So I like to keep a gas grill around for the wife and I like the convenience as well. The thing is when it comes to gassers you have to make a choice. You either spend a lot of coin and get a Weber, Napoleon etc and have it last ten years or you get a lesser model that you will have to replace every two years or so. I came up with something in between that works very well for us.
What we wanted was enough space for a lot of food when needed, decent quality and ease of use.* First for the space part. That sounds easy but with most gassers you have to leave a chunk of your space free so that you have a place to retreat to when you have the inevitable grease fire flare up thing going on. Infrared solves that problem but a decent sized one can be pricey and the jury is still out on quality. Ease of use is an issue as well. Not the actual cooking but the maintenance. The emitter is usually a fine grid of thin metal that requires cleaning to do its jobs efficiently. From what I see that can be a bit of a pain. What I came up with thanks to Rob's review was this.
What you are looking at are two Char Broil Patio Bistro infrared grills. I converted them from the small bottle propane tanks using adapters I got at Lowes for about 25 dollars total. I used a T adapter for the tank and bang. Four hundred and eighty square inches of totally usable grill estate. Two zone heating due to the separate grills. The grills get hot quickly as Rob mentions in his YouTube video. They are also very efficient as they sip propane. They should be excellent for pizza. I'll post up when I try that out. Steaks are easy. Everything you cook gets surrounded by it's own juices vaporized by the heat diffuser located a few inches below the grate. The grate/emitters are stainless steel of a decent thickness. They should last for a good while. I have the grills sitting on a six foot table. That leaves plenty of space to work on. I've included a pic of the T valve and what it looks like with the cover on. I got these for 79 dollars a piece on HSN during a flash sale. I was researching something else and saw the alert for these on the side bar of the page. They normally list for almost twice that . The adapter hoses were 12 dollars each at Lowe's and the T valve was about 8 dollars shipped using Amazon prime. I'm under 230 dollars including the cover. I'm pretty happy with the way the set up has performed. Cut me some slack on any typos. I did this entire post on my phone. Also. Forgive the deck. It's about to get an over haul lol!
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What we wanted was enough space for a lot of food when needed, decent quality and ease of use.* First for the space part. That sounds easy but with most gassers you have to leave a chunk of your space free so that you have a place to retreat to when you have the inevitable grease fire flare up thing going on. Infrared solves that problem but a decent sized one can be pricey and the jury is still out on quality. Ease of use is an issue as well. Not the actual cooking but the maintenance. The emitter is usually a fine grid of thin metal that requires cleaning to do its jobs efficiently. From what I see that can be a bit of a pain. What I came up with thanks to Rob's review was this.
What you are looking at are two Char Broil Patio Bistro infrared grills. I converted them from the small bottle propane tanks using adapters I got at Lowes for about 25 dollars total. I used a T adapter for the tank and bang. Four hundred and eighty square inches of totally usable grill estate. Two zone heating due to the separate grills. The grills get hot quickly as Rob mentions in his YouTube video. They are also very efficient as they sip propane. They should be excellent for pizza. I'll post up when I try that out. Steaks are easy. Everything you cook gets surrounded by it's own juices vaporized by the heat diffuser located a few inches below the grate. The grate/emitters are stainless steel of a decent thickness. They should last for a good while. I have the grills sitting on a six foot table. That leaves plenty of space to work on. I've included a pic of the T valve and what it looks like with the cover on. I got these for 79 dollars a piece on HSN during a flash sale. I was researching something else and saw the alert for these on the side bar of the page. They normally list for almost twice that . The adapter hoses were 12 dollars each at Lowe's and the T valve was about 8 dollars shipped using Amazon prime. I'm under 230 dollars including the cover. I'm pretty happy with the way the set up has performed. Cut me some slack on any typos. I did this entire post on my phone. Also. Forgive the deck. It's about to get an over haul lol!
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