Comments on: Charbroil TEC Grill Smokes A LOT

By: OPE08

OPE08 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:29:18 +0000

You don’t slow cook or smoke burgers, but, strictly speaking you shouldn’t cook them on the IR side of the TEC either. Its for searing really, I just can’t see searing a burger??

I love real BBG and/or grilling lovers, its hard to stand a snob, say I’m cooking a tender and lightly flavored fish? The last thing I want is all my food to taste like any of ten different shades of something dunked in “Banquet smoke flavoring”

By: Dr. Biggles

Dr. Biggles — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:28:43 +0000

Hey,

That “char” flavor you’re talking about is meat/fat burning. It has nothing to do with what wood chips or real wood grilling/smoking contributes to the game.

While I’m giddy over the fact you get to cook over a gas range all day, I can’t think of one reason to eat anything produced from such a thing.

I’ve cooked over a wood fire, smoked with a wood fire, cooked over a gas fire, smoked with a gas fire and … you lose (tec or not). The only thing that comes remotely close is hot & cold smoking with an electric or gas fire. At least with those you can add the smoking chips and do just fine. It’s an art form, not a sling fest.

I wish you the best of luck.

Rev. Dr. Biggles

By: W KING

W KING — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:17:08 +0000

THE CHAR BROIL TEC GRILL IS FANTASTIC. IT IS SUPPOSED TO SMOKE WHEN OTHER GAS GRILLS WOULD FLARE-UP. I HAVE COOKED ON THE FOUR BURNER (TWO TEC BURNERS) ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS. THIS GRILL DOES IT ALL AND THE MEAT HAS REAL “CHAR” FLAVOR. YOUR DO NOT HAVE TO THROW ANY WOOD CHIPS ON IT. I ALSO HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEIR CUST SERVICE DEPT==WARRANTY. AND ALSO WITH LOWE’S. ALL EQUALLY GREAT.

By: gm

gm — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:58:27 +0000

Well, you need to throw in some wood chips, otherwise it just replicates the infrared heat of charcoal. It’s definitely even cooking (there’s a grate above the ceramic plate) but it won’t add any flavor unless you add it yourself.

By: Rev. Biggles

Rev. Biggles — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:23:15 +0000

Whoa. I’m in. Does this TEC thingy produce the exact flavor of smoky wood? When cooked directly? Cause if this out of patent technology can reproduce a hotwood fire, I’m IN. Otherwise? Not interested. I eat food for flavor, not technology.

Rev. Biggles

ps - May the Meat Gods have mercy on your soul.