking temp in 5-10 minutes vs 30. Less cleanup, no ashes full of hot coals to deal with. Charcoal may have a slight edge when it comes to flavor but most of the time not worth the extra effort.

[Anonymous No.18835773]

>neighbors get new smoker
>hey anon, do you want this big ass Weber charcoal grill?
>aw hell yeah sure
>slap it on my porch, put away the smaller grill and crack one a beer with some chicken skewers on a warm June Afternoon
years later that badboy has gotten me through many social events

[Anonymous No.18835839]

>>18835210
The "smokey" grilled flavor people think they're getting from charcoal when grilling is actually just from putting meat on a grill hence why every shitty bar with a kitchen can give you a grilled chicken breast/steak/burger. 10 minutes is not enough time to impart any significant wood flavor. Get a propane grill and a charcoal smoker

[Anonymous No.18836093]

Propane is a clean burning fuel. Taste the meat, not the heat.

[Anonymous No.18836095]

Gotta get that char!

[Anonymous No.18836098]

>>18835773
>holding social events
Yikes.

[Anonymous No.18836111]

>>18835210
propane is quick and easy, charcoal is more work but is way more fun and tastes better. depends on if you want it to be more of a weekend/special occasion thing or something you can get going as soon as you think of it on any random day. it's just compromise one way or the other
t. owns a fancy japanese charcoal grill

[Anonymous No.18836135]

>>18836111
>Japanese Charcoal Grill
Tell me you're a faggot without telling me you're a faggot.

[Anonymous No.18836139]

>>18836135
>t. poorfag

[Anonymous No.18836328]

>>18836139
America literally makes the best BBQ's you weeb.

[Anonymous No.18836430]

>>18835210
get charcoal
you enjoy burning things
then youll start making your own charcoal
drilling holes into the grill to add more air flow
one day youll find a orange drum on the side of the road
you take it home clean off all the rust and cut in half
next day you go to the restaurant depot and pick up a new grill grate to fit your +10 char flavor enhancer
this method operates on the principal of g=f, more ghetto more flavor

[Anonymous No.18836438]

>>18835210
A decent gas grill will give you the option of a tray for charcoal, lava rocks or wood chips. So it's much more flexible.

[Anonymous No.18836447]

>>18835210
>propane if you don't time for okay favor
>charcoal if you have time for better favor
I use propane most of the time as just I want eat, charcoal when guests come over or special food items.

[Anonymous No.18836467]

propane for food is kinda gay. imagine eating from a gas cylinder lol.

[sage No.18836521]

>>18835210
Charcoal is cheaper, more convenient, and tastes better.

[Anonymous No.18836533]

>>18836521
>more convenient,
obviously not

[Anonymous No.18836534]

>>18836447
>>propane if you don't time for okay favor
>>charcoal if you have time for better favor
U wot m8?

[Anonymous No.18836542]

>>18836534
>he doesn't know

[Anonymous No.18836552]

>>18836521
cheaper by a mile, tastes better most of the time, but unless you're putting it in your car it's not more convenient.

[Anonymous No.18836584]

>>18836521
>tastes better

I want to taste the meat, not the heat

[Anonymous No.18836615]

>>18836552
>unless you're putting it in your car
what the fuck are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.18836637]

>>18836615
>taking the grill to the beach or camping

[Anonymous No.18836643]

grill with gas or eat ass

[Anonymous No.18836687]

>>18836637
oh I thought you meant putting charcoal on your car for fuel

[Anonymous No.18836704]

Depends on how many people you plan on feeding, but get both OP. Doesn't matter the brand I think theres 1 factory in china making all of them. But I have on and can easily fit a small tri-tip, a bunch of burgers, I can even fit my cast iron pan in each hood, but sear on the side burner.

[Anonymous No.18836714]

>>18835273
>Lighter fluid is awful and makes your food taste awful.
This literally does not happen if used correctly. Let it burn off before adding food and you're gtg.

[Anonymous No.18836779]

>>18836687
or getting your trunk dirty

[Anonymous No.18836810]

>>18836521
No, no & debatable.

[Anonymous No.18836813]

>>18835210
don't get propane, they're literal bombs and go off all the time

[Anonymous No.18836908]

If your grill is going to hold sentimental value down the road then I'd start with charcoal, especially if you can't manage charcoal not begging the elephant in the room question about your knowledge and ability of handling fire, but you may want to consider a different primary use for the purchase of propane like a hot tub, or an outdoor space heater, maybe a turkey deep fry saving investment for next year's setup?

[Anonymous No.18836962]

>>18835210
Get a good quality propane grill AND small cheap charcoal one. Shit, you could make your own charcoal grill if you want. It's literally just metal container and a metal grid thing. I've seen some pics of people using a shopping cart.

[Anonymous No.18838013]

>>18835210
OP don't listen to this faggot
>>18835839. Get a charcoal grill. It provides the best flavor. Learn how to indirect grill and your food will come out fantastic. You might as well cook on the stove if you get a propane.

[Anonymous No.18838664]

>>18835760
>>18836111
>>18836447
>>18836521
>>18836552
>>18838013
Charcoal does NOT taste better. Such a stupid meme. It just makes your food taste more like charcoal. If you actually want to taste your food, gas is superior. Gas is actually superior by every single metric. Faster, easier to control temp, and tastes BETTER! Manchild faggots are just obsessed with charcoal because they think its manly for some stupid reason. So many pathetic little white collar nerds standing around their stupid charcoal grills smoking cigars and drinking manly beer/whiskey because they think it's cool. Then their overcooked food just tastes like charcoal.

[Anonymous No.18838803]

>>18838664
You sound like a great guy AKA total faggot, I just prefer to cook my food on a charcoal grill when I can because I think it's the best way and the food tastes way better.

[Anonymous No.18839277]

>>18835253
t. Homosexualpropanewoman

[Anonymous No.18839287]

>>18835273
>paraffin wax cubes
Mmmmm this steak is yummy, did you marinate it in kerosene?
>Chimney starters work great, but you need welding gloves to pick one up that's started.
They've got a handle on.

But yeah, Weber kettle is the way to go.

[Anonymous No.18839306]

>>18838664
Hey anon, you just proved:
>>18835218
to be 100% correct. Well done.
>>18838013
>charcoal provides the best flavor. ... You might as well cook on the stove if you get a propane
23rd post, best post.

[Anonymous No.18839350]

I have a Longhorn
https://www.oklahomajoes.com/longhorn-combo-charcoal-gas-smoker-grill
Best of all worlds. Found it on Marketplace being sold by some poor sap's ex for $100 practically new.

[Anonymous No.18839371]

>>18839350
it's not gigantic, but if you're new enough to be asking about gas vs charcoal, you probably aren't gonna be hosting 30 people for ribs any time soon anyways. smoker works fine. you'll want to add your own seam insulation around the lids, replace the nut/bolt hardware on the smoker baffle, and replace the thermometers with something more robust and accurate, but for few hundred bucks you'll have a working system that can accommodate all single family needs.
i can smoke meat WHILE toasting breads over the coals, gas grilling veggies, and mulling wine over the cooking eye all at the same time.

[Anonymous No.18839385]

>>18839371
because slight taste differences aside, what you need is a grilling setup that will encourage you to actually get out there and grill something. you don't know what you like yet, and having the option to just go blast some dogs with gas OR crack a few beers and smoke a brisket all morning will leave you the options to figure out what you like.

[Anonymous No.18839392]

>>18839306
You're a retard. Charcoal is shit for poors, third worlders, and tags who thinks it makes then manly.

[Anonymous No.18839408]

>>18838664
Correct. I love when some charcoal loser talks up his grill, takes all afternoon prepping his stupid coals, then it ends up tasting terrible

[Anonymous No.18839417]

>>18838664
read this in your voice, hank

[Anonymous No.18839526]

>>18838664
THIS! So much THIS!

[Anonymous No.18839533]

>>18838013
>You might as well cook on the stove if you get a propane.
Why do charcoal faggots say this? You're still cooking over flame on a propane grill. So no, it's not the same as cooking in a pan on the stove.

[Anonymous No.18839535]

All these charcoal faggots tasting the heat and not the meat.

[Anonymous No.18839613]

>>18839417
sidesinorbit.kek
>>18839533
Because we know both do not produce the flavor you get from cooking over charcoal.

[Anonymous No.18839702]

>>18835210
Make sure you can swivel it around to kill all the space aliens, apparently though they don't like water. Nailing them with fire might not be the right way to go.

[Anonymous No.18839724]

>>18835210
Get propane. It's very easy to use and requires very little cleanup. You can easily start cooking with little to no preparation of the grill, and you will generally only use as much fuel as required to complete the cook.
Charcoal is good and has its own flavour and way of cooking, but it's more work and there is a learning curve depending on what meat or seafood you are trying to prepare.

[Anonymous No.18839746]

Propane grills are the iPhones of grills. If you are a faggot, then you will enjoy the food that comes off a propane grill

[Anonymous No.18839757]

>>18839371
>>18839385
Those are droids from star wars movies, now done

[Anonymous No.18839758]

>>18835210
Buy a PitBoss

[Anonymous No.18839908]

>>18839757
>Those are droids from star wars movies, now done
what did she mean by this?

[Anonymous No.18840009]

The secret to best corn is shuck most of the leaves except for a couple that can still cover the cob, smear half a stick of butter and over salt the corn, cover back up with the leaves, then put on grill. Superjuicy. Then elote it.

[Anonymous No.18840019]

>>18839908
https://youtu.be/OMQUTOh_AsQ
prolly

[Anonymous No.18840020]

>>18835210
Propane is for middle class dads who want to cook outside all summer and don't want to fuck around with charcoal.

Charcoal is for people who want the added flavor and enjoy cooking, not just cooking outside to get away from the wife and kids.

[Anonymous No.18840580]

>>18835210
Electric

[Anonymous No.18841318]

>>18839385
nice yard

[Anonymous No.18841478]

>>18841318
preciate it

[Anonymous No.18841482]

>>18841478
Oh. It seemed nicer than that in the other pic.

[Anonymous No.18841487]

>>18841482
lmao
i'm a fan of it. previous owner kept it finish mowed ALL the time like a mad man. birds, bees, kids, and deer prefer it a little more wild.

[Anonymous No.18841530]

four cinder blocks some metal screwers a grill grate and a cord of firewood

[Anonymous No.18841570]

>>18839613
>Because we know both do not produce the flavor you get from cooking over charcoal.

That's a good thing. Charcoal flavor is shit.

[Anonymous No.18841941]

>>18841570
You must live in an apartment building on the 6th floor

[Anonymous No.18842700]

>>18835253
Cope, seethe, dilate

[Anonymous No.18842723]

>>18839533
No there's a cover over the propane jets to protect the flame from the food. Grease would clog it up. So yes, you are cooking with an oven.

[Anonymous No.18842758]

>>18836521
Pro charcoal guy here. Propane is way cheaper. I'm using a big grill cooking for a family of five and a $15 bag of charcoal lasts like three cooks. Then there's the wood if your smoking. The $20 propane refill for my griddle will last months.

[Anonymous No.18842865]

>>18842758
>not using lump coal from free wood

[Anonymous No.18844064]

Propane is the best and most convenient. You'll notice only pretentious bearded hipsters use charcoal. It's really pathetic

[Anonymous No.18844075]

>>18844064
Sorry I don't want my shit to taste like propane, and yes you absolutely can taste when something was cooked with propane. I won't eat shit cooked on charcoal if they used starter fluid either, so really the only acceptable grill type to me is a grate over a wood fire or charcoal (no starter/lighter fluid used.)
Enjoy your cancer

[Anonymous No.18844315]

>>18844075
That's completely false. You're just a coping hipster charcoal faggot. Lmao at the cancer comment, that's a charcoal problem yet again. Two swings, two misses.

[Anonymous No.18844327]

>>18844315
>completely false
t. tastelet
Bet you like stuff that's been hit with a gas torch and claim you can't taste that, either, when you 100% can.

[Anonymous No.18844947]

>>18844064
Correct
>>18844327
Wrong

[Anonymous No.18846023]

>>18844075
>starter fluid

Anon you’re not cooking on actual flames are you? You’re supposed to let all that shit burn out and let your coals get like this, and then cook.

Not while they’re still black lmao.

[Anonymous No.18846056]

Charcoal is for larpers who only BBQ or grill their food once a month or for get together.

[Anonymous No.18846715]

>>18846056
I don’t have a propane and neither do most people I know. We have the charcoal pit for a quick grill. The smoker is for when guests come over.

[Anonymous No.18846973]

>>18846056
agreed. unless you're using wood or the recipe calls for an extended cook time, NOBODY is gonna taste an appreciable difference between charcoal and gas.
cooking a large cut of beef? yes, use the coal and add wood chips
but for fuckin brats or a quick steak sear? only autists think they can taste a difference and i'll take the convenience of gas over charcoal any weekday and most weekends if given the choice.

[Anonymous No.18847001]

>>18835273
Either use hardwood lump charcoal or don't use charcoal at all. Briquettes are concentrated homosexuality biscuits.

[Anonymous No.18847032]

>>18847001
briquettes have a different purpose. Briquettes and lump have different burn temps and longevity. Don't pretend to be an elitist without knowing the difference.

[Anonymous No.18847083]

>>18835210
Charcoal makes food taste better and charcoal accidents can't result in things exploding.

Fuck Hank.

[Anonymous No.18847423]

Open fire>>>>>>>>>>>>>charcoal>>>>>gas.
Josper>>>>>>>>>>Big green Egg/Bastard/Kamado>>>>>Weber

>>18835210
What are you buying it for?
>Summer holidays with the kids?
Charcoal.
>Weekly vegan brunch with the bitches?
Propane.
>Want to learn how to cook properly?
Open fire. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.18847934]

>>18839392
>third worlders
Oh yeah, so what fancy country are you from, champ?

[Anonymous No.18848204]

>>18835218

[Anonymous No.18849320]

>>18836111
nice trips faggot

[Anonymous No.18849446]

>>18841487
how many acres?

[Anonymous No.18850800]

>>18849446
15, about 20 minutes outside of knoxville

[Anonymous No.18850842]

>>18850800
Nice.