From my experience those don’t get anywhere near the same end result. It is better than nothing, but a tin of mesquite smoking chips is vastly different than say mesquite charcoal.
There’s mini smoke chambers you can put mesquite charcoal in (you just need a little piece). You can also use wood chips if you want a different flavor
Actually not fully true about not being able to get a smokey flavor with some electric grills. From the original article:
From my experience those don’t get anywhere near the same end result. It is better than nothing, but a tin of mesquite smoking chips is vastly different than say mesquite charcoal.
There’s mini smoke chambers you can put mesquite charcoal in (you just need a little piece). You can also use wood chips if you want a different flavor