On May 23, 8:51*am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2009 16:29:53 -0400, HK wrote:
I don't think
the smell and taste of charcoal adds much to the taste of properly
prepared food.

I don't think charcoal has any smell or taste to impart, especially
since, when the food arrives, it is red hot and anything volatile is
long gone. Those little reddish flames you see are carbon monoxide. Of
course if you use lighter fluid and don't wait for it to burn off, you
deserve whatever you get.

Casady

You are thinking wrong then. Charcoal is wood. Nothing but charred
wood. The flavor it imparts is smoke. That's the whole idea. I don't
use lighter fluid. If I were going to cook with gas, I've got a
perfectly good gas stove in my kitchen.