Who else is grilling? What grill do you have?

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I grill year round but more in nice weather. BBQ chicken, steak, BBQ pork steak, brats, burgers, kabobs, etc. I have a Holland gas grill and love it. With it's indirect heating you never have to worry about flare-ups.

I used to have one of these for camping and it was the cat's meow for portability. Weber One-Burner Q1000 Patio Gas Grill - Walmart.com

I also have a Holland, which is made in NC, and agree that it's nice to put burgers, chops, brats on it and walk away without the threat of flare-ups. The main grill is kinda slow, so I added the infared searmate in case I need to nuke it!!
Travis

 

[downsizingnow48]

Have used lots of grills gas and charcoal. Either way when doing meat generally throw double handful of fresh rosemary sage or thyme on the grates which comes close to open wood camping dinners.

 

[ScottyChip]

I went through a couple of cheap grills before I settled on the Webber Q320, love-it, cast iron grills, easy on gas, BTU's top out at 21,000 but gives me all the heat I need to make charcoal lumps out of any food I happen to forget about. The stand is plastic, with a aluminium body nothing to rust, I think it will be a keeper.

 

[RobertBrown]

About 15 years ago I saw a small weber on the curb for the trash man. I took it and put new cast iron grates, flavor bars, and a regulator. ($100 total). I have been using it ever since. We use it year round. Since then I have friends who have gone through 2 or 3 of the cheap grills.

I recently bought another larger weber. A little more $$ up front but well worth it in the long run. My free weber has to be close to 25 years old by now and still with the original burners and body.

X2 get a Weber gas grill. It's one of those investments that makes you smile many years later.

I was on my way into a Home Depot about 15 tears ago and in the parking lot I was stopped by an employee who was working in a tent out front. There was some kind of promotion going on. I just wanted to get what I came for and get home to fix whatever it was that was broken.
He handed me a football and showed me a piece of 4x8 plywood about 6-7 parking spaces away. The plywood had a hole cut in it. The hole was about 12" in diameter. He pointed to the lines delineating the spaces and said: "10-15 or 20% off". The bigger the discount was from the space farthest away from the plywood (you get the idea). No charge to try it.
Well, I wasn't in that big of a hurry. I took the football and threw it at the hole. The ball passed through the hole and you could just barely hear it gently scrape the plywood on it's way through.
I now had 20% off of anything I wanted, no limit..... and a big grin on my face.
1500$ later.....I had a new washer, a lawn mower, some power tools, a kick *** weed wacker, and a 350$ Weber Genesis grill. I still have the grill and it works great.

 

[nickc]

weber kettle if its worth cooking its worth cooking right. with a chimney starter it only takes slightly longer to prep than a cold gas grill. it may take a few tries to figure out the vents / temp control, but youll soon be hooked. the l.p. only gets used as a back-up when extra space is needed.

 

[Alan L.]

I have both charcoal and gas - both webers. I do almost strictly gas because frankly I have never mastered temperature and flare up control on the charcoal grill. About the only thing I have luck with is cooking chicken thighs using indirect heat, putting them away from the coals. But can't cook very many at a time because you can only use half the grill. For beef that is going to be cooked slow I have a regular Texas offset smoker plus a weber smoky bullet.

The weber gas grill cooks the finest steak of any grill I have ever used. I cook steaks at about 550-575 degrees. One- inch ribeyes take 6 mins and 20 seconds to medium rare and they are excellent. Can't duplicate it on the charcoal because if I get it hot enough it flares up too much and I don't like cooking steaks indirect - I don't want them to taste like roast, plus slower indirect heat on a steak tends to dry out the meat. Quick and hot - that is the way to go, and the weber gas grill does this great.

 

[Larro Darro]

I have a homemade square stainless steel grill that I burn oak or charcoal in. I only use it when I'm cooking bigger meals. For everyday use we have three electric grills, a GE and two George Foreman's. My favorite food for the grill is my Larro chicken. You grill strips of chicken breast, then wrap it in a ham slice with a couple slices of cheese. Stick it back on the grill long enough for the cheese to melt. Very good eating.

Larro

 

[Fan of the 1911]

Take a square of aluminum foil slice your tomatoes, and onions, mushrooms, a little butter, salt and pepper to taste. Wrap it up in a packet and throw it on the grill while your burgers are in the last half of cooking. Sounds funny but tastes good!
Get a recipe for a garlic butter. Parsley fresh garlic salt and pepper and a stick or 2 of butter whip then chill in little packets. Put it on your corn on the cob and grill it. Charing the corn a little it is awesome.
Beer can chicken is good.
Zucchini and yellow crook neck squash, mushrooms, onions, and garlic salt and butter is good in a foil packet.

Prime rib all but burnt on the outside, all sides before going into the oven is GREAT!!!
Just roll it around getting some char on it.

 

[RalphVa]

Here's ours. A mere $2,000.

 

[nk3t]

I recently had a love-hate relationship with a Char Broil. It was the finest performing gas grill I ever owned. What looked like total stainless was painted steel in many places. After less than 5 years, there was not enough rust left to hold up the burners. What a piece of crap. It went to the recycle yeard last fall and I started looking.

I recently purchased a Big Green Egg, it is definitely versatile. It will grill, smoke, and bake. Yep, that is pizza on the grill.