In rec.food.cooking, jay > wrote:

> Grilling, BBQ..ing, and smoking are all different cooking methods. When
> you use the electric element on a gas grill for rotisserie cooking, you
> are actually using your grill as an oven.

Naw. In an oven, you cook with convection. But the method you descibe
uses radiant heat.

It is closer to grilling over red hot embers than it is to using hot air
to do the job, like in an oven.

While the tastiest grilling is done using hardwood embers, I'd still
rather eat food cooked with a calrod on the side, rather than food bathed
in the vapors of partially burnt grease, as advocated by Sheldon.


> I use my gas grill as an oven quite often. It is connected to the natural
> gas source so no schlepping of LP. Chicken/whatever on one side, fire on
> the other. Works great.

Why not just use your oven?

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