Cooking using charcoal demonstrates: skill, knowledge, subtle nuance, style, panache, good looks and the appreciation of fine things.
Cooking with gas demonstrates: dog wee circles on your grass, 12 item bargain bbq meat assortments from Asda, Lambrusco, pieces of motor vehicles strewn about the place, ugly friends and loud opinions about association football.
The choice of fuel indicates so much more than the preferred method of cooking.
Gas, how incredibly manual labour