In rec.food.cooking, jay > wrote:
> 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.

I'm not referring to the coloquial (and somewhat *******ized) use of
"convection oven". I'm referring to the method of transferring heat via
convection (as opposed to radiation and conduction, the two other
methods). Hot air, in any oven, heats the food using convection. Grills
use a combination of conduction from the hot metal and radiation from the
glowing coals.

That's why I said that the "side burner" is closer to grilling than oven
cooking: It uses radiant heat instead of convection.


>
> > 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 never disagreed (so long as by "smoking" you mean "cold smoking" which
is not technically a means of cooking). If not, what is the difference
between BBQing and smoking in your mind?



> >> 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.

Fair enough.


> 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.

Look up "convection" on Wikipedia. There's some relevant stuff there.
And again, in your mind, what is the distinction between BBQing and
smoking?




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