"Turning Your Gas Grill into a Smoker Is Way Easier than You Think" is the clickbait title of an article over on The Kitchn (source: https://www.thekitchn.com/turning-ga...-hack-23400472)
Let's take a quick look.
First, we take umbrage with the SEO URL including the word "hack". This ain't a "hack". Nor is it a "secret" or something "nobody knows about".
It's like when people use the word "virtual" incorrectly. It's not a "virtual meeting", it's an ACTUAL meeting that just happens to be taking place online. It may be taking place in a virtual conference room, but the meeting itself isn't virtual. Grrrr.
"All you need are wood chips"
Well, not exactly. You could use pellets or wood chunks. But at least you got "wood" correct in the article. Let's move on.
"aluminum foil, and a metal pan (disposable is allowed)"
Okay... sure. We can work with this. No mention of cast iron, or that maybe you don't actually NEED foil or a pan, depending on wood chunk size and grill construction. But we're on board with the concept.
Thinks seem to go a bit off the rails here, we think:
"Start with a cold grill"
"soak the chips in a large bowl for an hour"
"wait until you see heave, blue smoke"
And that's where we slowly shook our head, closed the browser tab, and went back to casually reading amazingribs.com and The Pit. These three items all seem contradictory to everything we know and share here.
What are YOUR thoughts? Were we too quickly judgmental of someone who was merely trying to help others on Instagram?
Let's take a quick look.
First, we take umbrage with the SEO URL including the word "hack". This ain't a "hack". Nor is it a "secret" or something "nobody knows about".
It's like when people use the word "virtual" incorrectly. It's not a "virtual meeting", it's an ACTUAL meeting that just happens to be taking place online. It may be taking place in a virtual conference room, but the meeting itself isn't virtual. Grrrr.
"All you need are wood chips"
Well, not exactly. You could use pellets or wood chunks. But at least you got "wood" correct in the article. Let's move on.
"aluminum foil, and a metal pan (disposable is allowed)"
Okay... sure. We can work with this. No mention of cast iron, or that maybe you don't actually NEED foil or a pan, depending on wood chunk size and grill construction. But we're on board with the concept.
Thinks seem to go a bit off the rails here, we think:
"Start with a cold grill"
"soak the chips in a large bowl for an hour"
"wait until you see heave, blue smoke"
And that's where we slowly shook our head, closed the browser tab, and went back to casually reading amazingribs.com and The Pit. These three items all seem contradictory to everything we know and share here.
What are YOUR thoughts? Were we too quickly judgmental of someone who was merely trying to help others on Instagram?
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