Need a Propane Grill

I used to have a heavy Weber Q and after it quit the third time in three years, I stuck it in a garage sale. I bought a stainless steel Aussie at Big 5 for $80 on sale. It has 3000 more BTU than the Weber and is 10 lbs lighter. That matters to those of us with bad backs!

It get VERY hot very quickly, and you can adjust down to a very low heat, too. I like it!

4x4 Dodger, you can't possibly suggest that large char broil as an option for a traveling grill?

Well, I have a coleman road Trip and all I can say about it is: AVOID. It gets the job done.. But it is truly anemic.. There are far better ones out there.

We like our portable Weber Q so much, we got rid of our huge stainless contraption at home. The regulator did go south on it fairly quickly but the second one has been going strong.

The Weber Q series has many devoted and at times rather ideological fans.

I am not one of them.

I find the Q series has many faults. I do not like mine at all.

It does not get hot enough to properly grill a very good steak. (700deg)

You cannot cook a whole large chicken on it or anything that needs truly slow INDIRECT heat without expensive additional "Accessories" from Weber.

The single large burner means you cannot do indirect heat.

The side vents at the place where the top meets the bottom are way too large letting out too much heat and even in a mild breeze can keep the unit from getting hot enough to put a sear on meat.

One of it's biggest faults for it's expensive price is it DOES NOT come with a normal propane adapter hose as virtually every other grill of it's price point does.

It's use with the Coleman type propane canisters (which cannot be legally refilled) brings up some disturbing environmental questions:
Is it really smart to throw away a STEEL canister that can only be used for 4 meals? And that is only if they are relatively short cooking times.

Whatever you do DO NOT purchase an adapter hose from Camping world, the Mr Heater brand. I did and Three of them were defective. Leaving me no choice on my trip to Mexico but to use the very scarce and expensive Coleman type..when they could be found. I spent an additional $75 dollars on those canisters in three months because the third bad propane hose gave out just a week after I entered Mexico. It had been purchased 2 weeks prior.

I have since bought a Char Broil branded hose (also made in China just like the Mr Heater hose and its has worked perfectly)

If all you cook are hot dogs, hamburgers and cut up chicken pieces this grill will be fine. But if you cook like I do, it is rather a disaster. I typically grill several very different foods at the same time...Steak Artichokes Peppers and potatoes. I need a grill that can have different burner settings and indirect heat.

The Weber is sturdy, as all Weber's are but it was a cynical Marketing decision on the part of Weber to design a grill that was so limited in effectiveness that it needs 3 or 4 expensive additional accessories to do what every grill should do without them...cook a whole chicken, ribs and a variety of foods at the same time.

I have since found a small Char Broil that I am considering replacing the Weber with. Yes it's big but it's a REAL GRILL.

Jebby14 wrote:
IMHO the weber Q takes up waaay too much room because of its rounded design and handles that you can't stack anything around it and JMHO it is more of fancy case than a good grill.

You're entitled to have any opinion you want, "humble" or not :W , but in my opinion your conclusion that a Weber Q "is more of a fancy case than a good grill" is baloney :R ... and hundreds of thousands if not millions of Q owners would agree. :B

Obviously everyone comes up with their own solution for storing a Q when camping, I prefer a bin with a lid that seals in greasy cooking smells and stores easily in the back of my truck. At home my Q bin stacks just fine in the workshop. :B

BabyQ since 2005. Cleans up easily. The burner and cast iron grill that would have been eaten up on any other grill is still in great condition.

Not cheap but you only buy it once!

I have been using the Weber Go-Anywhere gas grill for the last 20 years and will buy another when this one wears out. Have not found any others that are as compact and work as well as this handy grill.
BadBob

rockhillmanor wrote:

Geobiker wrote:
Need to replace our portable charcoal Weber grill with a portable propane grill of the same design. Apparently this grill has been redesigned and gets horrible reviews. So, looking at the Weber Q 1200 propane grill, but am open to suggestions. Anyone out there using one of the Weber Q series?

Must be able to fit the limited storage of a class C,

grills evenly, and easy clean up, which is VERY important to me. Leaving for a trip soon and RV Park doesn't allow charcoal gills; my favorite way to grill. Thanks for your input. Happy traveling.

IMHO the weber Q takes up waaay too much room because of its rounded design and handles that you can't stack anything around it and JMHO it is more of fancy case than a good grill.

I have tried them all and threw them all out.
This is what I ended up with and VERY happy. Folds flat like a laptop so you can stack them and fit easily into the smallest bay.

You can go three different ways. I ended up buying the one with the grill AND the double burner one because they take up such little room and are so easy to store.

One for just grilling:


Grill and burner:


and a double burner for some serious stews, chili, & soup cooking.


Add one aluminum lightweight folds flat table that fits all these grills perfectly like in the above picture, from Walmart and you are good to go! :C

I use the half burners half grill shown above. perfect for camping but not even close to a webber. its a camp bbq the webbers are real bbqs. I love mine for what it is but I would never use it at home. a webber I would put equal to my high end blue ember that I have at home on the patio. bought mine for tailgaiting when I had to fit my **** in a jeep TJ

Bobbo wrote:
We have the Weber Q 2000 and love it. If it died, we would get the same one again.

There's really no need to ever replace a Weber Q as about the only parts that might fail are the regulator and perhaps the gas valve but both are replaceable items. I used my first Q100 for 8 yrs an average of 3x a week year 'round and I only eventually sold it for half of what I paid for it so I could buy the new Q120 which offered additional features. The 120 we use for camping, for several years now use a larger Q220 here at the house, and I expect both will outlast us. :B