Want good charcoal flavor on a gas grill?
I’ve been grilling now for well over 6 years on LP grills - the best purchase we made several years ago was for a Weber grill. It’s been great - starts up everytime with one click, grills evenly etc. - but there’s been a part of me that has really missed that “old-school” charcoal flavor and it was difficult to justify the expense of buying a dedicated grill for charcoal so I came up with sort of a compromise that seemed to work okay.
I went to the local store and picked up one of those cheap, disposable, aluminum roasting pans - punched a few holes in it and placed it under my grilling surface. Using a chimney-lighter, I got the coals glowing hot and then dumped them into the pan.
As you can see from the picture, this setup left me with a very direct and indirect setup which worked pretty good. I was able to sear the meats right over the hot coals then place them on the cool side to let them finish cooking. While I know this setup may not work on every gas grill out there, I’d encourage you to seek out a solution that does. After all, who doesn’t have a little “Alton Brown ingenuity” in us? 
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Very, very creative!!!