Table Top grills

[austinado16]

I looked at that one at Home Depot. It's sexy looking but takes up a lot of storage space (IMO) and is 4x the price of the Weber Go-Anwhere-Grill. I just couldn't justify it.

I hate to say it, but I think I paid $8 for my Go-Anywhere at the local swapmeet and that included a brass bristle BBQ brush.  Because it's porcelain, as is the flavorizer bar, it cleaned up like brand new.  I store it under my full-size Weber Genesis and use it almost year round between camping and outings to the local beach with DD and her little pals.  In fact, I need to by one of those $19 fill valves from Harbor Freight so I can start refilling the little propane tanks.

[JustBob]

Thanks for all of the responses. Hopefully I can find a Webber at an end of season sale.

Bob...

[wavery]

Thanks for all of the responses. Hopefully I can find a Webber at an end of season sale.

Bob...

If you order it from Amazon.com, be careful that you order the "GAS" Go-Anywhere Grille. I (ordered) received the wrong one yesterday. They were real good about my stupidity :morning: . They took back the wrong one (I have to take it to the post office) and sent me the correct one with no additional freight charges :sombraro: .

[austinado16]

If you order it from Amazon.com, be careful that you order the "GAS" Go-Anywhere Grille. I (ordered) received the wrong one yesterday. They were real good about my stupidity :morning: . They took back the wrong one (I have to take it to the post office) and sent me the correct one with no additional freight charges :sombraro: .

Bummer....but glad they took care of you!

[Mike Up]

I'm done with strictly propane grills. My previous large grill was propane with lava rocks and so is my small portable that I use at home. The grease and drippings hit the lava rock, soak it, and then smoke your food with flavor.
 
I've been really disappointed with the newer $300 grills that don't use anything  but propane. The reason is that my camper's Coleman table top grill is strictly propane. While the open flame does give it a better flavor than flameless grills, it just doesn't have that 'grilling flavor' that I love.
 
I may just buy a $40 char-broil charcoal grill for the home. New charcoal has built in ignitor dust so that lighter fluid isn't needed. That sounds like what I'd like to have.
 
My $10 Walgreens propane/lava grill works great, just small. I use it at home. It doesn't have a grease catch so I just covered the bottom with aluminum foil. The grease usually burns away on the lava rock as I stated above. The flavor is "GREAT" and the grill is better made than many $40 propane grills I've seen at Dick's and Bass Pro Shops.
 
Good luck and have a good one.

[wavery]

I'm done with strictly propane grills. My previous large grill was propane with lava rocks and so is my small portable that I use at home. The grease and drippings hit the lava rock, soak it, and then smoke your food with flavor.
 
I've been really disappointed with the newer $300 grills that don't use anything  but propane. The reason is that my camper's Coleman table top grill is strictly propane. While the open flame does give it a better flavor than flameless grills, it just doesn't have that 'grilling flavor' that I love.
 
I may just buy a $40 char-broil charcoal grill for the home. New charcoal has built in ignitor dust so that lighter fluid isn't needed. That sounds like what I'd like to have.
 
My $10 Walgreens propane/lava grill works great, just small. I use it at home. It doesn't have a grease catch so I just covered the bottom with aluminum foil. The grease usually burns away on the lava rock as I stated above. The flavor is "GREAT" and the grill is better made than many $40 propane grills I've seen at Dick's and Bass Pro Shops.

Good luck and have a good one.

The Weber Go Anywhere Grille is supposed to have a special system that burns the drippings and acts like the lave rock but it can be cleaned. I'll have to see how well it works when I get it. If I'm not impressed, I'll remove the thing and put in the lava rocks. I know that they work.

[Mike Up]

The Weber Go Anywhere Grille is supposed to have a special system that burns the drippings and acts like the lave rock but it can be cleaned. I'll have to see how well it works when I get it. If I'm not impressed, I'll remove the thing and put in the lava rocks. I know that they work.

Well I was at Home Depot today and they had a Char broil 4 burner grill with side stove burner on clearance for $120.

 
 
It was the last one so I bought it to see if I'd like it. Weber has a flavorizer bar that they make a lot of hype over. All of the new grills have this. On the Char Broil, they call it a heat tent.
 
My old Thermos brand grill also had this heat tent along with the lava rock but only had lava rocks in the space between the heat tent and the side walls.
 
My Coleman stove doesn't have a heat tent or lava rock so maybe the heat tent will add the flavor I'm looking for.
 
None of the new grills have lava rock, just heat tents. Surprisingly, my little portable Walgreens propane stove that uses lava rock, doesn't have a heat tent, but the lava rock covers the burners. Perhaps the lava rock on my old Thermos grill was more of a gimic since it had the heat tent, with lava rock only filling the void between the heat tent and the side walls.
 
I'll see how this grill does. For $120, it was just to good to pass up.
 
Have a good one.

[ForestCreature]

Weber made  an 18" version of the Smokey Joe. If we have to replace the 18 we drag along at times that's the one for us.

[JohnandLeann]

I have a home gas grill much like the one that is on sale in the post by Wavery.   I have put those Weber ceramic Char-Diamonds in it.  I got the grill used from my sister and I only had done a seasonal repair and replace of parts and used these char-diamonds instead of the heat shield that covers the burner.  I do Have flare ups with them but when it gets bad, I just clean them off a bit when it is cold grill.  With a portable grill being so small, I don't think that buildup will be a problem since it can be easier to clean than a bigger grill.