Whatever the heat source of your cooker, whether gas, charcoal or wood, by the time the cooker is hot enough to cook any flavor enhancing qualities of the fuel (if any) are burned away by the heat. That's why food tastes virtually the same when cooked without flavor enhancers. You are basting your food in the smoke created from its own drippings, not in wood smoke!Smoke flavor enhancers are added after the grill is ready to cook on and before the food is placed on the cooking grate. As the flavor enhancer is consumed in the fire, it releases smoke which flavors your food.
