of food that a user wishes to grill using the method of the present invention in one embodiment the food consists of meat 32 as seen in fig1 in another embodiment the food consists of game fish etc not shown the next step consists of providing ice cubes wherein the ice cubes contain wood particles comprising one of mesquite cherry hickory and oak 136 in a preferred embodiment as shown in fig3 4 5 6 and 9 wood particles 18 in a form resembling sawdust are used however it may be desired for the wood particles 18 to be somewhat larger or smaller than typical sawdust particles fig9 and 10 demonstrate a preferred embodiment of ice cubes 26 containing the wood particles 18 to prepare the ice cubes 26 preferably the wood particles 18 are placed in an ice cube tray 12 as seen in fig5 to which water 16 is then added as demonstrated in fig6 the ice cube tray 12 containing the wood particles 18 and water 16 may then be placed in a freezer until ice has formed as with the method 100 preferably the ice cubes are larger than standard ice cubes however it would be possible for the ice cubes to be of a standard size such as those prepared with standard household ice cube trays as discussed above in one embodiment as shown collectively in fig2 and 2 a specialized ice cube tray 12 and ice cube tray container 14.