Chickenmaster Lunchbox Charcoal Grill (or others)

Heck of a tailgater BBQ grill........but for $299 it should be.

Think I'll stick with my $25 Weber Smokey Joe

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Heck of a tailgater BBQ grill........but for $299 it should be.

Well, I'm setting up to go full time for a few years and I'm used to having a Weber Summit Series Gas Grill, a Weber One Touch kettle, and a smoker at home. I'm looking for something that will make me almost as happy for my home on wheels. if $300 will do the trick, then that's a small price to have some of my grilling, rotisserie-ing, and possibly smoking capability back. I certainly can't take those three monster grills with me.

For a bullet-proof, portable, charcoal smoker and grill: PK Grill/smoker
It will last a lifetime and you can achieve excellent temperature control using the vents.

travelrider73 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Heck of a tailgater BBQ grill........but for $299 it should be.

Well, I'm setting up to go full time for a few years and I'm used to having a Weber Summit Series Gas Grill, a Weber One Touch kettle, and a smoker at home. I'm looking for something that will make me almost as happy for my home on wheels. if $300 will do the trick, then that's a small price to have some of my grilling, rotisserie-ing, and possibly smoking capability back. I certainly can't take those three monster grills with me.

Been FT for 7 yrs.
IF I was a BBQ connoisseur I would probably go with that Lunchbox.
Seems compact enough to stow easily without a mess.
I'd want to see one and check it out.

Our little Weber has done well for us.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

travelrider73 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Heck of a tailgater BBQ grill........but for $299 it should be.

Well, I'm setting up to go full time for a few years and I'm used to having a Weber Summit Series Gas Grill, a Weber One Touch kettle, and a smoker at home. I'm looking for something that will make me almost as happy for my home on wheels. if $300 will do the trick, then that's a small price to have some of my grilling, rotisserie-ing, and possibly smoking capability back. I certainly can't take those three monster grills with me.

Been FT for 7 yrs.
IF I was a BBQ connoisseur I would probably go with that Lunchbox.
Seems compact enough to stow easily without a mess.
I'd want to see one and check it out.

Our little Weber has done well for us.

I'd like to see one too. The problem is that they're a boutique company in New York that, to my knowledge, only sells direct. No distributors or retailers. If I buy one, I just have to go for it and hope it's as nice as it looks on the web site.

Go Dogs wrote:
For a bullet-proof, portable, charcoal smoker and grill: PK Grill/smoker
It will last a lifetime and you can achieve excellent temperature control using the vents.

That thing is pretty ugly - looks like a buffet pan on a cart. But if it does the trick, then that's the most important thing...

My question is where would I put such a monster? If it came with folding legs maybe...

What I couldn't find on website was how it actually worked.

Saw videos of him doing the two whole chickens on rotisserie (looked yummmmmy!)
with the grill crate vertical but nothing about HOW it works (the vertical or horizontal position)

Looks well made.......just curious on the 'HOW'

Old-Biscuit wrote:
What I couldn't find on website was how it actually worked.

Saw videos of him doing the two whole chickens on rotisserie (looked yummmmmy!)
with the grill crate vertical but nothing about HOW it works (the vertical or horizontal position)

Looks well made.......just curious on the 'HOW'

If I'm reading between the lines correctly, it seems that you load charcoal briquettes in the "crate" and it can be positioned vertically for indirect rotisserie cooking or horizontally below an included, but not pictured, grill grate.

I like my Smokey Joe. I have had it for many years.

Smokey Joe for me as well.

We have an infared natural gas grill at home which is very convenient, but when on the road, nothing beats a good steak on the Smokey Joe. We carry our charcoal in a small Rubbermaid tub. The Smokey Joe is also the perfect size for a large cast iron skillet and we almost always fry up a great breakfast on the grill in the morning as well.

We also have a small Magma kettle grill like this one that we use from time to time. It actually belongs on our boat, but I do bring it along camping from time to time too. I have a mount for it that grips right to the side of the picnic table and hangs out over the side.