Are you a gas man, man?
Posted on | March 24, 2009 | 21 Comments
Ok, so I may be getting ahead of myself here. As the wind howls and the rain lashes the window as I type this I shouldn’t really be thinking of summer and warmer, drier weather.
But we’ve had some decent days in the last few weeks and when the weather’s good my thoughts turn to cooking meat outdoors. Perhaps it’s a primal instinct, although not so primal that I’d go out and hunt and kill the meat myself, but there’s something basic about cooking meat over a flame.
I’m talking about barbecuing, of course. Now, I was in Atlantic Homebase or one of those places, and they have a fantastic range of barbecues into which you put coals or wood then cook.
They also have a large range of gas powered barbecues. Now, I’m no expert but I feel gas barbecues don’t quite capture the essence of barbecuing. Surely half the fun is cooking the stuff on a fire you’ve struggled to light yourself. And doesn’t the taste of barbecue require coals/wood to provide that smokey, charcoaly flavour we all love? Does gas give you that?
So, where do we all stand on this? Are gas barbecues handier and cleaner and easier, or are they for the barbecue ponce?
I’m just curious to see what people think. I know I’ll be purchasing traditional apparatus.
And a large marquee to keep the rain off.
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March 24th, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
fuck i hate gas, i jus start fires and throw meat on at random intervals thats how meants supposed to be cooked.
March 24th, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
Charcoal for the authentic taste,just make sure the coals are white hot when you’re cooking the meat..
Gas is convenient and you cook the meat thoroughly everytime but you might aswell use the oven then..
Id go for charcoal.
March 24th, 2009 @ 11:21 pm
Gas is to barbecues what Budweiser is to beer
March 24th, 2009 @ 11:47 pm
FFS Twenty – turning green ? The ONLY way to BBQ is over a bed of burning tyres in an asbestos pit, topped with fresh (preferrably rain forest) timber drenched in agent orange and napalm.
March 25th, 2009 @ 12:08 am
BBQs suck balls……and you know it…bleurghbq more like…
I fucking detest BBQ’s and everything associated with them, the food at BBQ’s, the constant smoke in your eyes, the cunt in the apron and novelty chefs hat with some piss poor slogan on it that reads, “Get me a beer” or “Daddy’s hat” or “I make up for my small penis by BBQing.” Plus they take away work from needy waiters….
but apart from that I say get a proper charcoal jobbie….if you are gonna do it, do it right….
March 25th, 2009 @ 12:09 am
i always found raw is the best way to enjoy meat
March 25th, 2009 @ 12:52 am
bought a coal one.
Used first time; incinerated everything.
Used second time; everything just heated up, and not actually cooked.
That was 2 years ago.
still in shed.
March 25th, 2009 @ 12:52 am
The Big Green Egg is without doubt the World’s best grill. Be sure and use mesquite.
March 25th, 2009 @ 9:13 am
Swordfish steak, please
March 25th, 2009 @ 9:33 am
I love swordfish steak. You can get them in the Asia Market, Drury St, frozen but still really good.
March 25th, 2009 @ 10:48 am
When over in italy visiting friends I was at a deadly barbecue.
They just fucked a load of timber & coal in the corner of the yard, and I mean a load. Lit it and left it there burning for almost an hour before starting to cook over it. Food was lovely.
Obviously coal is better that gas, but gas is very handy.
The little disposable ones aren’t bad for camping or the beach
March 25th, 2009 @ 11:07 am
Clay bricks, a strong metal mesh to burn wood on – set in the bricks, and a removable grill resting on top – say 6in over the coals. Marinaded meat, veg coated in flavoured oil, pineapple slices, bananas in their skins….
March 25th, 2009 @ 11:33 am
Bricks = building and I’m not good at building. The only thing I could ever build in Lego was a wall. Or a tower.
Anything with corners was beyond me.
March 25th, 2009 @ 11:39 am
This is our barbeque, it’s a heater too, perfect for the shite Irish summers and it burns for ages, you can cook loads on it.Love it I do.
http://tinyurl.com/djxqj9
March 25th, 2009 @ 11:42 am
Yeah, I saw some of them up in the Homebase place. They piqued my interest.
March 25th, 2009 @ 1:03 pm
20 – “I love swordfish steak. You can get them in the Asia Market, Drury St, frozen but still really good.”…
The Asia Market is excellent for lots of good things. Especially 10 kilo bags of AAA graded Thai Jasmine rice. Great quality, great value.
Up yours, Uncle Ben
March 25th, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
I have a clean gas grill on the deck and use it all the time. I don’t want the carcinogens and rotting wood smoke polluting the taste and nutritional value of the food I prepare.
It’s hooked up to the house so I never have to worry about fucking around with those stupid tanks, either.
March 25th, 2009 @ 7:28 pm
I was invited to this BBQ a few years ago. About thirty people were going. I arrived early to prepare some of the food. Everything was going great until someone strolled in from the garden and asked where the BBQ was. The dumb cunt who’s house it was had a plan for us to build one from some old blocks and mesh left over from his extension. So we spent the next hour fucking building one. It was great though, worked a treat and was still cooking away into the early hours.
March 27th, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
Swordfish steak you can get fresh in any decent fishmonger – http://www.kishfish.ie in Smithfield. Well fresh as it is going to be considering it was probably caught of the coast of Mauritius.
And Charcoal. Definitely Charcoal.
March 30th, 2009 @ 7:32 am
A charcoal man myself.
Then again for cooking indoors gasais the only way to go.
Electricity is too clinical.
March 30th, 2009 @ 7:33 am
A charcoal man myself.
Then again for cooking indoors gas is the only way to go.
Electricity is too clinical.