Bought a grill today!

[LS20]

Dinner party coming up this weekend, and I need a grill.

Of course, the first question is: gas or charcoal?

I always loved gas for the convenience, but since researching and reading about the Weber Chimney Starter, I decided it was okay to go for charcoal

And thus I bought this Grillgrill

22.5" Weber One-Touch...updated from the classic with a new ash-catch! The charcoals can be lit up with 2 pieces of paper, and in 15 minutes. That's it. No more babying the coals with a bottle of fluid. Crumple up a newspage, light it up, walk away, walk back, dump prepared coals into grill.

I cant wait........

 

[iamwiz82]

It's quicker to use a propane torch instead of paper. 😉

 

[irishScott]

Charcoal FTMFW. Can't beat the taste.

 

[spidey07]

You're well on your way to grilling goodness.

Just say no to lighter fluid flavored food.

 

[randomlinh]

congrats, I want to start charcoal grilling too.. but I'm far too spoiled by the instant on of gas 🙁

 

[Linux23]

Looks kinds small. You'd be lucky to get two slabs of ribs on there at a time.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Linux23
Looks kinds small. You'd be lucky to get two slabs of ribs on there at a time.

You don't GRILL ribs. ewwww.

 

[Strk]

Nice 🙂

I've been contemplating getting this one, but it's kind of expensive. Then again, so are most Weber grills 🙁

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: Linux23
Looks kinds small. You'd be lucky to get two slabs of ribs on there at a time.

It'll be used for no more than 4 steaks at a time, with a few potatoes in-between

it could easily fit 2 7-lb slabs of Briskets (thats what we eat in texas)... which is enough to feed a ton of people

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Linux23
Looks kinds small. You'd be lucky to get two slabs of ribs on there at a time.

You don't GRILL ribs. ewwww.

Bah, I grill mine and they are yummy.😉

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: Linux23

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Linux23
Looks kinds small. You'd be lucky to get two slabs of ribs on there at a time.

You don't GRILL ribs. ewwww.

Bah, I grill mine and they are yummy.😉

 

[compuwiz1]

Whew, glad you bought a charcoal grill. A steak just isn't as good on propane. 🙂

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Linux23
Looks kinds small. You'd be lucky to get two slabs of ribs on there at a time.

You don't GRILL ribs. ewwww.

I grill mine all the time; they are delicious!!!

 

[imported_Imp]

Isn't there something about charcoal and cancer?

Oh, "Taste the meat. Not the heat."

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: Imp
Isn't there something about charcoal and cancer?

Oh, "Taste the meat. Not the heat."

charred foods are carcinogens so dont eat the crust!

 

[NoShangriLa]

Barbecue Grills Discussed And Compared - What type of fuel to you want to use? There's more than just charcoal and gas!

The great debate, what's best, charcoal or gas? By what's best, most people mean "Which gives the best smoky flavour to the food?". Well, gas is purely a heat source, no smoke, so no smoky flavour. Charcoal isn't ready to cook with until it is white in colour and gives off little or no smoke. In effect then, charcoal acts only as a heat source as well. In our experience there's little difference in the taste between foods cooked on a gas grill compared to that cooked on a charcoal grill. Particularly with fast cooked food such as burgers. With food such as steak, that takes a longer time to grill, a charcoal grill does impart a mild smoky flavour. To get a really good smoky flavour you'll need to use real wood such as used in a pellet grill or in a dedicated smoker. Alternatively, placing some woody, fresh herbs, such as rosemary directly onto the charcoal can produce enough smoke to flavour the food. It's possible to do this on some gas grills as well...

Pellet barbecue grills use real hardwood pellets as fuel. They give the food cooked on them the best smoky taste of all the types of barbecue grills. The pellets are fed in automatically and so the grill can be kept going for hours and the heat is very controllable. Pellet grills tend to be much more costly than the other types of barbecue grills, but for the real barbecuing enthusiast, they must be considered.

 

[Pepsi90919]

I bought this Grillgrill

i see what you did there

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

When you get REAL serious about grilling, you get one of these.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
It's quicker to use a propane torch instead of paper. 😉

Very true. Stack the pyramid, get the corners white, and you're all set.

 

[Linux23]

Those Pellet grills are so expensive, but they look so interesting.

 

[ponyo]

That's the same grill we have. We love ours!

 

[LS20]

brined some porkchops tonight, even though it was only for 3 hours, it came out great on the grill! (6 minutes per side, exact 150*f measured). the chimney starter is a GODSEND. NEVER touch lighter fluid again! no more fanning your coals!

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
It's quicker to use a propane torch instead of paper. 😉

Can you elaborate? Do you still use the chimney starter?

 

[thegimp03]

Nice...

On a side note, when I looked at the name of the thread I thought you said you "Bought a girl today!"

Woops...

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Whew, glad you bought a charcoal grill. A steak just isn't as good on propane. 🙂

we've used those classic style grills forever. The chimney starters work great and you don't have any lighter fluid taste (though I always love way overdoing it with the lighterfluid and watching the pyrotechnics.)