The Conflicting Sides In The Gas V Coals Squabble Are As Irreconcilable As Israel And Palestine
Here we are, another Monday and the end of a barbeque weekend. And again the arguments will have raged across the grills as to whether greater results come from a gas barbeque or a charcoal barbeque.
Both types have their advocates and die hard supporters, and of course many people take a practical approach and pick the machine best equipped for the job at hand. Let’s see the facts in detail.
In the red corner is the gas barbeque. The arguments in its favour will be mostly to do with unfussiness of use and cleanliness. Since the only requirement is to be able to light the gas, it can be lit in all situations and is instantly available. It heats up very quickly and when the cookery is finished, it can be switched off and forgotten about. And of course there are no mucky coals and ash to sweep up and throw away. They are probably more cost effective too as a large gas bottle will last for a whole summer, often more depending on how frequently it’s used and how many people it is cooking for.
In the blue corner, the charcoal barbeque sits waiting, the customary means of cooking a barbeque down the ages. Backers will point to the authentic smoke generated, getting into the meat and providing the proper flavour of the barbeque without requirement to resort to sauces to replicate it. They will also take pride in the art of getting a charcoal barbeque lit, keeping it going and dealing with it when it goes out and cools down.
Howls of derision from the reds will make clear that getting the barbeque going is frequently the problem because the materials used such as firelighters, liquids and gels used as accelerants (even petrol and paraffin I’ve seen before) are harsh and linger in the coals affecting the food and canceling out the smoky tang.
The blue team then huffs and puffs and points out that if done properly, using old newspapers or twigs as kindling is just as good and easy if not better plus you can also buy coals packaged in paper bags that you put into the fire pit and light to fuel itself ending up with the taste that you can’t acquire with a gas barbeque.
The red team splutters on it’s Pimms and responds that, yes when new and for a short time that may be true, but after that the fats and oils from the food that drips down onto the burners or lava rocks, mingle together and then create their own plumes of smoke which is just as effective in pumping in the flavour.
But what about portability Blue wants to know, hand on forehead in despair? It’s hard to drag a dirty great gas bottle over the moors or the dunes when you’re having a trip out whereas the kettle charcoal barbeque is light, doesn’t take up very much space and often folds down into a handy carrying case arrangement. The reds scoff at this and state that there are other sizes of bottle and they aren’t all bulky, and the gas barbeque itself can be small and easily carried.
All of this is of course a bit dull for the neutral group who will incur the scornful stares of both of the other teams by stating out that surely it’s makes sense to have one of each variety and then use the one best suited to the job at hand.
And so the row continues ad nauseum ad infinitum.
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