Opinions wanted,, Best Grill for a couple

#51
Get a pellet grill and use 100% flavor wood pellets. The traeger brand and most others are garbage.


Kingsford now has some 100% pellets at Home Depot and probably other places. I haven’t tried them yet. They’ll be here today.

Big green grills are a funny prank being pulled on you.
 
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#52
Snuby642 said:
I think of a small standard grill as a gateway drug. You eat some good steaks and chicken.

Then one day you find yourself waking up from a 3 day food coma from main lining briskets and pork butts from your offset stick burner.

You know you want the big boy.

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wont fit in the driveway with all the other toys... but yes, yes I would buy this just to cook a couple hot dogs and smile at my neighbors as they choke to death on the fumes of freedom and glory
 
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#53
not fancy but it will work and its very portable no help required to move and if you break it who cares its only a bucket .
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steaks and burgers in 30 min mmm grill it .🥳🥳🥳just saw this guys grill on another post and he wins hands down that a cool looking grill
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that would be a sweet grill to own .
 
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Dont know what all your thinking about cooking but I bought a Blacksone Griddle and I have just about quit using my propane grill still use my smoker/Charcoal Grill for somethings but I am amazed how well the griddle works on most things.
 
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Bought a nice weber gas grill for our second home and I don't think highly of it at all. Ended up giving it to the kid. It wasn't cheap but pretty much sucked for cooking consistently. I have a Lynx for gas (natural gas) with the "pro sear" that works great. Non-gas I'd go with a Big Green Egg. One friend owns a BBQ catering company and grills / smokes all the time, does competitions, and has about a dozen devices - various grills and smokers - on his patio. I asked him what he uses the most. The Egg.
 
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#62
Weber 2000, literally the best grill I've ever owned, it was a Father's day present three years ago. Cook eight burgers, three or four nice sized steaks or two packs of brats so it works with guests.

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#63
we have the webers also...
i hate having a Q for only a couple years and throw it away because a part went bad and cant get anouther. Ace Hardware is across the street and carries replacement parts for weber grills
 
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lonegunman762x51 said:
Weber 2000, literally the best grill I've ever owned, it was a Father's day present three years ago. Cook eight burgers, three or four nice sized steaks or two packs of brats so it works with guests.

www.bbqguys.com

Weber Q 2000 Portable Propane Gas Grill - Titanium - 53060001

Ready, set, grill on the go! The Weber Q 2000 portable gas BBQ grill offers 280 square inches of cooking space to create the grilled foods you love anytime, anywhere. Weber Q gas grills are perfect for tailgating, camping or small spaces like apartment balconies. With the push of a button, the...
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I was at an AirBnb and they had one of these, I was really shocked at how well it cooked, and a little shocked with the price tag..
 
#68
Ozarkcop said:
Dont know what all your thinking about cooking but I bought a Blacksone Griddle and I have just about quit using my propane grill still use my smoker/Charcoal Grill for somethings but I am amazed how well the griddle works on most things.
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I like blackstones, but don't care for the fried food /extra grease aspect of it,,, do you notice that or just don't care... I'm trying to be more health minded as the wife is worried about me
 
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Kinetic Moose said:
I like blackstones, but don't care for the fried food /extra grease aspect of it,,, do you notice that or just don't care... I'm trying to be more health minded as the wife is worried about me
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I put mine on a little bit of angle to let the grease go to the trap a little quicker. Plus the hotter u cook the less grease or at least it seems like to me
 
#71
I have two, and cook 3 ways. Big smoker with offset stickburner firebox, used when I smoke. Same unit when I want to cook over wood.

Phoenix stainless when I want to grill simple. Can also steam or get a light smoke with the phoenix.
 
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Kinetic Moose said:
WTF DO YOU COOK WITH THE JUMP BOX? or is that just a sex toy laying around??? LOL
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I used to be sponsored a a certain brand of Grill company. They provided me with all kinds of grilling goodies, provided I dropped their name and had their equipment prominently shown in the postings I made. I have about 4 more grills/smokers which are not in that picture.

Below is a picture of some of my beef ribs, which were mopped with a reduced Merlot wine... they were phenomenal.
Another picture is of Beef Eye of Round rolls with cheese and slow smoked ham.
A shot of some hot Wok work on the grill
and mini deep dish pizzas made on the grill with filo dough.

The "jump box" has a cigarette lighter socket. I have a "stoker" (computer controlled fan) on the big red one on the left. It adjust air flow to keep the temperature within a degree at all times. The Jump Box keeps the stoker powered, even if power is interrupted for long brisket and pulled pork cooks.

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#74
A few years ago cook's illustrated did reviews of cheaper gas grills. Their top pick was the weber spirit 3xx model (3 burner) . They said to stay away from the weber 2xx models (2 burner models) because they were under powered.
 
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Kinetic Moose said:
I was at an AirBnb and they had one of these, I was really shocked at how well it cooked, and a little shocked with the price tag..
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I was a bit surprised by the price originally. But, it is a great grill for a couple of people. If you have a truck camper or otherwise are space limited it is even more amazing, easily connected to a 20lb cylinder, it takes a small foil drip pan found in most grocery stores for easy cleaning after a greasy bbq. I have had mine fore three years and am pleased every time I use it. It's very portable for tailgate grilling at the range or in the woods. And you can buy spare parts if you ever need them.
 
#81
OK I made the plunge and the wife decided after finding an extension cord on the Trager to go with the Big Green Egg in a large... with all the attachments, i feel as though I've purchased a ferrari with options.... Pictures to follow of the assembly process tomorrow.... pray I don't drop anything...

Also on a side note, they closed the factory in Mehico for the foreseeable future according to the guy at Ace where we bought the last one....
 
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OK, BGE large virgin mission has commenced....
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Tonights menu
Toasted Chicken and possibly a Raccoon if she gets too close to the wife (she has an audience)
Soaked and Salted Corn on the cob (no husk, we'll see how this turns out)
possibly some green shit because heart attacks suck
Ice Cold Water!!!

Thanks for all the input guys, I still may pickup an old weber for ease of use, the thin flat one seems to work good if you could swallow the pricetag, might replace my camp stove...hmm
 
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addertooth said:
Kinetic Moose,
Solid choice. Many of the Ceramic Kamado Grills are a great choice for a wide range of cooking. They do slow smoking well, and can give you 700 degree sears on steaks, as well as pizza and bread.
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Picked up the eggconvector dohicky as well, the wife is already on youtube figuring out what i'm doing wrong lighting charcoal and how to cook with it as we speak lol.
I foresee a mini one of these goign camping with me in the winter time.....
 
#86
Kinetic Moose said:
Picked up the eggconvector dohicky as well, the wife is already on youtube figuring out what i'm doing wrong lighting charcoal and how to cook with it as we speak lol.
I foresee a mini one of these goign camping with me in the winter time.....
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Most I know that have Eggs light the charcoal with a propane torch. Just takes a couple of minutes.

Actual charcoal - not briquets... ever.
 
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Yes, I use a torch to light my lump charcoal. 30 seconds of burn per spot lit. One spot lit for every 100 degrees I want to hit (rounded up, 350 degrees F, is 4 spots lit, equally spaced). The real trick is learning the vent positions. Wide open (top and bottom) will bury your thermometer somewhere north of 800 degrees. A good place to start is about 1/4 to 1/3 top and bottom, assuming you have a ceramic diffuser plate in place. If you don't, then the temperature will be a bit higher. You make use of the diffuser ceramic plate when you are working at 350 degrees or less when you want VERY even heat across what you are cooking.
 
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HAHA, I have a camp Chef for camping and I was thinking of ditching it for a mini egg because they are just so easy to use except maybe in the rain. I managed to nail 350 degrees in the first 10 minutes, couldn't be easier, I guess all that growing up with a fireplace kinda helped out there, but the meat was tender and fantastic, much better than my propane grill. I'm going to sams today to pickup some more lump, I was thinking a trash can would be a good storage place for it as we will likely grill alot. 25lbs of propane doesn't' last long around here. I'm already searching for more gadgets for it. I think I might fire up the welder if I can find some steel and see about getting a proper frame made with maybe of road wheels on it or something. I see the wife trying to move it and it taking a nose dive into the patio pavers.
 
#94
bluegrasspicker said:
For one to three people I think the PKGO is ideal. It's small, portable, and your grandkids will be using it. I prefer charcoal and wood to gas.

Then later you might add a bigger grill for bigger gatherings.

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I’ve been looking at these as well…
 
#95
Choid said:
FWIW, charcoal has no flavor. That is the point of charcoal, to cook out all of the impurities (flavonoids) from wood. Any smoke flavor you get from charcoal is just the burning fat from the meat when it hits the coals. You would get the same with lava rocks over gas. If you want to add flavor, you actually need to use wood and cook on it before it turns to coals. I know we all think differently from our childhoods, but this is the reality of the situation. It is also why "Argentinian" grilled beef tastes so good, because it is cooked over wood, not charcoal.
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That is what wood chips or in my case wood chunks are for. You need to be careful with wood, if you have that dirty nasty smoke because your heat is not correct you will ruin the meat.
 
#96
I am a fan of the big old Oklahoma Joes BBQ's. Make sure you follow the instructions and season them.

For your application they are probably a bit much. That walmart BBQ might be good (you probably also need to season it). Also there are some good accessories that help out (for example a rapid fire chimney starter for the coals).
 
#98
Kickin45 said:
Napoleon.
Its what Webbers were 15yrs ago, before they were bought out and went with cheaper materials.
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Napoleon - I have one I still use, built in 1999. Finally replaced the burner element in 2021. Also have a Weber Genesis I converrted to NG. Most used is a Rec-Teq RT-700 smoker.
Have a 6' rotisserie for the firepit (when time allows). Different meats require different methods.

If I rented and could have only one, I'd have a 22" weber charcoal grill. Its all good.
 
#100
Kinetic Moose,

Congratulations on your purchase. It should give you years of faithful service. As you can tell from my earlier pictures, I am a fan of ceramic (and Refractory) egg-shaped grills. They all behave the same under the paint, so I don't suffer from Red/Green/Black snobbery.
 
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