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Gas Grills?
"Brick" > wrote in message
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> On 5-Jun-2009, "Theron" > wrote:
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>> "vex" > wrote in message
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>> >I have a friend that wants to replace his gasser that died and he's
>> >looking
>> >for recommendations. His budget is $4-700, so he's open to quite a wide
>> >range of stuff. I know this is a bbq newsgroup, but I value the opinions
>> >of
>> >y'all... Not to mention it's been sort of quiet lately... 
>> >
>> > --Brett
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>> The problem with all "gassers" is that they don't grill hot enough.
>> Direct
>> heat from propane just isn't hot enough to char a steak. If that's not
>> important, I'd look at the Weber. I've had a Weber Silver Genesis B for
>> years with minimal problems. Replacing grates and other wear related
>> parts
>> is easy, just a trip to Home Depot. I wonder how the grates on the Costco
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>> stainless steel grills get replaced after several years.
>>
>> Ed
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> My 'gasser' is strange. It easily reaches 700°F. It has three burners
> arranged
> left, right and center. I have a smoker, so I don't make 'Q' in the
> grill,
> but it will
> easily create the climate necessary to make 'Q'. With just one end burner
> on
> low, it will easily run in the 225°F range on the other end. Several folks
> here
> use nothing but gas cookers and they make quite acceptable 'Q'.
>
> As for steaks, mine cut at 1-1/2 inches take about 2-1/2 minutes per side
> to reach medium rare. They get a nice char on the outside.
>
> --
> Brick WA7ERO (Youth is wasted on young people)
>
>700F at the grate isn't hot enough to char with the lid up, as it should
>be. 700F may be ok for grilling with the lid down, though I can't imagine
>wanting to grill anything at this temp. except possibly pizza. If you grill
>steak with the lid down to the point where you have a steakhouse char, as
>at Ruth Chris' http://www.ruthschris.com/Menu/Steaks you will have a gray
>band under the char much larger than the gray band you see here. It will be
>pink only in the center.
Ed
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