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Barbecue (alt.food.barbecue) Discuss barbecue and grilling--southern style "low and slow" smoking of ribs, shoulders and briskets, as well as direct heat grilling of everything from burgers to salmon to vegetables. |
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Infrared BBQ Grills vs traditional grills
I moved into a new home and had natural gas plumbed for a built-in
BBQ. After researching a little I discovered infrared grills which I am unfamiliar with. I BBQ quite a bit and was looking to upgrade between 36"-48". It must have a rotissarie, be able to slow cook (smoke) and get high heat for searing without overcooking. Does anyone have any practical experience with an infrared grill? Can I get one grill to do all this successfully? |
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Infrared BBQ Grills vs traditional grills
Bill Schulz wrote: > I moved into a new home and had natural gas plumbed for a built-in > BBQ. After researching a little I discovered infrared grills which I > am unfamiliar with. I BBQ quite a bit and was looking to upgrade > between 36"-48". It must have a rotissarie, be able to slow cook > (smoke) and get high heat for searing without overcooking. Does > anyone have any practical experience with an infrared grill? Can I > get one grill to do all this successfully? If you want slow cooking then you do not want an infrared grill. They are very hot. Great for searing but difficult to keep the temp down low. Most of the newer conventional gas grills do offer the option of an infared backburner for use with a rotissarie. That allows slow cooking using the regular burners and then sear it with the backburner. If you want to look into infrared grills look at TEC. They are top of the line and have been doing infared I believe longer than anyone else. I went with a conventional gas grill and love it. Mine is a Fire Magic Custom I built in. They are one of the oldest grill makers in the country. They still sell parts for 60 year old grills making support better than most. Whatever you get, look for stainless burners (cast rather than tube is preferred) and stainless grills. Brass burners would be my second choice. Cast iron would be last. |
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Infrared BBQ Grills vs traditional grills
On 8 Nov 2003 08:41:46 -0800, (Bill Schulz)
wrote: >I moved into a new home and had natural gas plumbed for a built-in >BBQ. After researching a little I discovered infrared grills which I >am unfamiliar with. I BBQ quite a bit and was looking to upgrade >between 36"-48". It must have a rotissarie, be able to slow cook >(smoke) and get high heat for searing without overcooking. Does >anyone have any practical experience with an infrared grill? Can I >get one grill to do all this successfully? Your research won't be complete until you take a look at a Kamado. www.kamado.com -- Kevin S. Wilson Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho "Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?" |
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Infrared BBQ Grills vs traditional grills
There was a decent write up from Cooks Illustrated (I believe) and the tec
was not highly thought of. It's a very single purpose grill and definitely will not do BBQ. FWIW there are some very fine grills out but from what I've seen the Weber line is quite nice with very good support and so on. I have a 10 yo Genesis II and a new Sam's MM 0202 xc that I converted to NG. I really enjoy them both. The MM seems to need jsut a little more care than the weber (the burner ports clog up a little with some kind of white crusty subsatnce. I believe it's salts from the cooking process so occasionaly I have to slip them out and clean them otherwise it's a nice product. I've never had problems with the weber's burners though. Larry "Bill Schulz" > wrote in message om... > I moved into a new home and had natural gas plumbed for a built-in > BBQ. After researching a little I discovered infrared grills which I > am unfamiliar with. I BBQ quite a bit and was looking to upgrade > between 36"-48". It must have a rotissarie, be able to slow cook > (smoke) and get high heat for searing without overcooking. Does > anyone have any practical experience with an infrared grill? Can I > get one grill to do all this successfully? |
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