As you can probably tell from the number of entries in this newsgroup, there are a lot of fans of the Members Mark Grill available at Sams Club. I am a new owener of this grill and am extremely happy with it. So far I have done rotisserie chicken, burgers, chicken breast and wild turkey on my new grill and this grill does an awesome job. Installation is very easy, and for the money, you can't beat it.

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.

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

I was in the bay area for 60 years. Yes, it is a great place to be outdoors. Now that I am elsewhere with super hot (or cold) days with outrageous humidity (I never had heard the term 'dew point' until we moved; I realize I should have taken more advantage of the beautiful weather. I did lots of BBQ on a classic char-broil charcoal grill. I don't think it really matters what you get. I might suggest that you try COSTCO and see what they have. However, you are also mainly planning for a regular cooking surface as well, and then perhaps a third unit for the wok. I am no expert on wok cooking, but having heard here that one is supposed to use really high heat, perhaps you could incorporate a canning or turkey fryer base into your setup. I think your major unusual item would be a two burner cooktop. I vaguely recall a couple outdoor brunches where a service company was cooking crepes on portable gas cooktops. They were probably stainless steel boxes, but I don't really recall. I expect you would find them in a restaurant supply store. Sunset Magazine used to feature your desired setup in one way or another on occasion. I guess they are gone now but copies are probably on line or in the library.