gas, electric, or charcoal grills

TenOC wrote:
You can not use a charcoal grill at some NP or NFS parks due to fire restrictions. Nor will you have electric. Thus propane. You can get a propane hose and attach to a small 5 or 10 pound tank so you do not need to use the 1 pound bottles.

Storage of an extra tank of propane can be an issue. I purchased and installed this quick connect from my local dealer with a 25 foot hose. Easy ,fast and safe.

To me, the advantages of small, portable propane BBQ was abundantly clear last weekend at a tailgate party. Three people brought BBQs. I brought a small, portable propane BBQ. Two other people brought: a small charcoal BBQ, and a portable, disposable charcoal BBQ.

We had 2 dozen hot-dogs cooked and ready to eat on the propane BBQ before the other two charcoal BBQs were ready for use.

Finally, there the issue of how to dispose of red-hot charcoal afterwards. The propane BBQ was ready to pack-up after a 30 minute cool-down.

Gas!!!! We have used for years and love our Weber Q Series...but in our 5er, not really practical in most Class C’s (a little large).
We recently got the Blackstone, for our Class C. It’s gotten “rave” reviews. Hopefully....it’s not just hype! We’ll test it soon.....headed to the mountain top for an attempt to photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower!

pnichols wrote:
It depends upon how small, compact, and space-efficient you want your RV equipment to be.

We have found the best at the above to be this one: https://www.amazon.com/Weber-1141001-Go-Anywhere-Gas-Grill/dp/B00FX3MH1O/ref=pd_sim_86_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00FX3MH1O&pd_rd_r=P15QC00NEH5KHAA74BMS&pd_rd_w=ktyTu&pd_rd_wg=j6cc7&psc=1&refRID=P15QC00NEH5KHAA74BMS

When closed up tight, a couple of the 1 lb. propane bottles can even be stored right there inside held tight between the lid and the grill. It of course has a built-in pizzo-electric starter, so all you need to do to BBQ is grab the folded up grill and take it to a flat surface, open it up, use the built-in hooks to clip the lid to the back to block the wind, screw on one of the propane bottles stored right inside, set the regulator dial to "start", and hit the igniter button.

We owned two different versions of that grill for many many years. Our first one had a lava rock base, the second had ceramic briquettes. They are affordable, compact, and grill food real well. We must have spent too little on our second grill because when the flames got out of control, the black paint burned off in spots, obviously not a porcelain finish like the first grill.

I fought my wife over replacing the second grill with the Coleman we have today. I wanted a third one with a porcelain coated finish. Our grill story has a happy ending with us both very happy with the Coleman, but still, those grills like you have are great. Just make sure the base and cover have a porcelain coated finish.

Charbroil makes an infrared (no flame up!) unit that is a small, portable unit for around $80-$100. I use it in my camper and really keeps everything juicy and no need for the spray bottle to put the flames out. I have the large unit on my deck at home. I grill every other day or so and it's the best grill I've ever used.

We have both, but if we could only have 1 it would be the Weber Q. We have the Weber Q 1200. It's a great little grill. We keep it connected to a 20lb tank and it lasts about 4 months of almost daily use.

-Michael

I agree that gas is your most versatile option. One cannot predict when a burn ban will be activated. For gas grilling, the Weber Q is hard to beat (I have a Q100). For simple gas burner cooking, I have an old green 2-burner propane unit I bought 30 years ago, no name on it, and other than one plastic knob it's all original. For charcoal, although I have one of those small Weber kettles and it works fine, due to space constraints I more frequently pack and use a folding EcoQue stainless steel grill (which seems to be discontinued, unfortunately).

In our B+ space is at a premium so we use one of these. Sure charcoal takes longer, but I'm retired. And with the help of a retired HV/AC friend of mine I made my own folding charcoal starter.

We have and love a Weber Q2000. That being said over the last two years most of our meat has been cooked over the campfire. Only thing I cook now is bacon on the Q.

GordonThree wrote:
I really enjoy both charcoal and propane grills.

Charcoal when cooking something slowly, or patiently. Gas when I don't care about the heat but want something cooked without fuss.

Watching for the smaller Weber kettle to go on sale. The full size kettle I've been lugging around takes a lot of space and there's no good way to tie it down, it's really top heavy.

I carried a full size Weber for awhile. I removed the legs and cut three pieces of conduit just long enough to fit inside, then put it in a big garbage bag. It would fit in a belly.