Smoking On A Gas Grill - Or Charcoal - Awesome Results & Save Money! 

I have a 4 burner gas grill. I bought a small cast iron pan in the camping dept. at Walmart for $8. I heat the pan with the grill, then put dry wood chips in the pan about 10 minutes before I oil the grill and put the food on. Keep the pan above a burner that is on. I get plenty of smoke and flavor. You can place foil over the pan with holes poked over it, I don't. Chips are cheap I let them smoke down to ash and refill on longer cooks. Been doing it this way over 20 years.

If you want a dedicated smoker you don’t have to blow a ton of money. I got a really nice electric smoker for about $250 bucks. That’s not nothing, but it’s super easy to control, does exactly what I want, and holds temp exactly where I want it. It’s not going to smoke 15 racks of ribs simultaneously, but for my family and friends’ needs its perfect. That said, throwing smoke in a gas/charcoal grill is perfectly valid, but it does take more effort and cuts down on your cook space.

So very helpful, thank you so much!!!

Thanks for sharing these tips. I never thought of using wood pellets, but it makes sense.

Just got one to try it out

Out of all the videos on grilling ribs with a gas grill I liked your method the best. Just grilled ribs for the first time tonight and your video helped me so much. Thank you for sharing your method!! The ribs turned out great! I used wood chips and it smoked really well. One thing I will say for next time is to definitely soak the wood chips in water 30 min before putting them in the smoker box. Thanks again!!

Great video if you want to know how to smoke using a gas grill, but not the best for making ribs.

I lost it after Ernest entered the video 🤣

Am trying this for the first time today. I've got a Weber Spirit II 3 burner, and the only way to keep it under 300 degrees is to run one burner on low. Not using pellets but I may try that next time. In testing the lowest it goes is 275. I'm new to ribs so trying all kinds of stuff.

Just bought my first ever bbq and it's this same exact one hehe. Looking forward to diving into the world of BBQ-ing 😊 Smoking meats definitely one of the big draws

VERY VERY GOOD VIDEO 👍👍

I returned my traeger I was not happy grilling on it and got the genesis Weber looking forward to using the pellets I have left over thank you I didn’t know that I could What temperature siento keep your low side the whole time? Beteeen 200-300 this way it’s like 1-2 hours? I was doing the 3-2-1 but this is faster

Thanks for good video! I’m certainly going to try smoking with pellets! Wood chips and chunks burst to flames so easily.

I stopped using my electric smoker and just use a smoke box with a propane grill , it's not exactly the same IMO because your not cooking as long with as low heat. but similar great flavor ,

Great video. Thanks! How long did you smoke the ribs? Was it 1hr?

definitely need a smoker for long smokes like a brisket and pulled pork.

What temp? It would be valuable info.

Sorry to ask you a question: is it considered dirty smoke or it has a same flavor with traditional offset smoker?

What’s the internal temperature you’re going for?

For charcoal, should I set the smoker box next to or on top of the coals?

Do you soak the wood chips/ pellets before you smoke them?

I myself have a Wood Smoker , I like to use either Coke Cola or Rootbeer in place of the Water ,

So. I'm about to experiment Making's homemade smoke sausage on a propane grill. With a smoker box. It's going to be a mix of pork and deer meat. I'm grinding it myself. Anyone got any tips?

Essentially these are just oven roasted ribs with some smoke flavor.

Ribs were not ready. Should have pulled from the bones more. Also you pick up the ribs the outer layer should crack.

Thanks for posting I guess maybe it's my big tablet but I saw no smoke waste of time

You are still grilling these ribs with the burners on under them

Did trevor get a new hobby or something?

Ahhh, ummm, errr, is this a joke? Right up there with boiling water.

This is how I started. Then to a vertical charcoal bullet. Then to a Traeger. Then to an offset. Let me save everybody some learning curve. Use a smoking tube full of wood chips. Once you light it, it goes on its own and it will also allow you to cold smoke foods like cheese, even in a cardboard box. I use an actual A Maze N smoke tube and I get long burn times, but even if I didn't I would either refill it and light it again or just have another ready. The meat won't really take on smoke past 120 degrees F. Pellets in a smoking box or tube won't give off the same flavor profile as wood chips. Pellets produce more dirty smoke, which as they say "tastes like a house fire". I have always used water soaked chips in the gas grill in the smoking box. I did try the smoke tube with pellets and got the dirty smoke I wasn't looking for. A gas grill has an advantage. A byproduct of burning NG or LP is water vapor. This helps the smoke to stick to the meat. So does misting the meat with water. You'll never match an offset that is burning wood due the the AMOUNT of hundreds of compounds being produced during the combustion process. You will never match an offset with a pellet grill due to the AMOUNT and TYPE of compounds released during the combustion process. Using a smoking tube with wood chips is the closest you will get in a gas grill or pellet smoker. Why get a pellet grill? Sometimes you want long or unattended burn. A gas grill on a windy day set to low will flame out. The pellet grill still adds it's own smoke/wood flavor component which can combine with the smoking tube with wood chips. You're going to see a lot of disparaging comments in all these videos but here's what I can tell you about myself. 1. I don't have brand loyalty, I have reasons. I will kick a brand to the curb. 2. I buy what I want and don't have much financial restrictions 3. I try everything, backwards, forwards and upside down to make sure I achieve as close to perfection as I can get it. 4.. This isn't my first rodeo

So you stick in the thermometer and don’t tell us what it was reading, nor what it should be reading when it is done ! Might as well have said fire makes wood smoke good luck

That looks terrible and chewy 🤣

Ugggggg the Mc Rib....... ewww

he didn't clearly say times for each stage too vague. too much nonsense talk.

I will never understand why people who grill would EVER use gas or propane. I don't care if it's "convenient", using charcoal is the only way to grill. I finally got a large Forge charcoal grill after not being allowed to have one at the apartments we unfortunately had to live in. They only allowed their stupid gas grills and no charcoal. Unless you like shitty tasting meat, use your zero testosterone gas grills. So finally got this charcoal grill now that we have a house and I use it all the time. No question the meat tatses better than gas and firing up the chimney is the best part! I don't know, just my opinion, but charcoal grilling is for real men.