once your steak hits 76 degree ,myoglobin through another transformation where it tums a greyish dark brown.But that's not the only thing that changes your steaks color. the Maillard Reaction the Holy Grail of all culerary chemicl reactions-is the key to the mouth watering moleclar metamorphosis that kicks in when you throw food on the grill.The maillard reaction is actually a complex series of simultaneous reactions between amino acid and sugars that produces the rich brown,cooked-food-color alongside hundreds of distinct flavor compounds.On the topic of flavor compounds,let's go ahead and settle the gas versun charcoal argument.While gas might be a little more conveniet,it's kind of missing the point of grilling.charcoal and the smoke from wood chips give off aromatic compounds that rise up and permeate through your food,giving them that real grilled flavor.For example,lignin is a compound fourd in wood chips.It gets broken down by heat and produces another compound called guaiacol.This stuff has that definitive smoky,rich grillfive flavor that challenges you to push your stomach's capacity to the limits.Then on top of that,juices from your meat fall down onto the charcoal and other unique compounds rise back up and contribute to the brilliant grilled flavor.But don't over do it on the flames people.While you want your meats properly cooked on the outsidde, there's not need to overdo it and char them up.Not only do you lose flavor and texture by doing this,you also produce carcinogenic compounds that can otherwise be avoided by lower cooking temperature and flipping your steaks or burgers more often invest in a meat thermometer,and once you hit that ideal internal temperature,kill the grill.There's always time to throw a couple dogs on the grill,so get to it.Also check out this yolume of chemistry life hacks,it's got a hack for how to cook the perfect burger.Oh,and what's grilling without having a dog running amok in the back yard-check some K9 chem. Have any food chemistry question? Post them down in to the comment,hit the thumbs up button and don't forget to subscribe on your way out.