| When most of us think of charcoal, we think of the grill | | | | smoke, and therefore it will be healthier for you. |
| method. You burn the charcoal from the bottom, and | | | | However, the main difference lies in the taste. There is |
| cook the food on the heat that comes from the | | | | no comparison to food cooked with a charcoal |
| burning of the charcoal. However, there is another | | | | smoker, it simply tastes different than any other kind of |
| way to use charcoal to cook our food. This is called a | | | | food cooked using different methods. In order to get |
| charcoal smoker, and it works in a much different way. | | | | the most out of your charcoal smoker, you need to |
| How Does It Work? | | | | make sure that you adhere to some rules, however. |
| When you use a charcoal smoker you are still cooking | | | | First of all, you need to allow for much more time for |
| the food using charcoal. However, the flame itself is | | | | the meal to be cooked. A charcoal smoker is going to |
| set much lower, and the charcoal burns to create a | | | | cook the food but at a much slower rate than a grill. |
| smoke. Once the smoke has permeated your food, | | | | The slowness is what results in the smoked flavor, so |
| this is when the cooking happens. Because of this, you | | | | you can't rush this along. |
| put your food in the charcoal smoker and close the lid, | | | | Also, you need to be alright with trying something new. |
| and you shouldn't' open it until the food is ready. The | | | | You are not going to get the exact same tasting food |
| smoke is what cooks the food, and because the | | | | using a charcoal smoker than a regular grill, so beware |
| smoke can get all the way through the food you are | | | | that it will taste different. Most people decide to keep |
| going to get a very distinct and interesting flavor that | | | | their regular charcoal grills alongside their smokers, |
| occurs with a charcoal smoker. | | | | because they feel that the differences in taste are |
| What Is The Difference? | | | | simply too great for them to choose one or the other. |
| The difference in cooking with a charcoal smoker is | | | | Both can benefit you greatly when it comes to your |
| that the food isn't going to sit in any of its own grease, | | | | cooking styles and techniques. |
| or contain as much fat. It will simply be cooked with the | | | | |