Gas or Charcoal

weber with lump charcoal...but there are two kinds of lump - the fast burning and slow. the slow burning coals are really good for smoking. I smoked a lake trout for 3 1/2 hrs a couple weeks ago and added a handful of coals only once!
And definitely no lighter fluid - you can buy those little chimney lighter thing-a-ma-jigs that work perfectly.
Now for audio...Tube Phono/Tube pre/Gainclone amp...vinyl for critical listening, computer based for casual...
so yes, there may be a correlation :)

yes Xie, coal is the way to go, unless you really don't like cooking and 'get into it' - it definitely leads to better food, but there is the whole Zen aspect as well (like Vinyl!)
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