On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at 03:02 AM, Jerry Stegenga wrote: > I grill my steaks one minute on a side, 3 inches below gas grill. The > studies that I recall on the "dangers " of grilled meat only applied > when you > charred the meat. Straining at gnats. The statistical evidence for these sorts of advice is so thin as to be in fact useless. Smoking knocks something like 8 years off the average smokers life. That is a strong statistical corrolation. Chewing tobacco knocks off 3 months, with a much lower corrolation. Grilled meat? Not even in the game.