Best BBQ grill for RV'ing

[RLSharp]

Maybe that's the other Tom?

There is a striking resemblance.

R

 

[Tom]

LOL. The coach in the picture was a 1985 Pace Arrow, which was how I was able to date it.

There is a striking resemblance.

You wouldn't say that if you saw the other guy today; He seems to have aged a lot more. Must have been all those years of worrying about what to do with all his money  ;D

 

[FrontrangeRVer]

We had a Weber Baby Q120 (the one with small fold out side shelves), and decided we would give the Blue Coleman Road Trip a try....bought the RT, extra griddle, case, and then found out that the grease drippings will drip in the bottom that is supposed to be FILLED WITH WATER!  What a mess!  Then you are supposed to take the tray out that is full of water and grease and I guess throw it in the bushes somewhere.  :  Even if you didn't fill this area with water, we prefer our steaks and hamburger drippings to drip on a fire/hot surface to smoke the meat somewhat....not drip down into a cold surface for one heck of a mess. 

We ended up taking our virtually new Coleman Road Trip to Goodwill and go back to the Weber Baby Q120.....and haven't regretted it one bit  ;D

 

[Hfx_Cdn]

    We too subscribe to the Webber 120 list of supporters.  But the real answer to your question, is any make used by someone who has you over for supper.  ;D
    BTW Ned, we been around you long enough to say that any response about cooking should be answered by Lorna not you.  In fact one might almost call you culinary challenged.  :

Ed

 

[Ned]

Ed, you've never had my prime rib   I am a specialist, I only do beef and bratwurst.

 

[Hfx_Cdn]

    Ned, my mouth's watering at the thought.  Rib steak is my favourite, and a brat on the side is nice.

Ed

 

[geodrake]

So Ned:

Is that an invitation?

 

[Ned]

    Ned, my mouth's watering at the thought.  Rib steak is my favourite, and a brat on the side is nice.

Apology accepted

George, you're always welcome at our place.  But I only make prime rib on holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving.  And it's been a few years since we've done one of those or a whole tenderloin.

 

[geodrake]

So, which works better Ned?  Christmas or Thanksgiving? 

 

[Ned]

Take your pick, but call first.

 

[geodrake]

Thank you my friend!  Maybe someday we can do it.

 

[napalm204]

I have one almost identical to the one Tom suggested in his post, albeit a different brand.  But I am wondering if I am doing something wrong because I get only a few minutes of grill time with a small propane bottle.  I barely can cook up a few wieners for hot dogs.  I wouldn't even try hamburger patties or anything that needs more time.

Is that a normal result or am I doing something to waste propane?  When I made the purchase I assumed I could cook for at least 15-20 minutes.

Can anybody help? 

 

[Marc L]

I have one almost identical to the one Tom suggested in his post, albeit a different brand.  But I am wondering if I am doing something wrong because I get only a few minutes of grill time with a small propane bottle.  I barely can cook up a few wieners for hot dogs.  I wouldn't even try hamburger patties or anything that needs more time.

Is that a normal result or am I doing something to waste propane?  When I made the purchase I assumed I could cook for at least 15-20 minutes.

Can anybody help?

I would say something is wrong, I used to get 2 or 3 meals out of the expensive disposable bottles.  It also depends on the amount of BTU, but usually portable BBQs have low BTU compared to a full size BBQ.

Any chance it's leaking around the valve somewhere?  You could check with soapy water, or if you got kids just steal their bottle of bubble liquid.

 

[Tom]

Something is wrong if you can't cook more than one meal on a (small) propane bottle. I don't keep track of how long a bottle lasts, but suffice to say it's a lot more than that (I'll often cook steaks). I've occasionally run into "bad" bottles which either weren't filled correctly or had some restriction preventing propane coming out. When this has happened, I might have bought several bottles of a particular brand from a store at the same time, and have seen the whole batch be bad.

 

[yolo]

For ease of use, fuel availability, etc., we use a George Foreman electric grill.  We use it inside and out with park 30A or 50A or the generator.  Simple to use and easy to clean.  For our steaks, all we want to do is put on some grill marks and warm them a little.  It will grill about any type of meat as rare or done as desired.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

I can get several meals with a 1 lb bottle on my little 10k btu Coleman. That's grilling steaks or chops for two.  If you have a big 30k btu grill, the bottle probably lasts only on 1-2 meals.

 

[Hfx_Cdn]

    BBQing on average 4 days a week, we only used 4 one pound tanks in the 3 1/2 months we were in Yuma on our Weber Q 120.  In fact I was surprised at how long a tank lasted, and that included a couple of salmon parties where we cooked salmon as our pot luck and it takes a while to cook a whole salmon.

Ed

 

[geodrake]

napalm204:Maybe if you ate your meat a bit more rare?

 

[Tom]

LOL George.

Some friends and forumites won't eat meat that's been cooked to more than well done; They insist on putting it back on to cook more. Even they are able to cook several meals from one of those bottles.

 

[Ned]

We have some friends that like their meat burnt.  We just don't invite them for steak