Grilling or roasting?

[danny28]

We have only ever roasted in the oven - see you learn something new on here daily. Love the key elephant crack! We tend to grill more often all year long.

I've never been to a good roast - would love to though.

[oldsarge]

Call it what ever you like...just don't call me late for dinner!

[dinosaur]

Originally Posted by oldsarge

Call it what ever you like...just don't call me late for dinner!

I'll buy the keg if you bring the elephant. Lacking that, I'd settle for a full grown Grizzly.

[oldsarge]

How about some Glenfiddich and a cigar...never been much for elephant.

[Cappy]

Glen what Sarge?? sounds like sumthin a fella in a Kilt would drink. Us country boys are more into anythin home brewed and anything grilled roasted or any way if its cooked in the woods.

[jerry_too]

I'm thinking grilling would be more like cooking a hamburger or steak on a grill, uncovered, fast and over a hot fire. Five to ten minutes for a burger or steak.

Roasting, in a camping environment might be slow cooking something covered to hold the smoke and heat, low heat or less coals or even better a good smoking wood,, hickory or pecan. Slow cooked BBQ chicken for example or pork roast.

Roasting at home, to me, is in the oven set at about 350-375 degrees as in turkey and roasts for a couple of hours or more.

Roasting in a camp site to some might be sticking a hot dog on a stick, or straight coat hanger, and holding it over, or near, the camp fire.

[uday]

Grilling a meat is like those scenes I've watched from Boy Meets Grill. Roasting is like a chicken being roasted at a roasting chamber of Kenny Rogers restaurant. Sorry I don't know how to explain the difference clearly but I think that's how I see them.

[dinosaur]

It's all semantics. Put a beast on a spit and over the fire and it gets roasted. Put it on a grate over the fire and it's grilled. Not a lot of difference is there?

And, Cappy, it's Glenfiddich. It's a Scotch whiskey. Country or not, it's smooth and I'd bet you'd like it.

[Yhonny Yuma]

My cooking over a open fire has been great the flavor of steaks ribs chilli even veggies they seem to have a better teast I use pecan and oak and a cold one in my hand while the food cooks,LATER

[monde]

Roasting is when I see a chicken twirling horizontally over a fire and grilling is when a meat is laid there on the grate to get itself grilled. Not a fan of learning both methods but I would love to eat any food that is roasted or grilled.