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I bought this stove/grill on sale at a Target store to replace my old liquid fuel stove in time for camping season this past summer. It came with the instastart ignition although it doesn't say so in the Amazon product description. The product picture shows the little red igniter button near the center of the stove front. The grill is an excellent design option allowing for grilling steaks, hot dogs, burgers, sausages, etc., which I do frequently now. The Instastart ignition has worked flawlessly so far.
Propane bottles win hands-down over liquid fuel tanks (no more having to pump the darn thing all the time). The bottles are cheap and with normal use, last through a three-meal day, no problem! I usually get a meal or two the next day, since lunches are typically cold... sandwiches, salads, etc. Most of the time we are away from the camp site at lunch time anyway. I always bring a 'bottle-a-day plus one' to be on the safe side and usually bring a bottle or two home for the next trip (depending on the length of the outting and how much cooking). I can usually find the bottles on sale through the year for just over a buck in the 'big' department stores and load up on them. As far as I can tell, the claim of an even, continuous gas flow is true (high or low)... just like using a gas range at home. Clean up is easy and the grease trap underneath the unit catches all that fat dripping from those New York strip steaks. Two or three strip steaks will fill that grease trap reservoir to the brim, so don't forget to empty it before grilling again. The long grill burner also heats that 10 or 12 inch fry pan across the bottom quickly for bacon, eggs, etc. The grill itself will take some scrubbing when you get home if you have been grilling steaks.
If you're looking to replace that old liquid fuel stove, do yourself a favor and get this unit, you won't be sorry.
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And that's what I use this Coleman Stove/Grill for, an "Outdoor Kitchen Combo". I tried to purchase this several times from Amazon and when they lowered the price, I was on the road and couldn't place the order. Then when I was able to order it the price went back to $99.99. So, I went to Target and picked it up for $89.99, and today I notice Amazon has it for less than $88.00 :-) Regardless, wherever you purchase it from, this stove/grill is the BEST! I've had it a week now, and I've used it everyday approximately 2x a day. I'm a fulltime RVer, and its too HOT to heat up a kitchen to make breakfast and dinner, so I've used this for cooking 2 meals a day for the last week. I LOVE the INSTASTART function, and it works on the first try, and the flame is even all the way around on both burners and cooks evenly. I noticed that there were two "Red" models made, starting in 2008, and I picked up the one made in 2009 which is Model Number 2000003733, which appears to be the one on this site. But the other red one had a model number starting with a number 4 I believe if you decide to buy one elsewhere. Afte a week, I'm still on my original propane bottle, and I make coffee twice a day too in addition to the meals. I basically store paper plates/utensils and everything I need to cook outside except the food and clean up is a breeze! I keep foil on the bottom of the stove just in case, but its so easy to clean up. I purchased the separate "Griddle" too and I use that for pancakes, eggs etc. The griddle unfortunately is a little taller than the "grill" insert, so you can't close the top with the griddle insert inside. I keep the griddle insert inside of a laptop neoprene sleeve that I purchased from Target this week for $5.00. I also purchased the travel/storage bag for the entire grill/stove which fits just fine and holds the extra griddle too. Also, this unit has a 5 year warranty, which is 2 more years than Coleman's regular 2 burner stoves. Also, what I really LIKE about the Grill function is that you don't have those big flareups like with regular charcoal and propane grills, and you don't have dripping all over the ground or table where it is sitting. I love this grill/stove. Thank you Coleman! I recommend this purchase!Best Deals for Coleman PerfectFlow InstaStart Grill Stove
There was another person that rated this stove poorly because of pitting in the pan under the grill. Mine also had the pitting present and had circumstances different I would have sent it back for a new one.However I bought mine with the intent of using it on a monthlong road trip and needed to use it right away so I kept the pitted one and just decided to use it.
Pros: The burner works very well, I was able to boil water very quickly on the burner although I had difficulty turning it low enough to simmer anything, which has been an issue with Coleman stoves that I
have used in the past. The grill works well and I took the advice of others that reviewed this stove to line the pan underneath with foil to make clean up easier.
Cons: Similar complaints as others, I has an overall cheesy feel to it, especially considering it cost around $100. The side windscreens pop off spontaneously allowing the lid to fall, usually knocking over something you didn't want knocked over, i.e. a beer for the cook. The grill surface itself can be very difficult to clean, I used the grill extensively on this trip and you had to very careful when cleaning it so as not to remove the coating, some of my non stick coating is already coming off after a month's use and I used plastic utensils exclusively on the grill.
Would I recommend this to a friend? Maybe, it is a useful combination of appliances which is nice if space is an issue which is why I bought this rather than packing both a grill and a stove. One of the big issues is that Coleman has become a virtual monopoly when it comes to car camping gear, there are relatively few companies other than Coleman making gear like this any more, so that they can crank out whatever they want and there is bound to be someone to buy it.
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