Teach me about smoking meat in a gas grill?

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Jman said:
That is an aluminum broiling pan.

ALUMINUM BROILER PAN "PKG OF 2" - HDSupplySolutions.com

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was afraid of that, doesn't look like rigid Alum would do so well anyway on high heat...
shoot, that would have been a great coincidence. No lottery ticket for me to buy then eh?



and FWIW, I thought about putting this in the campfire cuisine forum , but decided that taking my big propane grill setup would be a bit much for a campfire... :D If it's gas, it ain't campin' as they say... :)



OK, anyway, this smoking bit can't be rocket science. I'll just try out a few ways to do this... Got some mesquite chips already...
 
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Eicca said:
I've only heard of this trick, never actually tried it, but get some wood planking, soak it in water (or whatever) overnight or longer, then just lay the planks down on the grill and cook the meat on top of it.

YMMV.
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Doesn't seem like that would do so well for red meat, but I believe I read someplace that cedar is used for fish (salmon?) like that.
 
Cedar plank salmon is really good.
I use to use an empty tuna can as a smoker on the bbq. Fill the empty can with chips, put the lid back on and put directly on the burner coals. Works way better than the tin foil does.

My new weber has a built in smoker with a dedicated burner under it. Works like a charm.
 
While this still hasn't been moved to the cooking channel thread...here are a few tips for all of you that want to impart a smoke flavor on a gas grill. As someone else mentioned, make a foil boat or use a small foil tray approximately 4"x6", place wood chips of choice, that have been soaked 1 hour in water or liquid of choice (beer, wine, pickle juice, whatever...) over a burner with direct heat underneath. You can accelerate the "soaking of wood chips" by using boiling water/liquid. Once they start to smoke, place your meat on the grill. You can still grill "hot" and some of the smoke flavor will impact your meat, grilling it as you normally might. Smoking and gilling are too different things.

For wood chip flavor notes.

Beef - use mesquite, hickory, pecan, grapevine,
chicken/turkey - hickory, pecan, fruitwoods, maple, alder
Fish - cedar or alder

Good luck and enjoy.
 
Silly..........you don't smoke with gas.......
https://forum.ih8mud.com/campfire-cuisine/473521-smokin-texas-style.html

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no worries, I've got my old water heater (80gals) stored in the yard waiting for a real smoker project. But for now, the little foil package with chips soaked in Reposado will have to do. Will make it much more fun to hang around the grill... Mmmm.... take a whiff of that....! Well at least until I got a firefighting DC10 dropping a load on me... People are edgy around here in the summer...
 
e9999 said:
I want to start exploring how to smoke meat for extra flavor while/before/after? grilling in a gas grill.
I don't mean really smoking at low heat for hours, but just extra flavor while grilling.
The extent of what I know is that one can soak wood chips, put them in a container and smoke away, but never done it.
Sure I could google this, but I trust Mudders more than Google... :)

So what's to know to get started and what are some good tips?



(oh, and if smoke is a carcinogen etc etc, I don't want to hear about it just yet.. :))
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I throw chips directly on the grill in the back and let them smoke a little. I could care less about the mess or ash. Sometimes I'll just cut a couple big chunks and lay them back there.



e9999 said:
and FWIW, I thought about putting this in the campfire cuisine forum , but decided that taking my big propane grill setup would be a bit much for a campfire... :D If it's gas, it ain't campin' as they say... :)
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The Campfire section covers all cooking. By putting it here I'm almost certain it will be buried in a day. At least in the campfire section someone could do a search and get some good hints.
 
fj40charles said:
I'm not surprised. I'm sure beer adds too much cost to cooking for e666.
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The chicken is all rotten before he can figure out what brand of beer to use, whether to use light beer or regular, how to align the opening on the can, how much to open the can, how much beer to leave in the can, what to do with the beer that he takes out of the can, what kind of spices to put on the chicken, how much of each spice to put on the chicken, where to put the spice on the chicken, when to put the spice on the chicken, how to put the spice on the chicken, what kind of grill to use, how hot to get the grill, where to put the grill, where to put the chicken on the grill, how to put the chicken on the grill, when to put the chicken on the grill, how to take the chicken off the grill, when to take the chicken off the grill, what kind of plate to use, how big of a plate to use, how to put the chicken on the plate, what to do with the chicken on the plate, where to put the plate in the kitchen, how to get the can out of the chicken, what to do with the can once it comes out of the chicken, what kind of fork to use on the chicken, what kind of knife to use on the chicken, how many people to feed with the chicken, what time to feed those people the chicken, where to feed those people the chicken, what to serve with the chicken, when to start cooking the dishes to serve with the chicken, where to cook the dishes to serve with the chicken, how to cook the dishes to serve with the chicken, how long to cook the dishes to serve with the chicken, what kind of wine goes well with chicken, what kind of beer goes well with chicken, what kind of glasses to use with the wine, what kind of glasses to use with the beer, how much wine to drink with the chicken, how much beer to drink with the chicken, how cold to make the wine to drink with the chicken, when to open the wine for the chicken, how to open the wine for the chicken, where to put the bottle of wine for the chicken, what to do with the chicken bones, what kind of bag to put the chicken bones in, how large of a bag to put the chicken bones in, where to take the bag with the chicken bones in it, when to take the bag with the chicken bones in it, and how to carry the bag with the chicken bones in it.

Once he gets that nailed down, it's time to eat.
 
agomez said:
dude you've never had beer can chicken?
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yup I have, but still a creepy pic. My chickens are esthetically pleasing to the eye after roasting... it's an art dude, what can I say.... :) Plus I don't drink Bud horse piss, only good stuff...
 
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e9999 said:
it's an art dude, what can I say.... :)
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Atticus said:
The chicken is all rotten before he can figure out what brand of beer to use, whether to use light beer or regular, how to align the opening on the can, how much to open the can, how much beer to leave in the can, what to do with the beer that he takes out of the can, what kind of spices to put on the chicken, how much of each spice to put on the chicken, where to put the spice on the chicken, when to put the spice on the chicken, how to put the spice on the chicken, what kind of grill to use, how hot to get the grill, where to put the grill, where to put the chicken on the grill, how to put the chicken on the grill, when to put the chicken on the grill, how to take the chicken off the grill, when to take the chicken off the grill, what kind of plate to use, how big of a plate to use, how to put the chicken on the plate, what to do with the chicken on the plate, where to put the plate in the kitchen, how to get the can out of the chicken, what to do with the can once it comes out of the chicken, what kind of fork to use on the chicken, what kind of knife to use on the chicken, how many people to feed with the chicken, what time to feed those people the chicken, where to feed those people the chicken, what to serve with the chicken, when to start cooking the dishes to serve with the chicken, where to cook the dishes to serve with the chicken, how to cook the dishes to serve with the chicken, how long to cook the dishes to serve with the chicken, what kind of wine goes well with chicken, what kind of beer goes well with chicken, what kind of glasses to use with the wine, what kind of glasses to use with the beer, how much wine to drink with the chicken, how much beer to drink with the chicken, how cold to make the wine to drink with the chicken, when to open the wine for the chicken, how to open the wine for the chicken, where to put the bottle of wine for the chicken, what to do with the chicken bones, what kind of bag to put the chicken bones in, how large of a bag to put the chicken bones in, where to take the bag with the chicken bones in it, when to take the bag with the chicken bones in it, and how to carry the bag with the chicken bones in it.

Once he gets that nailed down, it's time to eat.
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Now that's a work of art. LOL
 
agomez said:
you don't eat the skin or drink the beer when the chickens done....hello mcfly.
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you don't say? Gómez, maestro de lo obvio? :rolleyes:
 
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