Smoking on a Gas Grill: Is It Possible?

Smoking on a Gas Grill: Is It Possible?

Smoking on a gas grill is difficult but gas grill works best for direct grilling, indirect grilling and spit roasting.

The problem why the gas grill is not best for smoking is the bending in the gas grill that lets the smoke escape before the meat has the smoky flavour.

Although gas grills are not used for giving you a crusty bark, crimson smoke ring, and rich smoke flavour characteristics of meat these jobs are done by wood or charcoal-burning smokers. 

But there are some techniques which will definitely help you achieve some smoke flavour.

Built-In Smoker Box

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Many high maintained gas grills come with a smoker box, a metal tray with a lid that can stand smoke and a dedicated gas burner that will help you heat the wood to smouldering.

If you want to put smoke flavour in your food while cooking in a gas grill the smoker box is the best thing for that.

You just have to put some wood chips and pellets in the box and light the burner.

The heat will burn the wood and the smoke will emerge into the lid that will definitely resolve your problem of smoky flavour meat as it will give you the greatest flavour. 

Freestanding Smoker Box

This will work as a built-in smoker box but just it will position on a grate over on the burners that you will put to burn the wood.

As soon as the wood burns the smoke will enter the lid. Then you can have a mild smoky flavour on your meat.

Wood Chunks Under The Grates

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This way is the simplest and the best way to give smoke to meat with the help of a gas grill.

You just have to remove the grate and put some wood chunks in it that will be between the heat diffuser bars.

Once your meat is cooked or more than half cooked put the meat over the grate and let him inhale the smoke so it can have a smoky flavour. 

Under Grate Smokers

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As this is a more efficient way to smoke your meat. These under grate smokers come in a V-shaped smoker box that can hold wood pellets and chips.

They can be put under a grate and can be fitted between the heat diffuser bars as the smoker box will be positioned directly under the food so they will give the best smoky flavour than the smoker box that is put on the side. 

Best Grilling Gloves

As we would like to mention about the best grilling gloves that will keep your hands safe while you are grilling your meat on a gas grill.

We would like to mention the best grill glove which is Grill Armor Gloves


Grill Armor Gloves has a five fingers flex design and are resistant to the heat plus they are easy to clean as they can be washed in the machine easily.

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