Why does food cooked on a grill (or barbecue, the thing with the charcoal) have it’s own “grill” taste?

Question

Why does food cooked on a grill (or barbecue, the thing with the charcoal) have it’s own “grill” taste?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

some flavor is comming from the charcoal that is cooking it, and lots of the flavor comes from juices and fats dripping out of the food, burning on the fuel and the smoke comming up to flavor them. propane grills still have that grill taste without charcoal, just less.