[jrewingjr]

I am now eating some leftover hickory-smoked chicken from yesterdays dinner. I cook out on my propane grill about 5 times a week; almost everything is better on the grill.

Propane makes it quick and convenient, and when I want to smoke something, I first soak a bunch of hickory chips in BEER. Then I put them on a cookie sheet on top of my lava rocks and under the grill rack.

When the chips start smoking I turn the heat to low, put the meat on, and shut the lid. (I use a Carolina vinegar based sauce on it AFTER it is cooked, NOT during cooking, as is Carolina BBQ cooking tradition.)

Then I (and anyone within a mile of me) begin to make Homer Simpson drooling noises for the next couple of hours.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Wow! I've known a lot of men who were great BBQ'ers. I will admit I'm not very good at that. I wish I was.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Wow, am I glad you posted that!

I have to grill over at my parent's next Thursday and they have a propane grill. I usually use charcoal, along with hickory or mesquite chips, and it makes the food taste so much better- soaking them in beer sounds great! I had no idea how to use the chips with propane. I will arrive at my parent's next week armed with cookie sheet and hickory chips.

Fourth of July might be bearable after all!

[DBtoo]

You are making me hungry. The few times I've eaten food cooked on a gas grill, it tasted better to me than food cooked over charcol. My husband likes to grill over wood, and he's good at it, but how I wish we would get a gas grill!!!

Mostly I cook though; I enjoy it, and I like good food!

[Yeti]

(I use a Carolina vinegar based sauce on it AFTER it is cooked, NOT during cooking, as is Carolina BBQ cooking tradition.)

Debating BBQ, and specifically South Carolina BBQ is grounds for immediate permanent banning on this forum, and rightly so.

Only after the cooking? You must mean North Carolina tradition.