What brand of grill do you have ?

[novasurf]

Weber.
A small brick grill that was built by the previous owners that I have my eyes on to expand.
This year: purchasing La Caja China.

[Infidel]

I'm a BBQ noob and went propane BBQ hunting today. Our local B&M mainly carried Webber and Broil King with a small smattering of others. Our BBS (Big Box Stores) mostly carry flimsy crap and I wasn't interested in supporting those anymore.

I must say I was extremely impressed with the structural quality of the Webber offerings as well as the design for cleaning and the little "extras" (such as built-in tank scale) - very top notch and Broil King couldn't hold a flame to it. In comparison, the Broil King's had some wobble and a lot of plastic. However, I opted for a Broil King due to the insides.

The Webber Genesis is what I was looking at, had 3 burners arranged horizontally to the front of the grill and a really piddly upper rack. And apparently, if I was going to cook something small and lite only one burner, I had to use the back burner (no idea why). That deterred me from pouncing on it. The nozzle controls were on the right hand piling surface (aka "exterior shelf") which reduced the amount of stuff you could have. The exterior shelves were not collapsible.

The Broil King I opted for had 4 burners lined vertically to the opening with heat shield inserts that supposedly allow you to have different heat across the grilling surface so you could cook something really hot and something else on a much lower setting beside it without interference (we'll see how that goes). My current BBQ actually has that feature but it decides itself where the hot/cool spots will be and they change randomly and the only warning is a blackend effect on the meaty comestible.
The BK has the collapsible exterior shelves and the main controls on the front. It also comes with the side burner and rotisserie w/ rotisserie burner.

Now, in the long run, I"m not sure if the BTU's will really make a differnece for me but the Webber was around 42,000 and the BK was 56,000 implying I can get my steak cooked faster. My wife is all about the instant cooking but I prefer to take my time on a steak. Both models I looked at came with stainless steel grills. I'm too lazy in the maintenance department to bother with the cast iron.

I'm open for arguments on why I should switch to the Webber Genesis and if convincing enough, I'll make the emergency call to switch my order.

I hear charcoal is all the rage and that wood is even better but I like the propane convenience. One day I might be cool enough to switch.

[Eternal Rider]

I have a Weber Genesis Sliver grill that I have for years that I like. No problems with it at all. I also have a Brinkman Cimmaron smoker when I want to smoke something.

[Bubba -NJ]

I finally got my new grill , the Weber Summit S-450 . Put it together this morning , not much to do , but unpacking it probably took the most time . I did a test heat up(all 6 burners on high) to see how hot the temperature guage would read and once it reached 650 degrees I turned it off . While it was hot I cleaned the ss grates with a ss bristle brush that I dunked in water repeatedly as recommended on another forum . I had a little trouble getting the rotisserie burner lit but it is working fine now . Made some burgers for dinner and cleaned up the grill while still hot , now I see what I've been missing , clean up is a snap . I also added bacon to the burgers which I cooked on the grill(I love bacon cooked on the grill) . On my Charbroil when cooking bacon I needed to use my water spray bottle alot to tame the flare ups , not so on the Weber . Some neighbors were even admiring my new grill .

[Blowin' Smoke]

I have a Weber. I have had it for about 5 years, awesome grill! The quality is top notch. I def. recommend their lineup unless you are getting really high end and spending over $2000

[Chico57]

I have a TEC Sterling II. IR technology. Makes a big difference in the way meat tastes compared to cooking over an open flame. Some guests have commented on how good my steaks taste and unfortunatly I know it's the grill not me. lol

[lightning9191]

I have the standard round black Weber charcoal....and I love it. It doesn't let me down and I love the taste of food grilled over charcoal (the lump charcoal, no briquets). It seems to be of good quality and the price is right.

[nozero]

We have an 18" Weber charcoal grill we picked up for about $65. It's about 5 years old or so and probably ready for replacement.

Shoot, now I need to uncover it and check it out and clean it up, if it's still useable...

[fireman43]

Went down and picked this one up a few nights ago. Up until this one I have been using some cheap charcoal grill they were too ashamed to put a name on, but it done a decent job. I have been wanting a nice gasser for a few years now, and finally picked one up.

Brinkmann ProSeries 8300
$198 from WalMart

[andrewsutherland2002]

Blue Rhino Propane (portable)