Buy King Kooker 00068 V-Shaped Stainless-Steel Strainer Rack

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This heavy duty rack consists of two flat pieces of stainless steel that are hinged on one end so that it opens like the jaws of a pair of scissors. When you lift the strainer basket out of a hot pot (such as when boiling crawfish), this rack lays across the top of the rim of the pot. Then you set the basket on the rack so that the hot liquids can drain cleanly/directly back into the pot. It is sanitary, safer and more stable than using a stir paddle which is what I previously used for this. This rack works perfect in conjunction with the Bayou Classic basket assist lift bar. No spills, burns or messes.

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Discount Porcelain Coated Steel Wire Cooking Grid

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Now I can go back to grilling the parts work very well. glad I could still get the right parts

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Very nice. The Costco Front Avenue grill has been a big disappointment. Much like a Delorean car great stainless steel body with an under performing engine. But, these grids made to grill useful for a few more years.

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the product is great, but the packing was substandard... the UPS driver delivered the box open and upon further investigation found the grates in the back of his truck...

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The second time I have reconstructed this 8 year old Costco grill. Fortunate it is stainless and therefore somewhat timeless

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My grill is an old Charbroil Professional all stainless model. Like eight to ten years old. The greats on mine were literally rusting through and flakes of rust would stick to my food (if I was not careful about placement). I debated getting a new grill, but after looking at the quality of new grills and the cost of a similar model, I opted to do some repairing/replacing.

I cleaned everything out according to the manual and replaced the rusted grates with these new ones and it's like I have a new grill. I managed to snag a set of refurbed ones (I am guessing they were a return as there are no blemishes or signs of use) for less then fifty dollars.

Great buy.

Buy Goldblatt G05828 Pro-Grip Brass Stripping Brush

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Very well made. nice and sturdy. better than i expected. i use it for many many things. will last for years. thank you and enjoy

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this looks like all the other brass brushes but for whatever reason it works the best. Less pressure and cleaner pots. that says it all.

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This brush is better (although small) at cleaning the porcelain coated barbeque grill than most of the brushes designed for grills. The scraper side is handy but wears away very fast.

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I have a frypan that recommends it be scoured with a pure brass bristled brush so I was happy to find this brush on Amazon. It is compact and will be a gentle bristled brush to scour with. I haven't used it yet but this is a good well made brush

Cheap RUBBERMAID G100-12 BBQ BRUSH WITH STEEL SCRAPER 8-1/2"

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DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT buy this brush! After we cleaned our grill with it, we noticed many of the wires from the brush had fallen out and onto our grill, as well as onto our food. This brush should be recalled!

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Have used this brush for 2 months and the bristles keep breaking off, getting on the grille surface and into the food. Must be extremely dangerouis. Just threw it out because I don't know of any way to fix this issue.

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This is a good barbeque grill brush. It is inexpensive, has brass bristles, and a metal scraping blade at the top. The black handle is plastic. The face of the brush is decent size, about 3" x 3".

At a little over 10" in length it is shorter than many grill brushes. But at this price, and for the performance of brass bristles, I find that to be a good trade-off. Most manufacturers have switched from brass to stainless steel bristles. The steel bristles will be as durable, and will clean just as well, however they will be more harsh than brass on your grill surface and will scratch some grills.

The length of this brush is not important to me since I scrape the grill just after cooking, but more often the next time I get ready to grill, so the surface is not overly hot when I attack it. If you tend to clean the grill while it is still very hot, the shorter handle may bother you. While cleaning toward the back of the grill, your hand will be closer to the hot surface due to the short handle. If you prefer a brush with a longer handle, I think there are still a few out there with brass bristles. I am pretty sure Kitchenaid makes one that is about 17" long, but typically costs more than twice what the Rubbermaid does.

The face of the Rubbermaid brush makes it easy to fit in the corners and toward the back of the grill, and the scraper will fit nicely between the rungs on most grill surfaces.

Cleaning the brush is what you would expect, and over time the bristles build up some gunk and become bent/worn. That is the nature of a brass grill brush. At this price, you could get a couple and be set for a few seasons.

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On its 5th use a clump of bristles came out of the head & onto my grill gratings. DO NOT BUY! No quality control.

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I bought this one because I saw the good reviews here. Good brush for about 3.5 months. After that it started losing bristles all over the grill surface. I'm just glad I noticed them before ingesting them and I certainly wouldn't buy another because of this health hazard.

MBP 03310 Universal Gas Grill Replacement 1 Outlet "AAA"Battery Reviews

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Starter only worked for a couple of weeks, maybe a dozen times or so. By the time I tried to use it Sunday, weather finally warmed up some, would not start. Changed battery, still no go! According to Amazon the time to return the item (10-06) has passed.

Hopefully this will deter others from buying this piece of junk. Guess you get what you pay for, only cost $9.99. Probably and piece of

"CHICOM CRAP". Buyer be ware..................

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Parts for my grill are hard to find parts matched exactly as original order was processed on time would purchase from this supplier again.

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I used this to adapt to a grill that was not listed. A little tinkering got it to work in the space and wiring needed. Seems to give a good spark and is reasonably well made. Good value.

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The screw-down cap over the battery compartment will crack and break if securely tightened. The cap needs to be redesigned.

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This was a OME replacement for my Solaire grill. While I don't usually recommend the OME replacement, this item was a perfect fit for my grille. Good distributor. Transaction was completed as expected.

Review of Weber 70615 Hinged Cooking Grate, Replacement Grate for Weber's

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I rarely review items. I must note my disappointment, however, with customer service for this item. While the description clearly states for the Performer Grill, this grate did not fit it. The Seller insisted on a restocking fee of 1/3 of the cost of the item. When pointed out to the seller, the seller responded that there was more than one size grate for the Performer Grill. This was checked via Weber product description and confirmed to be inaccurate during the customer service call. The inaccuracy of the product description notwithstanding, the seller refused to accept the return without the restocking fee. I cannot recommend the seller, when other merchants would have treated the customer with more respect.

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This hinged grate easily allows you to put in extra charcoal or even move them around while still cooking food. The original was quite frustrating, you easily could drop your food onto the ground while trying to access the hot charcoals. While one should have bought the larger grill for cooking beyond several people, I'm stuck with my 18 incher and the hinged grill is a must have, I can guarantee you can't live without it or you'll always say I should have bought one when it's too late to do so

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My husband is now able to slow cook food on the grill now that he can add charcoal to the BBQ as needed. If you have a weber, get this!

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Admittedly I don't do indirect grilling much at all, but I do like to add soaked wood chips on top of my charcoal just before grilling and though this might be an easy solution to removing the very hot grate. Honestly the hinge openings aren't big enough to do much of anything and became more of a pain than anything else. If you do indirect grilling this might be worth the money, but I would probably figure out another way to add more charcoal.

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Bought this to use on my Large Big Green Egg to give me access to coals while cooking. It's a little smaller than original grate, but fits without danger of falling in. No complaints.

Discount Dyna-Glo DGE486SSP-D 4-Burner 52,000 BTU Propane Gas Grill

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Have had this grill for about a week now and have cooked on it 3 times so far. So far so good. Grilled burgers, hot dogs and steak and fish so far. Everything has come out great. The grill seems to heat up nicely for us. It was not too bad to put together, but did take longer than the 50 minutes the directions estimate. It looks nice and has plenty of grilling space. I would recommend buying the cover that they have matched with this grill. It is a nice cover and has straps that snap around the wheels of the cart to help the cover stay on, which was always a problem with prior grill covers. If anything changes about my opionion of the grill, I will update at as we grill more. As with all things, you have to put things in perspective. Is this the quality of a Weber? No, probably not. But it is half the price of a Weber. I didn't want to shell out $800 plus dollars for a grill, so I was looking for something more in the midpriced range that is still nice. So far this fits the bill for me at this price point.

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I like to grill out as much as possible in the summer, but my old bbq was falling apart. My brother noticed that I needed a grill upgrade, so he bought me this Dyna-Glo grill for my birthday. What an awesome present!

The instructions were easy to follow, so it was not difficult to assemble.

This is the best grill I have owned, and it has plenty of btus and heats up great for searing meat. I also like the size, since I like to cook for a lot of people, and I like all of the stainless steel.

Over the last 3 weeks since I got it, I've tried several recipes. I made a cedar plank salmon recipe that my wife loved. I made really good beer can chickens. I also made some bacon wrapped stuffed jalapeños that were so good, even though I burned the first batch (I forgot to turn the left side down to medium and it got too hot). My bad. Fortunately, I had prepped a lot of extras and when I turned the heat down a little, they were great.

But the best was the night that we did huge Porterhouse steaks. I seared them on high perfectly on the outside, and they were a juicy medium rare on the inside, even better than the steakhouse down the street (and so much cheaper). They were so good.

I am very happy with this grill.

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I just bought this from Samsclub same product code. Everything came together seamlessly. Directions could have been a little bit more informative but I figured everything out jsut fine.

First things first, this grill heats up fast. I don't know about the other reviewers but I was able to get it to about 550 degrees within 7-10 minutes. Heat seems to be even and grilled the chicken breast very well.

Couple complaints: There is about 2" opening in the back that allows lot of the air out when you close the cover. This forces the grill to stay around 525 -550 degree range and won't heat up anymore. This temp is fine for most things but for nice, thick steaks, I'd like it more int the 650-700 range. I can get some aluminum foil to block the opening and that does the trick.

Also, couple of the nuts and bolts that were already installed in box weren't tight and popped off. I had to re-tighten some of the nuts and bolts but they are staying put now.

Overall, very nice grill that grills 90% of items perfectly. For steaks, little modification may be required. Weighing the price vs performance, I recommend it to anybody that is not a Weber snob.

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This is really a slick grill!! Almost all shiny stainless steel including the heavy SS grates.

The only drawback since I've had it (30 days) is that there is (was) a 3" opening across the back when the cover is (was) closed, which made it difficult to get the grill up to 500 degrees with all 4 burners on high. Other reviews have mentioned the same. Easily remedied by going to my local glass shop & getting a 3"x26" piece of storefront aluminum & screwing it to the back to close this gap. I had to use a 3/16" masonry bit to get through the porcelain coated steel back & then a bit for hardened steel to complete the holes. It also required a slight bending, by hand, of the aluminum toward the cooking compartment to clear the cover when it opens. Now I have to turn the burners down or it will heat up to 650-700 degrees in no time. It has cooked everything just fine & with more control over the heat settings now that the aluminum plate was installed.

The bottom of the cooking compartment is a slide out tray which I covered with heavy duty aluminum foil to make cleaning that area easier. The slide out platform for the propane tank is a great feature. You don't have to sit on the ground or get on your knees anymore to change out tanks. The shiny stainless steel will scratch easily when sharp metal objects are moved across it so just be careful. Also, there are a couple of sharp corners on the back that tore my cover the first time when I didn't carefully remove it. For $400 this is an outstanding grill for a guy just grilling for the family & I use it just about every day. I ended up buying this from Walmart, but it was the same price at Amazon, because if I had to return it I wanted to be able to return it to the store without having to repack it & ship it back and there is a ton of repacking material. It's easy to put together once you have removed all the packing a sorted out the pieces. This grill replaced a Tuscany Altima grill I bought at Costco 7 years ago. It had more features, that I didn't use, & less stainless steel for about the same price.

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I was looking for a grill with mostly or all stainless. This grill was the best deal that I could find. I was able to get it locally for a bit cheaper than online. I have had it now for 1 month and very happy with the performance and durability. It did take a bit longer than expected to set up, but easy to do so with the instructions.

Buy Music City Metals 23601 Cast Iron Burner Replacement for Select DCS

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Perfect fit for my 2006 GE Monogram built-in 36 inch grill. I have a GE ZGG36L31CSS.

Excellent solution to get your grill back in tip top shape.

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They are well cast, fit and function perfectly. Instead of buying a new grill, I ended up replacing the internal components. It seems I get about 5 or 6 years before the corrosion makes it completely inoperable. Next grill I buy will be cast bronze or stainless steel burners.

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My grill is 15 years old and the cast iron burners had rusted out completely. Probably poor maintenance over the years on my part although I would opt for stainless steel burners in the future. Anyway, I was searching for a replacement grill that would fit in the masonry structure and stainless steel top that I had custom-built specifically for my DCS grill. I didn't think I'd have a prayer of finding replacement parts for such an old model. Everything I found would require modifications to the custom-built structure so I went on Amazon wondering if by chance I could find replacement parts. Two days later I had a grill that is basically as good as new and saved myself $3000-5000. I also purchased the stainless steel heat plates and stainless steel cooking grids since those too had rusted out. You have to love Amazon Prime.

Review of Rcs Rjcssb Premier Series Built-in Propane Gas Stainless Steel

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It looks nice, however its made cheap, and does not function properly. The scary part about it it somehow remains lit until you actually turn the gas off from the main which means the knobs or the pilot malfunctions.

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I ordered this side burner based on price. It would be a great deal at twice the price. This burner works great and puts out a lot of heat. It fires right up with the built in ignitors, and comes apart easily for cleaning. It also has a slide out grease tray.

Napoleon 57011 Non-Stick Fish Basket with Removable Handle Review

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This fish basket has enough room to prepare fish for about 4 people, so it's a nice size. I didn't have problems with anything sticking to the basket, so I give it a 4 star rating. I wonder how long the non-stick coating is going to last though, because I see a spot on the handle that is going to flake off. The removable handle is a great idea, but when the fish basket is hot from being in the grill, it's slightly awkward to attach the handle again to remove the basket from the grill. I ended up just using my grill mitt instead.

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having the handle detach is a very good thing, since it enables "roasting" the fish on a grill with a closed cover. i wish there were a smaller version

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fish grill basket works great. I still recommend spraying it with grill cooking spray before cooking. used it several times so far

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The basket works well and cleans up easily. It is too small for very large salmon, but handles others easily. The handle is problematic so I just grab it with grill gloves to flip it.

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It was hard picking a good fish basket. Based on the other reviews, this had the least negative ones. Below is a list of my pro and cons:

Pros:

Great for 1-2 people eating fish.

Light weight

Cons:

Not non-stick (but I don't think any of them truly are)

The removable handle sucks. No instructions on how to use it, and once you figure it out, it's difficult to use especially when the basket is over hot coals, haha.

Bad for 3 or more people eating fish

The grease stays on and is almost impossible to remove

Knowing what I know now, I would have bought a different one just to see if it was any better.

Buy Char-Griller 3001 Grillin' Pro 40,800-BTU Gas Grill

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I've done plenty of research and seen many grills before picking the 'Char-Griller Pro 3001'. I think if you really want a solid grill that lasts forever, get a Weber. For me paying $700+ for a similar Weber isn't an option. You also should beware of the inexpensive stainless steel grills (anything under $400). Their not stainless, the metal is thin & flimsy and they start showing signs of rust in a matter of months. I even saw some demos with rust stains?? This shouldn't be a problem with the finish on the Char-Griller. Plus I noticed it ranked well in Consumer Reports. I picked mine up at Menards for $149.00 (on 06/26/09).

At times it was challenging to put together. The pictures and directions could've been more descriptive on which way things face when you put them together (ie: the legs). Plus the location of parts within the box. I had to find parts that I needed early in the installation that were wrapped up with things late in the installation?! Once you get it together it's pretty solid. It starts easily and heats up fast. For me in less than 5-10 min. on high the temperature gage was at 650 degrees (on a windy 70 degree day in Chicago). The grates are porcelain coated cast iron. That's a feature you want to look for in a grill. You'll see those on higher priced models. The grates have a side for 'Searing' and a side for 'Grilling'. They cleanup easily and give GREAT grill marks. Now mind you my last grill was a 12 year old 'Char-Broil' that was shot and I've only used this one twice. But from what I can tell (so far) unless you want to pay a ton for something better this is a great grill for the price.

Update: 07-27-09

It's still a great grill for the price. I have one thing I never liked and if you're coming from an older grill like me you should be aware of this. Older gas grills (5 or 10 years) had the burners right along the bottom of the grill base with a metal shield over the top. You then had 5 inches or so between the shield and the grilling grates. This would give you space for 'Lava Rock', 'Ceramic Brickets' and some wood chips if you choose. The rocks or bricks would catch grease and reduce flare ups. To keep the grill clean you change the rock out once a season or so. NONE OF THE NEW GRILLS (including the Char-Griller) are setup like this. They ALL have the burners and shields right below the grilling grates. And you have no room for anything below the burners. So you need to be sure to keep the bottom of the grill CLEAN and CLEAR of debris (drip trays too). As I stated before this grill heats fast and puts out a good flame. Well after cooking about 10 times or so I had some debris and an oily film on the bottom from cooking & basting things. Yep you guessed it, FIRE, FIRE! Luckily I caught it after just a couple minutes of cooking and shut it down and put everything out. I cleaned out the bottom turned it back on and it was fine. So be safe and keep it clean!

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After lots of research settled on this grill and at under $200, nothing compares. After three months of use, looks and works like new. The cast iron construction leads to even heat, the burners work well, there are trays on both sides (one is a side burner with a flat cover), and it does a great job of grilling.

The drip TRAY is easy to reach (as opposed to a hole that a can hangs under) and the barrel construction also lends to the even heat of the grill.

The smoker attachment is a nice idea for those who want the flexibility and convenience of a gas grill with the option for smoke/charcoal; although I have not used it I think I will be purchasing the attachment before next Thanksgiving (nothing like a smoked turkey on the grill).

Cons: Assembly is a little bit of work and is best accomplished with two people. It is not something you want to do in a hurry and while not easy, it wasn't an overwhelming challenge either. In other words, yes, you have to do a little bit of thinking and it really helped to have another person to verify understanding and help to hold pieces. If you feel you are mechanically challenged, could be frustrating, but don't be scared away. Assembly time for two people who don't do much if any mechanical work, was about 90 leisurely minutes.

With so many nice-looking but cheaply made grills with cheap parts out there, the Char-Griller stands out with it's simple efficient design and comparatively heavy parts.

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If you are looking for a good gas grill and you are on a budget, then the $170 for this is probably a good buy. Frankly I don't see the need for $500, $800, $2000 grills that are mostly name buying or grill envy inducing. You buy a grill to cook food not to be backyard bling. If you one of those huge backyard million dollar mansion types, then your not reaidng this anyway and move on to you Weber's and such. For us down to earth people this will suffice.

I've read alot of reviews saying that the directions are utterly useless and hard to understand. I don't know if Char-griller re-wrote the directions or what but I didn't find them difficult to follow. Maybe if you are the type that only looks at the pictures to assemble things, you might have a little prblems, are they are all in grey scale and not color, but even the picies are marked with stickers saying things like, "this side faces inside" or "this is the long wired burner tube". Sometime you might even feel alittle insulted that they tell you the burned tube has a longer wire attached because its some 4 inches longer and VERY obvious. But the directions have words besides pictures and they are quite clear on what to do and what pieces you need. Plus the screws/bolts/washers are very nicely packaged with sizes printed on both sides of the pack.

I'm not mechanically inclined by anymeans, but save your wallet some heartache and put it together yourself. all you need is one phillips head screw driver (maybe a pliers for when you attach the warming grate). But other than that its simple to assemble, eventhough it took just over two hours doing it by myself. But even the directions tell you that you need two people. Well you don't. The hardest part is getting the cart legs to stay put when your attaching the all and connecting them.

There was only one piece that I had to bend slightly to make it fit and that was the front panel. There was alittle too much bend in the top of the piece but once I bent it down about 10 degrees it fit perfectly. As for the rest of the grill, everything lined up perfectly and went together without any naughty words needing to be uttered.

This grill heats up very quickly, but then again I've never had a gas grill before so maybe everyone does, but I can get the temp to 600+ in around 5 minutes.

The one thing that I noticed is that there seems to be quite a bit of manufacturing oil residue. And it is real sticky when you putting the top and bottom grill barrels on. The directions say to run it for 15 minutes with the ild closed to get rid of it, but there is still quite a bit left. Maybe I just got an oil happy factory cutter, but I won't speculate on that.

The surface area is quite large for the over all size of the grill. Most grills seem to be wide and shallow where as this is quite deep and could be an optical illusion, but nice size for my family of four.

I'll update with more comments when I get a few meals put on this.

Over all I am very happy with the grill and my decision to assemble it myself.

The three piece grate system seems to stay in place well enough and should present a problem. They are also porcelain coated cast iron and should hold the heat nicely and be easy enough to clean. Another cleaning feature I like is the easy to reach drip pan. some people have written that it doesn't drain well, but I can't comment on that yet, but will in an update post later. The nice sized pull out pan seems large enough to not have to worry about it overflowing except in the large of cookouts doing multiple full loads.

I was very suprised at the weight of this grill for the cost. This looks and feels like a heavy charcoal grill (probably since Char-griller is more known for that type of grill). I liked it better than the shiny, "polish me every weekend" looking cookers out there and it lends itself to being rather manly in appearance as apposed to a lot of the fairy foo-foo stuff out there. The box weighed around 90 pounds and assembled with the tank on it it still sits around the same weight, so I don't think anyone short of tornado ally dwellers need worry about it blowing over, even with a cover on it.

I would have liked to be able to have those lava rocks or similar things in the bottom of the grill to help against flare ups from the food juices but there doesn't seem to be alot of room to put stuff like that in there as the heat shields are within a few inches of the grates. I remember a friends older grill have lots of room and the burners/heat shields were under all the lava rocks and it looked nice and it helped with flare-ups quite a bit, but it seems all the grills are made like this now. Hmm. I wonder why.

One thing I'd like to see changed is the thin side tray. Not so much because it feels flimsy, because it feels solid enough to hold stuff, but when you move the grill, I'd like to see something alittle more robust to grab hold of to move this 90+ pounds around with.

In closing, if you want a gas grill, don't have alot of money, want a masculine look, buy this. remember its the quality of the cook that makes a good meal and not spending alot of money on asthestics.

Anyway, I'm off to the store to buy some grilling food so I can update this later.

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I have grilled on gas grills for close to 40 years and decided not to rebuild the Brinkman I had owned for about 10 years again. I was never all that happy with it anyway. I looked at lots of Grills and read all the reviews I could find.

My price limit was $200, due to the effect of the economy on my business in the last few years. I found my Char Griller 3001 at Lowes, and brought it home fully assembled, so cannot speak to assembly problems. What finally tipped me toward the Brinkman was that it was one of the few LP grills I found that could hit upwards of 600°F in less than 10 minutes under nearly any conditions. It actually hit 650° in under 5 min. at an ambient temperature of 80° for me. The fact that this is a LP grill with no open back like almost all the others, and the very heavily constructed barrel shape with two stacks on the top, keeps the heat in the grill, where you want it.

The first thing I used the grill for, after seasoning it according to instructions, was to smoke 10 lbs of chicken leg quarters. I put a smoker box with wood chips and chunks above the left burner, and dropped a Bush's bean can over the stack on the left, to hold the smoke in better. Once the wood began smoking, I turned the left burner from high to medium. The middle burner was off during the whole cook and the right burner I kept on low. This arrangement kept the temperature around 425°. I experienced one small flare up near the back of the right burner, but there was enough room, using the grates and shelf, to move the chicken away from the flare up temporarily, and it went out quickly, once I put the lid back down. Due to only having one stack open, the flare up was more of a "smoker" than a big flame, and the quality of the chicken didn't suffer at all, like the burned pieces of chicken that I often got on other grills, where a flare up turns into huge flames instead of mostly smoke. The chicken took about 50 minutes, turning and moving the pieces as needed. It was easily as good as chicken done on my "low and slow" charcoal and wood smoker.

My next project was grilling 10 lbs of rib tips. I again used both outside burners on low to medium.... no smoker box or wood chips, but only one stack open. The rib tips spent most of their time over the middle of the grill or on the top shelf, putting each piece over a burner for long enough to get a nice sear on both sides. I maintained a temperature of 450° throughout the cook, until the rib tips were all done to an internal temperature of 189°. Once again, some minor flare ups, due tho the greasiness of some of the pieces, but they were more smoky than anything, creating no big scramble to keep the meat from burning up.

The tips turned out tender and juicy, but putting them in my smoker for three hours or more and bringing them up to the same temperature more slowly tenderizes the meat even more. Still, great results for a gas grill, when time is limited.

I ordered a 3055 grill cover from Amazon, as Lowes doesn't carry them. In the first week before the cover came, it rained three days, but there were no problems with the electronic ignition and no rust starting that I could find. As others have noted, there is a brace that keeps you from accessing the valve on the LP tank easily. I'd rather have it be functional than pretty, so I removed the little clip that holds the gas line to the left front leg of the grill, and set the tank under the left shelf on a 4" high concrete block. Other than that engineering oversight, I think this is the best grill I've ever owned.

Added 9/20/11

This grill still really rocks! I've done everything from Chicken to Spare ribs and country style ribs. Great sear, and amazingly juicy results. Short cooking time compared to any other grills I've had. The minor flare ups burn out so quickly due to the high temperature of the heat shields, that they contribute more to the flavor than burn the meat.

Make sure to clean the grill by running all burners full blast until it heats up to 600°F then turn down so it stays around 600 for a total of about 8 minutes. Once the grill cools, remember to empty the drip pan before the grease hardens. Do Not leave the grill unattended while cleaning, as if the temp goes beyond 650° before everything's all "burnt off", it will ignite..... I mean the whole thing! I did that once and had to leave it burn itself out after turning the burners off. Burned off a bit of the paint on one end right where the lid meets the base of the grill. Hi Temp black paint fixed that. Now I keep a second bean can handy, so in case it ever happens again, I can drop a can on both stacks, killing the burners and the air flow at the same time. You couldn't do that on a typical gas grill with a wide open back!

This is an edit after owning this grill for at least 10 months now.(June 6, 2012)

Every now and then you need to remove the heat reflectors, and take a big scraper or food turning blade to the inside of the bottom and scrape everything you can into the drip pan. It's rather difficult, but if you don't, the whole thing will catch fire while heating it up to 600 degrees(or more.... it gets there quickly!) to clean the grates and heat reflectors.

If I'm doing something like a whole chicken, or a brisket, I can drop cans over both stacks and turn the heat down as low as it will go. It still holds the temp at about 400 degrees, which makes it possible to do a whole brisket in just a few hours when I don't have the time to tend my charcoal and wood smoker all day long. I've never before had a grill that would maintain high temps so easily and while consuming such small amounts of gas. Once I mastered it, the meat is juicer and better tasting than ever before because it seals the goodness right in!

Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Char-Griller 3001 Grillin' Pro 40,800-BTU Gas Grill

Originally bought from Lowes. Had no trouble assembly, but instructions were not good. Having assembled a few grills in the past sort of know how things went together. The grill cooked well and everything was easy to regulate etc. The sheet metal that formed the base was bent in one area but I made it work...this metal was very thin and it showed it when the full propane tank was put on it. The side burner almost useless; it seemed like the vertical distance between the burner and grate there was too much and even on high it was hard to get consistently hot enough. Had a lot of flare ups with this grill even with temp medium or below with burgers, etc(sometimes pretty serious ones,as in having to remove all food out of there as it was a raging inferno inside) and you have to pay VERY close attention to this. The grill is difficult to clean. the area under the burners is hard to get to and keep scraped out...the whole grill nearly burned up once because of a flame-up there, and the stuff doesn't drain out of there nearly as well as it should but will just pool there over time. After three years, the brackets holding the drip pan have rusted away and the brackets holding the flavorizing bars have rusted away and the flavorizers themselves are rusting away. this grill kept covered the entire time. the burners themselves have held up but look like they could be replaced easily by the standard tube burner replacement seen for 15 bucks or so at wally or HD. sadly, going to have to toss the grill because of the rust. It was covered, but I do live in a humid climate. no serious complaint, i did not pay much for this and did not expect to get very many years out of it. This grill lasted for 3 years under a stored covered patio, but wheeled outside to cook, but has to be retired due to severe rust....the flavorizers now just sit on the burners themselves(now making grill unusable) due to the brackets that once held them about an inch over the burners are gone from rust and the drip pan fell off due to rusting brackets too. I have considered drilling holes and putting in some stainless or brass nuts and bolts etc to try to serve as holders, but nah, the difficulty cleaning and maintaining under the burners and the serious flame-up problems I've had cooking burgers on this have made me tired of fooling with it and now am looking elsewhere. I will not buy another one.

Review of Lynx Custom Grill Cover For 36 Inch Built In Gas Grill

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Only issue but I would not tell you not to buy it is if they made it just another 1/2" larger it would have a bit more give when you wrap it around the BBQ cover. It is made to fix exactly which means you have to pull that sucker down to the front to get it over the lip. Otherwise better than buying it from a dealer.

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Perfect fit and good quality. Looks great in our outdoor kitchen. Much better than the original cover that came with our Lynx grill.

Cheap GrillPro Bamboo Skewers

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We ordered these for our daugthers wedding. We had fire pits and wanted to roast marshmallows and make s'mores. And we needed something that would just be "tossed" and not reused (well they weren't tossed but put in fire)plus we had lots of young children who were there and we needed something safe and easy for them to use. We ordered the longer skewers and they were great! Will be remembering this to give for camping, too.

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This listing indicates you will recieve 10 packages of 100 for $4.99. And you pay for 5 lbs of shipping (about $8.00). This would make sense. However, you only recieve one package of 100 skewers. I am out over $20.00 now. My loss is your warning.