can you really taste the difference between electric smokers and charcoal smoked meat as far as flavor is concerned?
What the difference?
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Sure you can. Too much of anything can become boring in time. Let's keep it simple and use burgers for an example. I can cook them on a charcoal kettle using charcoal or wood chunks, a gasser, a Cookshack electric, fry them or steam them and enjoy each as each method is different in taste and juiciness. It can depend on if you want a smoke or not and how much. All I can suggest is, build your cooking arsenal when it is appropriate to do so, you will be rewarded. What the heck, it took me a lifetime to get where I'm at.
Tom
Tom
To stretch this a little further, you can even tell the difference in each type of smoker, propane, electric or pellet. Like T said, everything has it's strong points.
To stretch the point farther, You can tell what type of wood was used. I can go back to the 50's and remember "The family BBQ". Charcoal brickettes soaked in starter fluid. Everything had that kerosene tang to it.
Can you tell the difference between a Burger King and McDonalds hamburger?
I can tell the difference between my electric and pellet smokers on the same cut of meat.
I can tell the difference between my electric and pellet smokers on the same cut of meat.