On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:11:22 +0000, EskWIRED wrote:

> 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.

Webster on line
Main Entry: convection oven
Function: noun
: an oven having a fan that circulates hot air uniformly and continuously
: around food

I don't own a convection oven or a fan.

> 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.

Like I said "Grilling, BBQ..ing, and smoking are all different cooking
methods."

>> 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?

My gas grill is outside and it does not heat up the inside of the house,
and sometimes I am outside and choose to cook outside. A tin box heated
by whatever including the sun can be an oven.

Webster on line
Main Entry: ov·en
Pronunciation: '&-v&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ofen; akin to Old High German ofan
oven and perhaps to Greek ipnos oven
: a chamber used for baking, heating, or drying.

I hope this helped.