Thinking of buying a grill. Probably a Kamado style. They seem neat. Grilling veggies. Baking pizza. All tasty. Any recommendations on cheap brands or reasons to talk me out of it?
Thinking of buying a grill. Probably a Kamado style. They seem neat. Grilling veggies. Baking pizza. All tasty. Any recommendations on cheap brands or reasons to talk me out of it?
Grills rock. In terms of charcoal, a cheap Weber kettle is enough. Anything cheaper than a Weber kettle isn't worth it.
Granted, you can't really bake in them like the ceramic ones, and they're less fuel efficient and probably have less heat control. I have not used a large ceramic grill yet.
I do love a kettle. But the Baking is kinda what's making me think ceramic. Always wanted a outside pizza oven so it seems cool.
On the outdoor pizza oven note, depending on your budget, I have an Ooni and it also rocks.
Absolutely devours wood though. It's expensive to run with store-bought wood.
Hmmm looks sleek. Nice
Can you not bake using a dutch oven in coals?
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Build quality is a thing. Webers are buy-it-for-life. My family's $200 non-weber gas grill that was stored covered rusted to nothing within 5 years. I've been running the same Weber for 15 years, Dad's Weber is 20 years old. I've replaced a few screws, and the grates plenty of times, but the enamel steel shell has taken a hell of a beating.
I did have a Weber smoker rust out, but that was stored uncovered in the rain, and filled with water for literal years.
Also for some reason those little square shaped grills are just garbage compared to the round kettles for heat management. No idea why; you'd think stuff like adjustable coal height would help. Food quality when I bought the family a kettle to replace the rectangle went through the roof.
do you keep the Weber in the garage, or let it face the elements?
Ideal seems to be outside with a cover, but mine tend to just face the elements. Definitely gonna end up paying for that at some point.
It's definitely worth it to hit up a second hand site like eBay or Craigslist and just grab a used Weber grill, they kick ass and you can regularly find them for dirt cheap. Sometimes in the fall and spring, you'll just straight up find them for free, when somebody either doesn't feel like putting it away or got a different one and decided to get rid of their perfectly good older one.