What is the Difference Between Gas Barbecues that have Lava Rocks and those that don’t?
There are 2 types of Gas Barbecue. The first type uses LAVA ROCKS, and the second type uses FLAVOURISERS. With lava rocks, the fat from the food drips onto the rocks and often catches fire meaning you have to constantly move the food away from the flames to stop the food from burning. With flavourisers, the fat drops onto the flavourisers which protect the burners ensuring there are no flare ups meaning the food is cooked more gently. There is no difference in taste of the food from either method, other than the food from the lava rock barbecues is more burnt – which has led to the sad fact in the UK that people think that the barbecue flavour is a burnt flavour–which it most certainly is not! Many people use smoke boxes with their gas barbecues – as the box heats up then they emit flavoured smoke – again these work well with the Gas BarbeSkew BBQ due to the fact that the meat stays very moist due to the rotation (think about the rotisserie chickens from the supermarket and how moist a
