Please Recommend a Quality Outdoor Gas Grill (Barbeque)
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Comments (17)We bought a Ceramic Kamado grill/smoker. Wish I would have done this 30 years ago because I would still have the same grill 30 years later and wouldn't have gone through about 8-10 cheap charcoal grills. (Usually the $50 Brinkman water smoker grills) which last about 2-3 years and I just put them on their side and smash flat and throw them away. The Kamado is absolutely outstanding. You can adjust the temp from about 220 up to over 800 and everything in between. Can keep it at 220 for at least 12 straight hours without having to touch it. It is very stingy on charcoal use because it is nicely insulated with the little over 1" thick ceramic. Meat stays nice and juicy. is a perfect dry smoker, and water smoker. can turn it into a nice oven with a good Lava/Pizza stone. Has accessories to turn it into a outstanding Wok All in all it is the perfect BBQ/Smoker/Grill that should last a lifetime, and I mean a LIFE time even if you buy it in your 20s use it several times a month until you are in your 90s. If well taken care of it should be the only grill you ever have to buy. As for starting the charcoal. Using a "Weed Torch" connected to a small propane tank I can start this grill in about 30 seconds. Have it to 220 degrees for smoking in under 2 minutes. At about 350 degrees for basic grilling like chicken in about 4 minutes, and up to over 500 degrees for high temp searing of steaks in under about 6-7 minutes. With the vents on bottom and top wide open it acts as a blow torch inside and gets very hot fast. Using a weed torch for about 30 seconds or so lights the charcoal fast and uses no contaminates like lighter fluid so the coals are ready immediately just as soon as they reach desired temp. I have gone out to my Kamado, started it, go back to kitchen to get steaks, come back 6-7 minutes later and its ready to cook, throw on the steaks about 3-6 minutes per side depending on thickness and I am done in well under 30 minutes even if I need to clean out old charcoal and add a full batch of new. A full load of charcoal should last 3-4 grillings for steaks, or at least 12 hours if you are slow smoking a Boston Butt. The Kamado is really just about the same speed of use as a gas grill when using a weed torch. I bit more hassle just because of the use/cleaning out of charcoal but for the flavor difference it is well worth it. Gas grills just do not compare. Other charcoal grills do not really compare to a good Kamado. The one we got was from Costco, called a "Vision Grill" and only cost $540. Every bit as good, in fact in some ways actually better than the Big Green Egg and cost about 50% less. This is what it looks like. and this is weed torch...See MoreCC, BS and outdoor gas grills-please compare
Comments (2)I have read that the 'taste' of grilling comes partially from the drippings being vaporized and coming back up onto the meat, as well as the type of charcoal or added wood smoke. A gas indoor grill can only provide the first. I've never heard of anyone adding wood chips to an indoor range grill. With an outdoor NG grill just by your door, I don't think you'll be tempted to grill inside unless it's veggies....See MoreOutdoor Gas Grill?
Comments (9)I would have to recommend a Holland grill. I work for a company who is an authorized dealer for Holland Co. and one day our rep. came to demonstrate the product. He cooked all kinds of steak, chicken, pork chops, bacon, biscuits, an apple pie and more. On the bigger ones the chamber is even large enough to grill an entire turkey inside. It uses a grill grid instead of a grate with a drip pan that prevents flare ups because the drippings never touches flame (guaranteed by the company). To some people this is new and they don't like it because they want their meat to have char marks on it, but it actually makes the meat allot more tender. For those who still need char marks they offer an attachable accessory that will "sear" the meat. Their grills come with a lifetime warranty on the cast iron burner too which is the most expensive part of the grill. Their expensive, but we've never had a complaint from customers....See MoreGrilling with charcoal vs grilling with gas
Comments (23)We went to a couple of barbeque places today and ending up buying the extra large Big Green Egg, and I think we will be very happy with it. Kevin thinks it will be great for parties, and now it will be even easier for us to cook for a crowd. Since we now have three charcoal grills, we can use separate grills for separate dishes which will make it easier for us to make multiple dishes at once, even if they require different temperatures. We also have the electric smoker, and I have to say that we get a more intense smoke flavor from that than we do from the charcoal - or at least it permeates the meat more. For smoking chilies, only the charcoal will do the job the way I want it. The BGE that we bought also has a pizza stone and can be used for grilling pizza - something that I've been wanting to do since first visiting the pizza making forum. We bought some outdoor lights for our pergola, and I think they will provide way more light than we required, but at least we can lower the wattage when we want to. I haven't bought anything for lighting the fountain yet because I want to have that installed by an electrician on an exterior wall of the house. I'm hoping to light much of the back yard that way and have it on a dimmer. I don't really want underwater lights in my fountain at this point but will talk with the electrician about that. I'm thinking that I will get my yard lit in stages and start off with getting some outdoor outlets installed at strategic points so that lights could be hooked up later. We went out for dinner this evening because I wanted sushi! We haven't assembled the Big Green Egg yet. Lars...See Moreweedmeister
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