WHAT'S COOKIN?...Not the smoker thread...

[Irving]

If you get desperate, just fill the bottom of your gas grill with charcoal and go to town with your old grill.

[Gman]

I like my pellet grill. No better way to do brats. No flare ups, good temp control, and mine even get a bit of a smoke ring.

If you really like an intense sear on a burger, you might want to go another way. (I still have my Weber Master Touch for bringing the heat)

[buffalobo]

If you get desperate, just fill the bottom of your gas grill with charcoal and go to town with your old grill.

Or use party as excuse to burn it out and plan for next season.

[Aloha_Shooter]

For burgers and brats, I find a pellet smoker/grill works just fine. The good ones can get up to a surface temp of 500 or 550 F, more than enough to grill chicken, ribs, burgers, and sausage. In the recent El Paso County fire ban, my GMG Davy Crockett was apparently classed with propane grills since all the flame was contained.

For cooking at higher heats, like doing a good steak, you'll need a really good propane or natural fuel grill. The Quad Grill I bought can apparently get up to 1000 F if you work the charcoal right. It gets a great sear while leaving the steak as rare as I like it. I can get there with the propane grill if I leave the burners on "light" setting and position the steak between 2 burners. Quad Grills are expensive toys but fantastic for really doing a good steak.

For what @ray1970 is describing, I'd get a grill with a really broad cooking area so he can do as much as he wants at once without having to "bin" some of the meat while others are cooking. It doesn't seem like he needs to get to more than 450-500 F for what he wants to cook.

[Bailey Guns]

I've had my pellet grill up to 450. The propane fueled sidekick accessory gets twice that hot but it's fairly small at about 14" square. Makes a fantastic steak, though, and it's convenient for up to a half dozen burgers depending on patty size.

[newracer]

Discada. Bacon, chorizo, chicken, pork, steak.

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[Bailey Guns]

That looks very good!

[Irving]

Discada. Bacon, chorizo, chicken, pork, steak.

[Irving]

Grilled Grouse with a Cayenne butter glaze.




Fried squirrel

[Mykidsdad]

Deep fried Oreos....