Is there a chicken cooking machine suitable for commercial cooking
that can simulate the charcoal taste you get from BBQing?

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Request for Question Clarification by majortom-ga on 25 Feb 2004 18:05 PST

Hello Stoners,

I am going to take this on for you, however I need a little more information.

Are you looking for a machine suitable for cooking indoors or would
commercial bbq equipment be acceptable?

What kind of demand are you going to need to supply?  Is this for a
small or large establishment?

A few more details about why you are asking would be very helpful.

Regards, 

Majortom

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Clarification of Question by stoners-ga on 26 Feb 2004 12:32 PST

Major Tom
It is to be used for commercial use therefore volume will be required.
It needs to be a piece of equipment that can sit in a commercial
kitchen environment.
Thanks
Stoners

Hello Stoners,

I have identified three ways to do this:  Use a commercial indoor wood
pellet grill, a commercial gas oven and wood for flavor, or a
commercial indoor electric smoker.  All will impart the wood-smoke
flavor of charcoal to some degree.

Commercial Indoor BBQ Grills

Traeger Wood Pellet Grill ? Traeger grills use wood pellets to impart
wood-smoke flavor to food as it cooks.  They have two indoor
commercial models, designed to install underneath a standard hood:
From the BBQ shop
http://www.rdcss.com/~bbq/com.html

Indoor Gas Oven With Added Wood

Another option is to use wood to impart flavor to your meat using an
indoor gas oven, such as those manufactured by Ole Hickory Pits.
http://www.olehickorypits.com/

Some apparently consider this to be a great sacrilege.  Here is a
(negative) article on how to get a gas cooker to impart wood-smoked
flavor, from the CA BBQ association:
http://www.cbbqa.com/articles/CookingWithGas.html
And an explanation of why they no longer design ovens that do this,
from J&R manufacturing:
http://www.jrmanufacturing.com/story2.html
Commercial Electric Smokers

Another option is a commercial electric smoker, designed for indoor
use with outside ventilation for smoke.  Take a look at these,
available from Cookshack at Allrecipeshopping.com:
http://allrecipeshopping.com/shop.asp?path=,953

I hope this information will meet your needs.  If you require anything
else, please feel free to request clarification before rating this
answer.

Kind Regards,

Majortom