Portable Grill comparisons...

Uncle Jasper wrote:
Does the Q get hot enough for seared rare to mid rare steaks? ............

Thanks!

It does, give it a good 10 minutes to heat the cast iron grill and it sears beautifully (or at least mine does)

... Eric

Does the Q get hot enough for seared rare to mid rare steaks? My friend has a cuisenart that is portable and stainless, but despite appearing well built, the heat output just isn't there. I think it has a higher btu rating than the weber, but for some reason that doesn't seem to translate into higher cooking temps. After using thiers, I see why they are disappointed. Great for dogs, sausage, veggies and other foods but poor for steaks or thick burgers.

Obviously, the weber is getting great reviews here, but I'm curious if it's great for a small, portable grill or if it can really sear a good, thick steak.

Thanks!

I've used an Igloo brand of the stainless grill being bashed here in my RV for the last 5 years. I've been camping average of 3-4 weeks a year. It works OK and it's easy to store. The latch & handle makes it very convenient. Gets real hot. Mine takes a lighter to light it.

Roundtwo-40 wrote:
Bought a $30 cheapo at Walmart and got exactly what I paid for, a cheap POS that falls apart in a light breeze, I should have put the money toward my Q and been $30 off the price..Lesson Learned..

True. We got one of these as well. Slow-roasted our hamburgers, taking about 30 minutes to get them more or less cooked.

We went a different direction -- grill box on the Campchef. After cooking in the TT a couple times, we discovered that cooking inside our living quarters wasn't for us. So we bought a 2-burner Campchef stove. Grill box was about $60, about $250 for the whole setup if I recall correctly. Works great!

Not the traditional 'portable' grill, I know, but if you have or want the Campchef stove anyway, not a lot more $$ than the Q and a whole lot more versatile.

Had a Baby Q, retired it after many years and pressure washes.

Now a portable pellet grill. I like it much better as you can cook slower and not burn food. And the smoke flaver is good too.

Baby Q built well but likes to burn food.

Pogoil.

I have two weber Q200's, wouldn't have anything else.

Q is awesome.

I got a Q220 as a 70th birthday gift, specifically for use when out in the RV. I hardly ever use the behemoth Charbroil on the patio any more, unless we're cooking for more than the two of us.

The ONLY negative is that it's about 0.7" too tall, with the lid on, to go in any of my MH's stow-bins. Since it's all of a 20-second job to pop the pins out and separate the lid from the body, that's just a minor inconvenience. I have more stow-bin space in the Georgetown than I know what to do with, so putting the lid in one bin and the rest of the grill in another isn't a problem.

I wasn't comfortable with the idea of a 20' hose tapped in upstream of the RV's regulator and carrying bottle pressure to the Weber's regulator. I'd also seen a few posts that suggested the big regulator in the RV's appliance circuit wasn't sensitive enough to regulate the Weber's relatively low flow rate.

I chose to go with a 10-pound portable bottle and chose a "squatty" that has the same base-ring size as the 20-pound bottle. I got a CW "base stabilizer" and bolted it down in a stow-bin. When we're travelling, the bottle is securely held by the base ring, with a bungee cord through the handle to an eye-bolt on the bin wall. I usually keep the bottle about half full, so it's easier for an old fart like me to lift it. With both the base and handle of the bottle attached to structure, I don't think deceleration loads would be enough to cause a problem! It's only about 2" from the bin forward wall.

I don't have the rolling cart (yet!), but it's no big deal to get the Weber out and set up on the CG's picnic table, particularly if I leave the C-I grill plate in the stow-bin until I've carried the aluminum body to the table.

We aren't BBQ purists, so I haven't used charcoal for donkey's years, even at home, so not having a fire-box base in the Weber isn't a big deal.

Well, I'm going to go against the popular opinion here:

Up until recently, we've used a Coleman RoadTrip grill LXE.

However, we got tired of all the space this one takes up in storage and wanted something more portable. For that reason and some others, we recently got the Master Forge portable unit from Lowe's (the one that several on here are bashing).

After 2 trips with it, we really like this Master Forge grill better than the COleman. Mostly, just because of how much more portable and easier it is to get out and put away. Its considerably easier to clean, too.

We also carry with us and occasionally use our old Charcoal grill as well. We actually prefer charcoal, but frequently just do not have the time or patience to deal with getting the charcoal lit and going, so we use a gas grill most of the time.

The Coleman Roadtrip grill will soon be going up on Craigslist. It works fine, its just too big, takes up too much space for our liking. Anyone that might be interested in an almost new Coleman RoadTrip grill LXE that comes with two extra aluminum grates and a custom made canvas storage bag for it....Please PM me, I'll make you a deal on it. :)

Noticed the Weber Q120 at Walmart the other day for $149.00 USD.
I guess we should bite now that we have room to bring a grill.

I'd like to install a propane quick disconnect for the grill in the coach also.