OT: new gas grill - which one?

there has been so many changes in the past 10yrs that no one (likely) has a clue, just opinion. one major design uses _no_ briquettes of any kind. this helps control flare-ups.

imho, that design is either a cop-out for a number of reasons, or a cost control that is simply lied about. if you can still find castiron burners, that would be my first recommendation, adding ceramic briquettes would be next. good luck, --Loren

Tom Gardner wrote: I need a new grill in the $300 range(clip) I already have a good charcoal so don't flame me ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have used both gas and charcoal, and despite the higher operating cost and extra effort, I have abandoned gas grilles. I believe that charcoal produces a better flavor.

If you have just burned out your gas grille, and know what you are doing, fine. If you are venturing into gas grilling after using charcoal for years, I say, save your $300 to buy more charcoal. I wish I had.

I used to think the same way and then I did some cooking on my sis-in-law's new gas grill (a middle of the road big box store job).

Older style gas grills burned to hot and were good for steaks and not much else, except for maybe melting scrap metal. Some of the newer grills have lower flames so slower cooking is now possible. I still prefer charcoal, but the gas srills are becoming more attractive.

-Carl

i have a weber genisis silver b and absolutly love it.

I have burned out 2 gas grills now. I still use charcoal for somethings...can't be beat! But, The gas is quick and gets a lot of use that I don't have the time to fire-up charcoal. It's just another tool and has it's place and with hardwood chips I defy anyone to tell the difference.

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 02:25:11 GMT, "Leo Lichtman" pixelated:

I switched to a small gas grille after 20 years of that blasted black coal crap and never looked back. There is no chance of lighter fluid to taint the taste of my perfectly blackened steak, there is much less oxygen consumed by the gas so it's easier to breathe anywhere downwind of the thing, and there are no cleanup or ash disposal afterwards. Food flavor is identical so there is no loss there AFAIC.

Of course, being single, I can get away with a $20 deluxe tabletop grille which is portable and can be taken to the beach, lake, river, or desert. My sister bought a $500 gas monster and swears by it, using it for large roasts, turkeys, etc. instead of her inside oven. It works great.

Bottom line: I swear by gas while I swear -at- charcoal.

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AS far as gator goes, my brother got some gator burgers from the exotic meats store. It tasted bad. And the longer you chewed, the worse it got. Though I've never tasted excrement, gator meat must come close. ICK, ERS

A follow up..... website only shows that wimpy litle propane ashtray for residential use..but I know first hand they make bigger rectangular ones for home use. Like the ones shown on the rails, but with legs

Gunner

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

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No offense Larry, but you are sick, and should be reported to the authorities.

;) JTMcC.

Not True. Pencil erasers taste much better. The gator, not so bad at first, would begin to taste so bad the gag reflex would start. And not just for me either.

Maybe the charcoal is different where you buy it but unless you buy the mesquite charcoal that is actually chunks of mesquite that have been turned into charcoal and still look like branches you will get stuff that is made from coal or something because even though I use sticks and paper to start the fire it still tastes like petroleum. And how was that for a run on sentence? Kingsford, I think, had a plant in the Bay Area that used garbage to make briquettes. You know, plant material type garbage, not tires or spray paint or anything. ERS

Don't know what you guys are getting but someone's selling you road kill buzzard or something, Sure ain't gator tail. That's one of the whitest, sweetest and most tender of all meats. Kind of like a cross between maine lobster & frog legs. Ate the stuff all my life. Greg Sefton

That's why you go and make your own :)

BTW that Matchlite stuff seems to work pretty good. Very painless to get going!

Tim

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sound like the french fried squid legs sold in markets on Okinawa, nice snack, chewy. --Loren