Category: Gas Grill

The most popular fuel source for all grilling enthusiasts is gas, despite that the gas grill is on the receiving end of the most hate of all the fuels. I’ll admit I was a charcoal snob for many years… and then I had kids. The gas grill is just too convenient for someone coming home from work and would like to get that grill fix without having to wait until after 11 pm to eat. I now use a gas grill more than any other grill.

The way I see it is this. The gas grill is that weeknight cooker when I have limited time to cook outside, but I can get my grill fix by throwing on some burgers (or even some sliders), or slap down some steaks (and spoon over some chimichurri) or even char-grill some oysters. The charcoal or pellet grill is my weekend grill when I have more time for those long, multi hour cookouts. 

Some of you prefer the smoke from a charcoal grill, and I agree that smoke flavor is delicious, but gas grills are not devoid of smoke. The simplest way to add some smoke flavor to a gas grill is a wooden plank. Dijon Dill Salmon on a wood plank is amazing. Here’s another planked salmon recipe and a bonus. And if planking salmon is so magical, why can’t we do it with other proteins. Like planked steak or planked pork chops. We have even done planked Atomic Buffalo Turds (ABT’s). And you can flat out just smoke on a gas grill. 

And I have to say, probably the best meal I have ever grilled was on a gas cooker. Lobster topped filet mignon. And my wife’s favorite dish I grill is a grilled pizza on a gas grill.