PapPappy wrote: Hey, I'm like you....got my cheapo from walmart. I'm surprised at how well it works, and figure to get at least 3 years out of it....then buy another.
With the low price, I could probably buy them for the next 21 years (at one every 3 years) and still not spend the money that the Baby-Q costs.
Of course, there are only 3 of us, so we don't need a larger grill.
We had the cheap W-M grill, it worked great and was still working great when I passed it on to my step-son who wanted something for his apartment deck. We lucked out two years ago as a local grocery store was closing out there Summer items and had a BabyQ for $50 !!! That was less than half the original price Needless to say I did not let grass grow under my feet ! The cheap W-M grill still works and the BabyQ, well it still cooks a mean hot dog !
Ours is a Thermos Grill-2-Go. Ours is a griddle all the way across with half flat and half ribbed, no open grilling area. Hamburgers come out mediocre, but basically everything else cooks great. Especially for breakfast, the large griddle really is an advantage. Ours has a grease drain along the front, which drains into a grease trap. Makes for very easy basic cleaning, and everything comes apart for more thorough cleaning.
Burner area under the griddle is enclosed, I don't know if even a hurricane could blow it out.
After struggling for a couple years with the RVQue that came with our TT (it just didn't work well for me), we were trying to figure out what to use. Friends showed up one weekend camping trip with a Coleman RoadTrip grill, and we were amazed at how great they worked.
I have a great picture somewhere of a multi-family campout with multiple grills setup - just can't find it right now.
I don't think you will get the "flavor" of a large, traditional home grill, but this type of grill works great (Weber, Coleman, Thermos, they are mostly similar) for camping... easy to clean, easy to set up and take down, fold up so they don't take up too much room.
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My vote goes to the Weber grill....the Baby Q or it's larger cousin. I dealt with cheaper grills for many years, and the quality and cooking performance of the Weber is worth the investment.
And, if you go with the Baby Q or 200, a small portable table is very handy and more versatile than the cart. I use a portable aluminum table with a roll up top. It gives me room for utensils, seasonings, sauce, etc. and it was far cheaper than the cart that Weber sells.
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I found an Igloo Stainless grill on close-out for $79. Pretty simple, seems well made. Must be discontinued, I can't seem to find any in stock on the web.
If you are into char-broiling everything, and quick burgers and steaks are the most frequent food you cook, then the Weber Q is the champ. That's what it's designed for, flame char-broiling. It's consistently the overall clear winner on RV message boards.
However, if you like cooking with indirect heat, slow roasting, baking, steaming, smoking, etc., there are other far better alternatives such as the Holland Companion, or the Cobb BBQ, (for the unique taste of charcoal), that allow you far more versatility.
Even the Weber GO Anywhere portable propane grill can slow cook a small roast and infuse it with flavor from it's drippings, due to the "flavorizer panel", just like it's huge backyard cousins, far better than the Q series.
You may want to look at the Magma Gills we've had one for our boat for nearly 10 years and it's still in excellent shape. Parts are easy to get, and the flame does not blow out easily as it's often windy out on the water. We have the small round unit, and have legs to take it with us when were camping.
We keep a Weber Q-200 with a 20 pound propane cylinder in our truck at all times. It's worked like a champ for several years now and have no problem cooking for 5 people on it.
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