GMM 3081: Propane vs Charcoal Grill Taste Test

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Channel: Good Mythical Morning

YouTube Video ID: ZStnrr9R9V4

Episode Number: 3081

Transcript

- Should you be grilling
with charcoal or gas?
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music plays)
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- We're about to compare
charcoal to propane cooked foods,
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- Now that it's summer is
time to bring out the grills,
but before you do that you
got a major choice to make.
- Robots or dinosaurs?
- Close.
I was thinking propane or charcoal?
- Okay.
- And which one will
deliver better results?
And can you make that
call across the board
or does it depend on
what you're cooking up?
(screen whooshes)
- [Producer] Okay,
Colby grilled some steak
on a charcoal grill and
a propane grill and-
- I saw him out there doing it.
- Yeah, mm-hm, he did.
- [Producer] Well, for
those who weren't there,
we're going to prove
it with a B roll clip.
- Oh.
- Ah.
Well, there he is.
- [Link] Yep, yep, that's what we saw.
- [Rhett] Yep, that's him.
And that's his meat.
(crew laughing)
- [Colby] When did you take this?
- [Producer] All right,
don't say that anymore.
- Okay.
- [Producer] Each round
- You didn't know you were being filmed?
- [Colby] No.
- Okay, well, that's what happens here.
(crew laughing)
- [Producer] Each round
you're going to be guessing
which was cooked on the charcoal grill
and you're in danger of losing
some dad privileges if you
fail to correctly guess.
On this round, you're potentially
gonna lose the ability
to instantly sense when the thermostat
has been adjusted, so...
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, no.
- That, I mean, that's a real problem.
- [Producer] And today's overall winner
will get 5,000 towards their
charity total, but be really
careful about the thermostat thing.
- Yeah, yeah, that' more important, right?
- As you can see, we can't,
which means we are ready.
- Okay.
Is it food?
Oh, I hear food.
- [Link] So let's go to your side first.
Oh.
- Are you going hands
or are you going fork?
- I'm going hands.
I got a little piece.
Mine's stuck.
Mm.
- Where, where?
- Mm, that is good, Colby.
- Okay.
- [Colby] Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
- Yeah, man, that's good.
- I mean, I'm assuming that
I'm gonna like charcoal
in every round.
- You're probably gonna like
both of 'em though, right?
I mean, they're both gonna be good.
- Oh.
They are both very good.
- Mm.
- Did you get into the second one?
- [Rhett] I am now.
- It's good, isn't it?
- Well, I'm just holding it.
- Mm.
This is tougher than I thought.
- Yeah, mm-hm.
- [Link] But the steak is not tough.
- [Rhett] Hm, huh.
- I'm even smelling it and
I can't tell the difference.
- [Colby] For the record,
I thought this would be easy, but...
(crew laughing)
- Why don't you try
putting on a blindfold?
(crew laughing)
You've just done too good.
- I'm gonna end up eating a lot of meat.
- I can't really believe
that this isn't easy.
- There's definitely a difference.
- I'm eating so much
little pieces of steak.
- There's one that's better.
- All right.
I think I'm ready to guess.
And it will be a guess for me.
- [Producer] Hands over the charcoal grill
in three, two, one.
- Oh, we're disagreeing.
So you think-
- I taste more...
I taste what I think is a charcoal residue
on the one on your side.
- All right, you can
pull up your blindfold.
We disagreed.
Even by looking at it.
- [Producer] The steak cooked on charcoal
is on Link's side.
- Yeah.
- Oh.
- [Producer] So Link, say
bye-bye to your ability
to instantly sense when the
thermostat has been adjusted.
- Oh my gosh.
I, that's kind of part of my identity.
- Forever, man.
- No.
Why is this so good?
And why couldn't I tell the difference?
- Well, it's grilled steak.
It's good.
I mean, it's not like you
do it on gas, it's bad.
I'm not gonna say that it's so much better
when it's done by, on charcoal.
- When you're out there cooking,
the smell and the flame and the-
- It's another layer
of flavor I do prefer.
- You know, so even though I was wrong,
I'm team charcoal.
I'm not going off that yet, so-
- Okay.
- I'm agreeing with you.
- All right.
- It is better with the mask off.
- [Rhett] So, if you're grilling steak...
- [Rhett and Link] Go with charcoal.
(graphic sizzling)
- What do we have here?
- [Producer] We've got
shrimp and veggie skewers.
Please don't stab
yourselves or each other.
- Whoa, that's a heavy one.
- Well, I have to choose.
Someone's gonna get stabbed.
(crew laughing)
- [Producer] Now on the line
this round is the ability
to diffuse any situation
with a well timed,
"that's what she said",
so you're not gonna
want to get this wrong.
- Okay, mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm.
- Is that a mushroom?
- [Rhett] Veggie, huh?
- I don't think I wanna taste that.
- Huh.
- What's that?
A little squash?
- Oh, God.
That's just a shrimp.
I just bit right through the tail.
- That is a sh, a juicy shrimp.
- Every other thing is a shrimp.
Okay.
- [Link] Let's go over here.
- What'd you learn on that one?
- That the shrimp were
juicy, not overcooked.
And then there was a mushroom
that I didn't wanna eat.
Well, there's a tail.
- Okay, hm.
You know, charcoal
doesn't have coal in it.
- Right.
Charcoal is not a form of
coal, in a strict sense.
- It's a wood.
It's wood that has been like,
burned in a low oxygen
environment, I think.
- It's like, I think I should smell like,
the charcoal smoke on one of these.
- I don't know if I'm
grabbing mine or yours.
- Maybe I do.
It, again, this is pretty
dang subtle, isn't it?
- Well, there's a difference,
but it's hard to tell.
- I'm gonna put my hand over
the one that I like more,
assuming that that's charcoal.
- Okay, I am ready to guess.
- [Producer] All right, three, two, one.
- Over here.
Oh, okay, so we're agreeing.
Why did you choose that?
- Well, because it's got more flavor.
- Yeah.
Okay.
No, not any grill marks over here.
- Hold on, I think we're wrong.
- Over here, I see more grill marks.
- But I think seafood may be
better on gas, I don't know.
But let's just, let's find out.
- Huh.
- [Producer] The skewers cooked
with charcoal are on Rhett's side.
- Yeah.
- [Producer] Which means
you're both losing the ability
to say "that's what she said".
- Well, it's outdated anyway.
Okay, listen-
- Gosh.
- I think this is definitively...
This is better.
Now Colby, do you think
they we're right about that?
That seafood cooked over
gas is better than charcoal?
- [Colby] I completely
agree because heat control.
So, I was able to turn
down the gas instantly
and drop the heat, but
the charcoal is so hot
and the only way to drop the
heat is to move it to the edge.
So, I had way more control on the gas.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Crew Member] That's what she said.
- I wish I could say that.
- Somebody who hasn't lost their privilege
is really rubbing our faces.
- So much power.
All right.
- So you're not partial
to charcoal even though
your name is Colby.
- [Colby] I'm not.
I like that.
- You weren't named after the charcoal.
- [Colby] No, I have no A in my name.
- Did anybody ever call you Charcolby?
- [Colby] Hm-mm.
- All right, Charcolby.
- Charcolby.
- Hey, we, we ain't lost that privilege.
- But what about Gascolby,
I think is what he's saying this round.
- Yeah, okay.
That doesn't ring quite as well.
- Hey, I mean, you just learned something.
You got the versatility
of temperature control
so if you're going with
grilling skewers of shrimp...
[Rhett and Link] Go with gas.
(graphic sizzles)
- [Producer] Fresh off the
grill, it's corn on the cob.
- [Rhett] Ooh.
- [Producer] And on the
line this round, the ability
that I know you both have,
the ability to win a chili cook off.
- Oh, I don't think that this man can.
- Okay, so less at stake for me.
- Unless his family is entering
and he's just, you know,
going along for the ride.
- At your house, you have a gas grill
and a charcoal grill.
We have a pellet grill,
which kind of counts, right?
- You're, you were
wrong about both things.
(crew laughing)
- I have a gas grill and a charcoal grill.
What do you have?
- I have a pellet grill.
- And that's it.
- That's all.
I used to have a charcoal grill.
I had a Weber and that's what I used
in California for many years.
And then I did a pellet grill
that takes the little pellets
of hardwood and keeps burning it.
And it's really good.
- I never use my gas grill.
I've used it like, twice.
If I'm gonna grill, I
go with the charcoal.
I go with the lump charcoal.
It just seems like there's an art to it.
There's a challenge to it.
I just feel like I'm giving
up with gas, you know?
- [Colby] Yeah, asking
for a friend, Rhett.
How did you clean the
charcoal ash out of the Weber?
Just, just for a friend.
- I bought an ash vac.
- A what?
- They make an ash vacuum and I bought one
and I still got it.
- Oh, I just bought a miniature shop vac
and I'll go over-
- You're not supposed to use a
shop vac on it because it'll,
because it gets into,
it gets in the filter.
An ash vacuum has a
special filter that keeps
the ashes from clogging up the filter.
These are things dads know.
I'm not gonna lose that privilege.
- Colby, did you, were
these wrapped in foil
and then finished out?
- [Colby] No, I let them
go just completely as is.
So, there's char on, on some of 'em.
- This round is easy.
This is by far the easiest round.
I mean, this is like obvio.
- I didn't think so.
- You don't think so?
Interesting.
Okay.
Well, I'm for one, ready.
- [Producer] Link?
- Lemme smell my cobs.
(crew laughing)
- [Producer] All right.
Lemme know when you're done with that.
- Okay, yeah.
- Did you learn anything?
- I think so, yeah.
- [Producer] Ready to guess?
- Yep.
- [Producer] Three, two, one.
- Oh, okay, yeah.
- It's strong.
The charcoal is strong.
- I smell more of the smokiness over here.
- And it's better.
- It is better.
- [Producer] The corn cooked on charcoal
is on Rhett's side.
- Yes.
- [Producer] Congrats, Link.
You can keep winning
those chili cook offs.
- The-
- Yeah.
- The corn really, it sucks up the smoke
and it gives you a nice little retort.
- I like it.
And I saw a woman on TikTok
call it corny on the bob.
- Sounds like an Australian thing.
- I think she was confused.
- Corny on the bob?
- She was talking about all the things
that she had on her plate to eat.
And she was like, going around
and it wasn't, it was actually just corn
that had been taken off the cob.
And she said corny on the bob.
- Off the cob, on the bob.
- You've seen that?
- [Colby] Yeah, I've seen it.
There's two, actually,
and I didn't realize it, but there's one
where she's drinking
Big Red at the beginning
and then there's another
one where she's just,
she has liver and
engines, but it's onions,
but she calls it engines.
- Really?
- [Colby] Corny on the bob.
- Okay.
- Liver and engines.
(crew laughing)
- It must be kind of a regional thing.
I don't know.
But I, we're in agreement here, right?
- Oh yeah.
- If you're grilling corn on the cob
or corny on the bob...
- [Rhett and Link] Go with charcoal.
(graphic sizzling)
- [Producer] Next up, barbecue chicken.
And on the line is your
ability to always be a minimum
of 100 feet ahead of your
family at any theme park.
- Oh, come on.
- Like walking ahead?
- [Producer] Yes.
(crew laughing)
- Jessie gets so mad about that.
We get in so many arguments
about me walking ahead.
- [Producer] Well, this
might help your marriage.
Maybe you should lose.
- Okay, all right.
- Chicken thigh.
- I'll do my worst.
- Best thing to grill
in the chicken world is a chicken thigh.
Now do you require the skin
to be on when you grill it?
'Cause I do prefer that.
- Yeah, I mean, sometimes you go in
and all they got is a boneless thigh.
- Yeah, I like the skin.
- I do boneless when I do
my my chicken sandwiches.
Or do I not?
I can't remember.
Do I?
- I'd be surprised if you did that.
Do you do that?
- I dunno.
- Well, you bread it, anyway.
- I bread it.
No.
- That's a good chicken
thigh on the right.
- I leave the skin on.
Hm.
- Hm.
- Huh.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Chicken.
- Now you sauced these as
you grilled them, I think.
- [Colby] Yes.
- So this isn't a post sauce.
This is a while grilling saucing.
- [Colby] A while grilled sauce, yes.
- Okay.
I don't do that.
- [Colby] How come?
- I don't know.
I just, I like pure grilled meats,
but this is very good.
- [Colby] I like when it glazes on there
and like, the sugar caramelizes.
- Oh yeah.
- That's good.
- Always, so my favorite,
one of my favorite things
to make is thighs and I rub
'em first and then I grill 'em
and then I put the sauce on at the end.
- You've eaten all the chicken.
- Everybody loves 'em.
- So, I mean, there's no,
there's a whole chicken,
but there's no little piece.
- Really?
I'm sorry.
(crew laughing)
- No he's not.
(crew laughing)
- Okay, I think I know which one.
I like one more than the other.
- I like both of them so much.
- [Producer] Ready?
- Yep.
- [Producer] Three, two, one.
- Yep, yep.
- [Producer] The barbecue
chicken cooked on charcoal
is on Rhett's side.
- Okay.
- Congrats, Jessie.
- Yes.
Look at that, guys.
- When you get those like,
like the skin is on there.
And when you get like,
the like burnt, charred
edge of the skin, that's what told it.
- Chicken's better for sure.
- See, look,
there's two whole more pieces
over here and there's none over there.
- That was a dead giveaway.
Well, I said I like one more
and it was clearly the
one that I ate all of it.
- Well, yeah.
No, I didn't think about that,
but yeah, that could have
been a dead giveaway.
- All right, so if you're
grilling barbecue chicken,
go with charcoal.
(graphic sizzles)
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- [Producer] All right, hot dogs
and on the line, something I know
you both care deeply about.
The ability to still command
respect despite wearing khaki
shorts and Skechers.
- Yeah, yes.
- Skechers have really pushed hard.
- Yeah, I don't care how many
former NFL players they put
in a Skechers commercial.
I'm not gonna buy any.
We're not gonna de, gentleman's agreement,
we're not gonna de-wiener these dogs.
We're not gonna go
wiener out on these dogs.
We're gonna keep 'em
together in their package.
- I'm ready.
I think.
So this is my two wieners.
- So my wiener's gonna be
on the right side of the plate for both?
- I'm holding both my wieners right now.
I'm just, just wagging
'em around and everything.
- [Producer] Neither of
you are allowed to say,
that's what she said, so watch it.
(crew laughing)
- I was gonna say, what are
you, a shark? (chuckling)
Sharks have two penises.
- What are you, a snake?
- Don't look at my lip.
I know it's messy.
- Scent is a big part of taste
and that's what I'm
relying on in this one.
And I do have it.
I do have it.
They're both totally good,
but I do think that the
one that I'm voting for,
which I believe is charcoal,
well, I have to vote for charcoal,
but I believe that's better,
that's what I'm saying.
- [Producer] Ready to guess?
- No.
(crew laughing)
- Smell of 'em.
Just put your nose up to it.
- [Producer] Rhett is busy
finishing the equivalent
of one full hot dog.
(crew laughing)
- Come on, dude.
What are you doing?
Are you that hungry?
He was tell- Rhett was
telling me before we started
he's like, you know what?
I don't really eat that many hot dogs
because they feed 'em to me on the show
and I'll just kind of wait
for my next show hot dog
to completely devour.
- Okay, I think I finally got it.
I'll wipe myself later. (chuckling)
- [Producer] Three, two, one.
- Yep.
- Yeah.
- We're in agreement.
- It really, it took me-
- It's just better.
- It took me a lot of licks.
- [Producer] The hot
dogs cooked on charcoal
are on Link's side.
- Yeah.
- [Producer] So you can
both keep your khakis
and your Skechers.
- Yes, well.
- How did you, how'd you do
that in such a small bites?
(crew chuckling)
- It, like I said, it
really is in the scent.
- But can I just say,
this one was really good.
Even a, honestly, even a boiled
hotdog, like when you put
everything, because like a New York hotdog
is like a boiled hot dog, right?
It's just sitting in this hot dog water.
- I don't-
- And they're really good
because it's about the toppings.
So, I agree that it's better-
- But the meat gets, absorbs
all that smokey and it get,
and the skin gets that
char on it that you can't
get somewhere else.
- If the standard that
we're going for is like,
which ones is better
if you have the choice?
Okay, I agree.
If you're grilling hot
dogs, go with charcoal.
(graphic sizzling)
- [Producer] All right,
last up it's burgers
and be very careful because
on the line is your ability
to have a secret second family.
- Oh, come on, really?
I don't wanna give that up.
I haven't taken advantage of that yet.
- Ability to have a second family.
- Every man can do it.
Okay, here we go.
- Oh, there's some spicy on this.
What is that?
Jalapeno?
- [Colby] Jalapeno.
- Mm, man, that's a good burger, Colby.
- Yeah, that's a good
burger for the right hand.
- Colby!
Man.
- [Link] Lemme see if I
can get me another burger
for the left hand.
- Are you burgered up yet?
- Mm-hm.
- Okay.
- Mm.
I mean, the jalapenos are
making it more difficult.
Didn't make it easy for us.
- [Colby] I had to put
a curve ball in there.
- Boy, here we are again.
- [Link] If I had to only take one bite-
- You with two things.
- I'd say this one was better.
But I'm gonna take another bite.
- It's a hard thing to do.
- Hm, all right.
It's easy to do.
I've done it.
- [Producer] Link is ready.
Rhett is still going
to town on his burgers.
- Not done yet.
- [Link] You know you can eat
more of the burger later if you want to.
- Okay.
- Are you thinking or just eating burger?
- I'm thinking, man.
It's not easy for me.
- All right.
- [Producer] All right,
in three, two, one.
- Oh.
- Good.
- Did we just disagree?
- 'Cause this is the only way
that we can tie is if we disagree.
I'm losing, so, all right.
- [Producer] All right.
The burger cooked on
charcoal is on Rhett's side.
- Oh.
- [Producer] Sorry, Link.
No second family for you.
- I can't believe it.
- No, dude, it was really,
really hard to detect
and I finally got a last bite
where I've tasted real
definitive charcoal.
- [Colby] Was it an edge piece?
- Edge piece.
- [Colby] That's what I was noticing.
- Yeah, uh-huh.
- Only on the edge can you notice.
- What did you think you tasted?
- I thought I tasted smoke over here.
- Did you brioche?
- [Colby] Yeah, I brioched.
- You brioched.
Colby, brioched. (laughing)
Well, Link, I'm sorry.
- Oh yeah, I taste it now.
- Yeah, I'm sorry.
(crew laughing)
- It's better with charcoal.
So we're both going
charcoal with this one.
If you're grilling burgers,
go with charcoal, yeah.
- [Producer] And Rhett has earned $5,000
for Reading is Fundamental.
- It's fundamental.
And what we also learned is fundamental
I think is charcoal, because it was better
for every meat except the shrimp.
- If you really need control
and you're not good with your charcoal,
well, you need to get better.
Which I also need to get better.
- Yeah, speak for yourself.
- But if you, if you
want all that controlled,
then you gotta go with the gas.
But other than that,
charcoal it up, right?
- It is, charcoal-
- Right?
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