Can You Really Taste the Difference?

[sqiggy]

About to throw some steaks on the grill and got to thinking. Is there any difference on the taste of the meat whether you use oak, hickory, pecan, mesquite, or even plain ole charcoal?
I would bet not.
What say you?

[SmTx]

Taste the meat not the heat #hankhill

[oktx]

Grilled no, smoked yes.

[Quackerbox]

Just cooked some steaks also. On gas.

They were superb. As where the fresh picked squash and dug new potatoes that also got cooked on the grill.

Wifes baked beans not half bad either. Think I'll make another whasky and hibernate

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[Hunting4fun]

whasky

At this point you need to stop drinking or go full bore. Either get ****faced or not.

[Hornfan]

No doubt can taste mesquite in a steak

[Aggiehunter08]

If you have decent taste buds YES, you can absolutely taste the difference.

[Brute Killer]

Definitely a difference between oak and mesquite on bbq. Steak, idk. All I ever use is gas at home and mesquite at the ranch.

[cashcropper]

If wood is well seasoned and not green and cooked over coals it would be difficult to tell. On a smoker or barbecue where long term smoke contact is made a person with a delicate palate may be able to tell.

[Bruiser]

taste the meat not the heat

[dustoffer]

The difference between gas and charcoal of all types is taste. I do not like gas-grilled meats, never have.

[S-3 Ranch]

taste the meat not the heat

And remember “ the heat of the meat, is proportional to the angle of the dangle “

IMO mesquite is a higher temperature burning coal And sears high end steaks and fajitas to maximum flavor

Oak for cheap longer cooking cuts

Hackberry or walmanized yellow pine seems to be flavor of choice EAST of the Brazos River

[Edward F]

I’ll typically smoke a 1.5” steak with mesquite until it reaches 120, then let rest for 20 min. Get the cast iron skillet hot and sear for 1 min on each side. Smoke brings any type of protein to the next level.

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Always mesquite for grilled meats. It's a Texas thang.

Smoking bbq they can all produce similar results.

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[Smart]

Absolutely grilled and smoked I can taste the difference in woods.....

Smoked on all easily..

Grilled with mesquite, oak and pecan easily me although I rarely grill with pecan since its not as readily available to me as the others. Save it for the smoker. Mesquite is the preferred on the grill though...by far..

Mesquite is the easiest of them all to distinguish.




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