Yo, Yo, Yo I Gots A New Grill!!!

[goof2]

Originally Posted by shmike

I need a new grill.

What this infared nonsense?

Rather than cooking over a direct flame, a flame heats a ceramic plate which emits heat to cook. It is supposed to heat up faster, get hotter, reduce hot spots, and reduce flame ups. They work well but for the money I would get another Weber.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Tennessee Stud

Who cares? It's delicious.

edit: So I just read a little bit about it. PAHs form when fat from the meat falls to the burning embers and then burns. The longer the meat cooks, the more at risk you are. Of course, these threats are pretty much eliminated if you A: don't cook directly over the charcoal (like you are supposed to do anyway) and B: if you don't eat your meat "well done" (which you shouldn't, because it sucks that way.)

Everytime I'm over at someone's place or at some kind of picnic, 80-90% of the time they're cooking it right over the charcoal.

And for those dudes that are REALLY old-skool, who don't have gas grills, and use old-skool charcoal and lighter fluid, the cancer risk is much worse due to the chemicals in the lighter fluid. I remember when I was a kid, people used to squirt fluid on the coals even when there was food on the grill......to give their food an extra "flame burst taste"

[shmike]

Originally Posted by goof2

Rather than cooking over a direct flame, a flame heats a ceramic plate which emits heat to cook. It is supposed to heat up faster, get hotter, reduce hot spots, and reduce flame ups. They work well but for the money I would get another Weber.

So basically it converts your grill into one of these?



Instead of beer, are grill-masters now supposed to drink appletini's?

[Switch]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Everytime I'm over at someone's place or at some kind of picnic, 80-90% of the time they're cooking it right over the charcoal.

And for those dudes that are REALLY old-skool, who don't have gas grills, and use old-skool charcoal and lighter fluid, the cancer risk is much worse due to the chemicals in the lighter fluid. I remember when I was a kid, people used to squirt fluid on the coals even when there was food on the grill......to give their food an extra "flame burst taste"

I remember as a kid, I had a buddy whose dad would do this.

I just buy regular charcoal and use a chimney to get it started. Good stuff, just need newspaper.

[jtemple]

Yep, charcoal chimneys rock. You can even get an old metal bucket, turn it upside down, and put your chimney on that, if you need to get more coals going while you cook. Say, you're having a big cookout.

[LeeNetworX]

The CharBroil gas grill my in-laws gave us when we moved into this house is now sitting up at the top of my driveway waiting for the trash/recycle service. The internals were rotting out after 4.5 years of use. $200 to replace the internal parts. After some research Friday I said "Screw it" and made the jump to charcoal and bought this Weber Performer. Consistant 5 star user reviews on all of the sites I checked out. Some friends have had one of these (or a stand alone Weber kettle just like it) for 10+ years. Nice feature is the propane coal starter; uses a 16oz bottle of propane to light the charcoal in the chimneys, making for easier starting. Looking forward to breaking it in this week.

Got a TXT msg last night from a buddy I work with and he went out and bought the same thing yesterday since his grill took a shit on him too. Total coincidence.

[Trip]

Remenants of tigger, wonder how he is doing.

[Switch]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Charcoal for sure. But my life is jist too busy for tt.

1. Get charcoal chimney
2. Start charcoal
3. Go beat off
4. Grill

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

The CharBroil gas grill my in-laws gave us when we moved into this house is now sitting up at the top of my driveway waiting for the trash/recycle service. The internals were rotting out after 4.5 years of use. $200 to replace the internal parts. After some research Friday I said "Screw it" and made the jump to charcoal and bought this Weber Performer. Consistant 5 star user reviews on all of the sites I checked out. Some friends have had one of these (or a stand alone Weber kettle just like it) for 10+ years. Nice feature is the propane coal starter; uses a 16oz bottle of propane to light the charcoal in the chimneys, making for easier starting. Looking forward to breaking it in this week.

Got a TXT msg last night from a buddy I work with and he went out and bought the same thing yesterday since his grill took a shit on him too. Total coincidence.

That's how we ended up with our Weber, too. I got tired of the Charbroil grates falling apart and the whole damn thing falling apart at a high rate of speed. Nothing but good things to say about the Weber so far.

[zerioustt]

I have a dual purpose grill half propane half charcoal, I love it. Use the gas half to make hot dog and burgers and the coal side to make chicken, steak, ribs.