[ROCKLOBSTER]

Actually charcoal is for Haitians and other backyard novices.

For flavor, you use hardwood to smoke meats, like Hickory or Apple. How you get and keep the cooking food hot is of no consequence.

If you smoke a good steak, or grill it on charcoal, you might as well feed it to the dog.

[tx_eggman]

Actually charcoal is for Haitians and other backyard novices.

Did you see any charcoal in those 2 pics?

If you smoke a good steak, or grill it on charcoal, you might as well feed it to the dog.

If by charcoal, you mean this crap:

I would agree. My steaks are grilled on this:

at 700 degrees over lump hardwood charcoal - takes about 6 1/2 minutes. Feeding one of them to a dog would warrant consigning you to hell for all eternity.

[conservativeharleyguy]

"...For flavor, you use hardwood to smoke meats, like Hickory or Apple..."

Hickory...??? Apple...???

That's just what you use if you can't find Mesquite.... :{)