BBQ Grills

[ChefHDAN]

Being new to this region, Any Reccomendations on a BBQ Equipment Supplier who sells Grills above the Home Depot / Sears / Lowes Grade???

[Jason Perlow]

If you have a Home Depot Expo, which is their kitchen design center, they have high end grills like DCS and the upper end $2000 Webers.

I'll note that these high end grills are also a huge waste of money unless you plan to cook for a lot of people at once, very frequently. A $600 weber with side burner and stainless steel grates is just as effective as their $2000 one, and gets the food hotter faster if youre only cooking 2 or 3 steaks at a time.

[Rail Paul]

I'll note that these high end grills are also a huge waste of money unless you plan to cook for a lot of people at once, very frequently. A $600 weber with side burner and stainless steel grates is just as effective as their $2000 one, and gets the food hotter faster if youre only cooking 2 or 3 steaks at a time.

The differences between the Weber Gold and Silver series are largely cosmetic, but amount to about $150 for the chrome trim. Flavorizer bars differ, too.I didn't think it was worth a premium for the trim.

We bought the silver C w/ sideburner on closeout @ Fortunoff for $479 (list 599). I'm guessing most places have already cleared out their stock, but a cash offer might net a decent add'l discount.

[Jason Perlow]

Thats a good price, is that the one that requires a gas line or the one that uses a fuel tank?

Last summer we bought the Slilver C that hooks up to the gas line, and paid a bit more than that.

[clark]

Go on-line for good equipment. The DC/Baltimore area is not a hot spot for BBQ/Grilling and, unfortunately, the choices are mass market (Home Depot, Barbeques Galore, etc.) or specialty shops with WAY overpriced stainless steel monsters. For $2000 you can get a heavy steel pro quality smoker you can tow behind the family SUV that cooks 200 lbs of pork at a time - the best you ever had. There are many small manufacturers of such units - grills and smokers - mostly in the south, mid-west and south-east. Check out www.smokering.com (a BBQ web ring) for many of them plus links. Also check out www.kcbs.us the page for the Kansas City BBQ Society and www.belairbbqbash.com a personal plug for the Maryland State BBQ Championship event and festival (which links to the smokering) in August (non-profit all the way - done for the love of Q).

[Rail Paul]

Thats a good price, is that the one that requires a gas line or the one that uses a fuel tank?

Last summer we bought the Slilver C that hooks up to the gas line, and paid a bit more than that.

Jason -

I'm sorry I missed your question. We bought the tank model. Fortunoff tends to be somewhat flexible on pricing if you're speaking with a department manager during close outs.

Dee plans to remodel our kitchen and dining room, then build out a new 15x40 room across the back, so I didn't want to install a gas line and then have to pull it out again.

Paul