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Which is better? Gas vs Charcoal vs Wood

This question does not have an easy answer! Depending on where you find yourself in the world, you will have a different answer. Of course, pose the question to any true South African, and you're likely to start a war of note if your answer isn't an emphatic "WOOD FOR SURE!"!

Now while I think we all agree that nothing creates ambiance like a lekker wood fire. The pros and cons of each fuel source do have merit... So I decided to avoid the subjective arguments and only test something that can be measured.

Can you get a "braaivleis flavour" when using gas or charcoal?

For years now I've maintained that using charcoal would be no different to using wood (wood becomes charcoal after all). Fair enough though some briquettes are really shit and can/will alter the flavour if they use the wrong 'glue'. But like I said, this argument can carry on forever, so for the sake of this argument, we'll assume you're using only high-quality briquettes with no 'toxic' binding agents.

Plausible for charcoal... but what about gas?

Well... my theory is that unless you're doing BBQ smoking, it's not the fuel source itself that creates that braaivleis flavour, but rather the fat drippings onto the coals causing the smokey flavours... So theoretically... YES.. you CAN get that lekker braaivleis flavour from a gas braai.

So how did I go about testing this?

The single question I wanted to answer is:

"Can you taste the difference between a gas, charcoal/briquettes and wood braai?"

In order to test this theory properly, all other variable need to be exactly the same.
So...

https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qmc9hKxQPpJS5X8knJtWpxxk3f5yBEeMvo6hbBEHbNDPC5

I used 3 rump steaks, cut from the exact same rump.
Used minimal spicing (Olive oil, Salt & Pepper)
Used the exact same equipment.

Fortunately Chad-O-Chef's sizzler gas braai can be used for either a gas, charcoal or wood braai when using the Hybrid adapter.

Sweet!

Check out the video to see if our judges could tell the difference... Do you agree with the results? Do you have an argument that could change my/their minds? Let me know in the comments below.

Do you have any recipes or ideas that you would like to see me try out? Let me know in the comments below and if I use your idea there will be a reward in it for you. I don't know what that reward is just yet... but there will be a reward, and it will be cool (public high-5's are cool, right?) ;-)