I'm want to get a grill and I've narrowed it down to these two choices.

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=PROD_META&MID=9876&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&CNTKEY=misc%2fsearchResults.jsp&R=629998+648298

For those of you that know your grills and material science, which grill do you suggest I get. I've checked like epinions and couldn't find any real help there. I want one that is going to last longer than 5 years. It will be outside in the weather. Cover? Probably won't use it. Looks really don't matter, I just want a good grill with strong construction and capable of cooking a beautiful thick steak. I've heard some bad things about Charbroil but from reviews they said this grill was designed to fix all the complaints. Not sure about the other, Charmglow...never really heard of it.

So, if you know grills, let me know what you think?

Any other suggestions on a good grill for under $400?

11/4/2005 11:23:34 AM

as long as its a stainless unit its all good. stainless is pimp

11/4/2005 11:24:25 AM

i'd strongly recommend brass burners. Avoid cast iron at all costs.

11/4/2005 11:29:55 AM

^agree most definitely. even ss really - cody had a grill prior with ss burners and had to replace them twice. we bought a great outdoors commercial grill with brass burners from lowes for $299. been perfectly happy with it. found webers to be good grills but honestly, you are buying a name. my dad has one and it isn't noticeably better than ours.

[Edited on November 4, 2005 at 11:45 AM. Reason : er]

11/4/2005 11:44:13 AM

And why the heck do they make grills with side burners? Honestly. Have you ever known anyone to ever use it? Exactly. The only time I could see someone using it is if they pack this huge grill on their truck and take to tailgate with. I think sideburners should be an addition option not standard on most of todays grills.

11/4/2005 12:13:05 PM

we use the side burners all the time for heating up chili and keeping barbecue sauces and the like warm

11/4/2005 12:17:09 PM

You're the first I've heard of it. We usually just do that on the stove inside.

11/4/2005 12:18:47 PM

side burners are also good to prepare the side dishes if you don't want to go inside to do all of that... it makes it so you can cook everything in the same place.

11/6/2005 12:36:37 PM

better chain that thing to something....nice stuff outside has a way of losing itself

11/6/2005 12:40:16 PM

side burners are really helpful when electricity goes out...

11/6/2005 12:46:25 PM

I have this one. Same price range, but with brass burners. The grate is super heavy duty too.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=158649-82210-463251605&lpage=none

11/6/2005 2:04:53 PM

get a X-pattern grill plate/rack rather than the typical vertical arrangement

makes for easier grilling of smaller items such as chopped veg, etc

11/6/2005 2:38:02 PM

men use charcoal. Using a gas grill is just cooking outside. It adds nothing else to the food. Save your money, cook inside, carry that shit outside and eat. Or man up and get a charcoal grill.

11/6/2005 2:40:13 PM

god charcoal is for fucking tools

talk about wasting time and money

it makes you no more of a man btw

i would rather have cheaper, easier-to-cook, and better-tasting food than seem "manly"

11/6/2005 2:42:45 PM

if you're cooking with gas, then buying a $400 dollar grill sounds like a waste of time and money to me considering they probably have a gas or electric stove sitting in their kitchen that will do the same damn thing.

Obviously i was just being an ass with the "men use charcoal" shit.

how is charcoal for tools?

Depending on what kind of charcoal you use you can influence the taste of the meat to a lesser or greater degree. Some people actually like the stronger taste, like it was cooked over a fire and not a gas stove. But if you know what you're doing you can certainly control the extent to which the meat has the "charcoal" taste.

11/6/2005 2:54:49 PM

Agree with the charcoal use. Gas grills have always seemed pretty fey.

Make your own charcoal sometime with apple, oak, or mesquite. Grill with it a few times. Then get back to me about how much better tasting gas is.

Gas is convienent, but charcoal tastes better. No question.

11/6/2005 3:02:26 PM

^ exactly.

If you just want to have "cookouts" (like having friends over, hanging out outside and cooking) but don't plan to use a grill to it's full extent, and you aren't really interested in grilling, then get gas.

I personally like grilled food. I grill all year round, dead of winter I'll be out side firing up the grill. And I like using different wood chips to get different tastes, this is no different than using different marinades when cooking with an oven/stove. You can smoke the meat to get a deeper taste. And a charcoal grill is really no more difficult to use than gas. The only difference really is that you have to start the fire and keep it going. Which is pretty simple, and depending on what kind of charcoal you use it can be very easy. Then if you want to take the time to learn and expirement, you can use different chips and smoking techniques to get different results. It allows you to do everything a gas grill can do and more.

And I have doubts of gas really being cheaper than charcoal (I doubt that either is really much cheaper than the other). Gas is quicker to start. "Better-Tasting" is relative to who's tasting it, and how it's grilled..

charcoal grills are for people who want the option to grill to it's full capabilities.
and
Gas grills are perfect for people who want to physically be outside while they're cooking.

11/6/2005 3:43:41 PM

I have a weber genesis-c with a sideburner that we have had for just over 4 years. We have really enjoyed it. I just cleaned it out and noticed that one of the burner's was messed up, and the stainless steel flavorizer bars were starting to deteriorate. I called the weber support number and they sent me a new set of stainless steel burners and flavorizer bars (over $100 worth of stuff) in like 2 days. The burners are under warranty for 10 years and the other stuff is like 5-7 years. They provide very good product support.

11/6/2005 5:41:44 PM

you can never go wrong with Weber. My dad has one he got about 6 years ago and it's still goin strong

11/7/2005 10:33:39 AM

Webber kettle and Kingsford charcoal.

Nothing against gas, however, it's just that there is more flavor
and cooking with coals has sort of a zen ancient Jedi thing about it.

"Use the coals Like"!

11/7/2005 5:53:33 PM

Umm. Sorry. That was ment to read "Luke"

11/7/2005 5:54:18 PM

^ that would be my choice, except for general purpose I would use actual wood charcoal, not compressed brickets. It lights really quick, w/o lighter fluid, and you don't have to wait for the already soaked in lighter fluid to burn off (don't gotta wait for it to turn white).

11/7/2005 8:17:20 PM

Quote :

"Nothing against gas, however, it's just that there is more flavor"

More cancer goodness too, yum!

11/8/2005 10:19:02 AM