johnsbrewhouse see I look at as, using charcoal gives me time outside with the kids and a chance to drink a few beers and listen to some tunes.

You just gave the definitive answer.

I am always amazed that people consider charcoal too much work. Light a fire. Fire hot? Cook. Done, shut it down. Fire out? Take it inside. What’s so hard about that?

if you run out of charcoal, you can just go out and cut your neighbors tree down

…have the neighbors apple tree stacked up out back now! LOL Smoking wood for the entire summer.