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
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.
Traegers are very nice....albeit, expensive. I purchased a 4-burner Brinkmann from Home Depot for under $200 that works very well.
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.
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.
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.
Webers are the shit. I just got a new one for my birthday from my dad. Use the chimney. Use the weber. Food = good.
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
