Shopping for A Grill, need help!

[OSUBlazerfan]

Q's

Best Place to buy a Grill?

What should be my estimated cost for decent grill?

Is the Propane tank sold seperatly? if so, where do i get that? how expensive?

Im basically a novice with grills and just need some tips because i want to get on today or tomorrow!

thanks

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

???

 

[crandc]

Do you mean a gas grill? I got a regular Weber grill at the local hardware store, works just fine.

DON'T use charcoal with lighter fluid added or all your food tastes like it. Use real charcoal and a chimney starter.

 

[tlongII]

Home Depot

 

[THE HCP]

They have websites where you can buy women form all over the world.

 

[ABM]

Traegers are very nice....albeit, expensive.

I purchased a 4-burner Brinkmann from Home Depot for under $200 that works very well.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Traegers are very nice....albeit, expensive.

I purchased a 4-burner Brinkmann from Home Depot for under $200 that works very well.

This one?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Brinkmann-4-Burner-Gas-Grill-Stainless-Steel/13437088

 

[ABM]

This one?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Brinkmann-4-Burner-Gas-Grill-Stainless-Steel/13437088

That be it.

Nice price!

 

[ABM]

BTW, as with any grill used in the NW, if you want it to last for more than a year, purchase a good grill cover for it.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'm a charcoal griller myself. The taste far exceeds gas. For that, the Weber is by far #1.

 

[BrianFromWA]

no offense intended to OSUBlazerFan, but if you are a n00b griller, imho you want to stay away from charcoal. I totally agree with the wise old men that there is a difference, but it's a subtle one and not worth the frustration you're going to have with coal pyramids, lighter fluid debacles, waiting for the right amount of graying, good airflow for convection, etc...

Buy a propane tank, turn it on high, cover it...wait about 5 minutes, and you're grill's ready to go. There's no art to that, and no nostalgia, but there is a relatively manly cooking machine that you won't get frustrated with.

(I started with a small charcoal grill, and it was great when I could experiment with soaked wood smoking, different briquettes, etc...but that was when I was a bachelor and had all day to waste on my creations. Now it's mostly just spices/seasonings and making sure it gets grilled hot enough for long enough, but not too long... )

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Thanks BfWA

 

[Denny Crane]

no offense intended to OSUBlazerFan, but if you are a n00b griller, imho you want to stay away from charcoal. I totally agree with the wise old men that there is a difference, but it's a subtle one and not worth the frustration you're going to have with coal pyramids, lighter fluid debacles, waiting for the right amount of graying, good airflow for convection, etc...

Buy a propane tank, turn it on high, cover it...wait about 5 minutes, and you're grill's ready to go. There's no art to that, and no nostalgia, but there is a relatively manly cooking machine that you won't get frustrated with.

(I started with a small charcoal grill, and it was great when I could experiment with soaked wood smoking, different briquettes, etc...but that was when I was a bachelor and had all day to waste on my creations. Now it's mostly just spices/seasonings and making sure it gets grilled hot enough for long enough, but not too long... )

Geez, it's not that hard.

Buy a Weber, read the instructions, and follow the instructions and it's a piece of pie.

And like crandc said, don't use lighter fluid, use a chimney.

 

[ABM]

I'm a charcoal griller myself. The taste far exceeds gas. For that, the Weber is by far #1.

I'd put my rub grilled on my propane grill up against your Weber and any other rub you wanted to try. Now that I think of it, you RAVED about those St. Louis ribs I grilled the other night.

 

[Natebishop3]

Geez, it's not that hard.

Buy a Weber, read the instructions, and follow the instructions and it's a piece of pie.

And like crandc said, don't use lighter fluid, use a chimney.

Webers are the shit. I just got a new one for my birthday from my dad. Use the chimney. Use the weber. Food = good.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

no offense intended to OSUBlazerFan, but if you are a n00b griller, imho you want to stay away from charcoal. I totally agree with the wise old men that there is a difference, but it's a subtle one and not worth the frustration you're going to have with coal pyramids, lighter fluid debacles, waiting for the right amount of graying, good airflow for convection, etc...

Buy a propane tank, turn it on high, cover it...wait about 5 minutes, and you're grill's ready to go. There's no art to that, and no nostalgia, but there is a relatively manly cooking machine that you won't get frustrated with.

(I started with a small charcoal grill, and it was great when I could experiment with soaked wood smoking, different briquettes, etc...but that was when I was a bachelor and had all day to waste on my creations. Now it's mostly just spices/seasonings and making sure it gets grilled hot enough for long enough, but not too long... )

I beg to differ.

I've yet to have anyone prefer the taste of a gas grilled slab of meat to one over charcoal. And I've never had a problem lighting one, either. I cook everything from burgers to hams, roasts and turkeys. I can shift charcoal to cook slowly, convective, cook different cuts of meat at the same time and have them finish in the same time... Add ABM's rub and maybe some bbq sauce and it's perfection beyond compare.

But you kids and weenies today want the easy way out. Tasteless meat cooked over gas is a travesty. It's something I'd expect from a Beaver fan. I think they roast sheep...

 

[ABM]

But you kids and weenies today want the easy way out. Tasteless meat cooked over gas is a travesty. It's something I'd expect from a Beaver fan...

Why do you never to offer to bring your grill over, then? We always end up eating tasteless meat cooked over gas. You know, the same stuff you always declare is scrumptious.

 

[ehizzy3]

i love charcoal but i want to try a traeger to see what the hype is..

you could always just steal a cart from a local store

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Why do you never to offer to bring your grill over, then? We always end up eating tasteless meat cooked over gas. You know, the same stuff you always declare is scrumptious.

First, I have to be nice to my host. Second, guess why it is we always bring my small charcoal grill to the beach (like we will this week)? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it's because meat taste better when cooked over charcoal.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

i love charcoal but i want to try a traeger to see what the hype is..

you could always just steal a cart from a local store

A guy in our neighborhood has one and it smokes the meat more than cooking it. Better for some meats (salmon as an example) but it dries out other cuts.

 

[Denny Crane]

Charcoal adds a lot of smoke to the cooking process that gas can't compete with, even with smoke wood chips. The smoke adds flavor.

Gas has a big advantage in being easier to control the temperature and isn't as much work to clean up. Gas grills rely on fat dripping off the food you cook onto the heating elements to burn and add smoke.

I cook turkeys on the Weber, but I'd cook just about anything else on gas.

I see grills as ovens. The proper way to cook on a Weber, for example, is with the lid on for most of the time (to get the convection). Since it's an oven, you can cook pizza or bake a cake. I've put a griddle on the gas grill and cooked pancakes and bacon (turns out great). I've cooked frozen french fries on the grill, too.

The trick with charcoal is to learn to do indirect cooking for roasting things. If you are going to cook burgers or hot dogs, make sure you pile the coals up on one side and have none on the other, so you have a hot part of the grill and a colder part. If food starts to cook too fast or burn, you can move it over the colder side and save it.

Control the fire, or it controls you. It's better to cook over coals that are totally grey than to cook over a very hot fire. Fat from the food will melt, drip onto the coals, and flare up.

The Weber grills come with an instruction book that explains it all. Follow the instructions to the letter, and you won't go wrong. It tells you how many coals to put in the grill, so count the coals you're putting in. It tells you to put 8 more in after 30 minutes, you do it. Etc.

 

[ucatchtrout]

Traeger is far and away the best.

Easy to start. Just push the button.

Easy to clean

Delicious smokey flavor.

Damn near impossible to burn your food.

Can also be used as a smoker.

 

[crandc]

Everyone was a newbie at some time. Buy a good barbecue cookbook and use charcoal.

 

[tlongII]

Get the propane BBQ. No mess.

 

[Paxil]

I'm lazy and cook with gas most of the time. They do have cast iron inserts where you can put wood chips to get some smoke flavor. I have an electric smoker for things like turkey or whole chickens or hams. Lazy again I know.

I'd love to add a Traeger to the mix... Costco has them for a few weeks a year... they did about a month ago and the prices are good... don't know if they are still there though. Like someone mentioned... they are very good for some things... but less good if say you cook steak all the time. Friend cooked a pizza on his Traeger and it came out great.

 

[Paxil]

I bought a charcoal grill, and I must say that I am impressed compared to gas. Not only does it taste good... but the food seems juicier. It does take more time to set up and the first time I failed miserably to get the grill hot enough and had to transfer the meat to the gas grill... but overall if I have the time... charcoal seems to produce damn good food.