This is why most chefs prefer these kinds of grills despite the fact that it can be mightily inconvenient, slow and messy. Another type of grill is the one that uses either natural gas or propane. Similar to stoves, gas grills have burners where food can be cooked. There are even some types of gas grills that also lets you roast. Here are some tips and warnings that will help you in coming up with a really great chicken barbecue meal. 1. When preparing your barbecue chicken, leave the application of the barbecue sauce until the last 10 minutes of cooking until you are sure that the chicken is already cooked inside. Most barbecue sauces that are used as marinade have sugar as one of their ingredients. This is why, all the meat that will be barbecued should be cooked already as starting another fire for another round of cooking can take a long long time. Still, this is still quite ideal during parties and get together where people just want to relax while cooking barbecues. Although charcoal grills are cheaper than gas grills, make sure that you include in your computation the fuels that you use. The remaining sauce from the mix should be brushed on the ribs. A faster way of cooking this will be to close the lid of the grill then checked from time to time. The person can check if this is cooked by piercing a fork on it. No blood is a sign that the rib is ready to be served on the table. The mix can also be used a sauce for those who want to more taste to the meat. Barbecue smokers are actually quite similar with barbecue grills. They are both used to cook barbecues. The only difference between them is that smokers have indirect heat source. In fact, the reason it is called smokers is because, it is actually the heat produced by the smoke that cooks the food. Smokers also come in different types. Since we are on the topic of regional specialty, why not go for something that is quite basic in terms of preparation but is exquisite to the palate. Call it a twist in something quite familiar. Barbeque is quite popular anywhere in the world. And soometimes the only difference is the what happens to the meat before it touches the grill.