As a wedding gift years ago, we got a nice big Costco propane grill. We enjoyed it plenty for a long time, but somehow when we moved, it ended up at my inlaws across the street because we didn't really have a good grilling space at our house and my father in law does more grilling than I have recently (little kids who were picky and a wife who wasn't eating much meat for a while). That grill is still going strong at his house 15 years after the wedding, but I don't think I can legitimately take it back at this point. Plus, I love his ribs and don't want to lose access to them. But the kids have developed a taste for BBQ and the wife is back to having a burger or salmon or ribs more often, so I've been thinking of getting a new grill for my house. But what kind?
Now, to be clear, I'm not a #BBQMASTER. I don't go nuts and cook on one every weekend or post to instagram or get crazy with the recipes reading books and websites and forums like some folks do (and I guess we all here do about, you know, flyfishing). But I also don't like to half ass it and just throw stuff on there until it's charred. I'd mostly be cooking for the four of us. But would also like the ability to do burgers or chicken or salmon + veggies etc for 8-10 if we had people over. No idea what my budget is. $500-1000? Less? More? Obviously spending less is better than spending more (I've got fishing gear to pay for). But I also don't need a disposable POS I'll be hauling to the dump in 3 years.
Gas grills have always seemed like the nexus between ease and quality. So I'm not against just going back to Costco again and finding whatever grill looks decent. But on the other hand, my old man had the classic black Weber charcoal and there's a lot to like about it both in price and flavor. I hear the new firestarters and chimneys make getting charcoal going a lot easier these days. My neighbor is kinda nuts for his Traeger and I've got a dude at work who won't shut up about their pitboss grills. But I've never used a pellet grill.
Thoughts?
Now, to be clear, I'm not a #BBQMASTER. I don't go nuts and cook on one every weekend or post to instagram or get crazy with the recipes reading books and websites and forums like some folks do (and I guess we all here do about, you know, flyfishing). But I also don't like to half ass it and just throw stuff on there until it's charred. I'd mostly be cooking for the four of us. But would also like the ability to do burgers or chicken or salmon + veggies etc for 8-10 if we had people over. No idea what my budget is. $500-1000? Less? More? Obviously spending less is better than spending more (I've got fishing gear to pay for). But I also don't need a disposable POS I'll be hauling to the dump in 3 years.
Gas grills have always seemed like the nexus between ease and quality. So I'm not against just going back to Costco again and finding whatever grill looks decent. But on the other hand, my old man had the classic black Weber charcoal and there's a lot to like about it both in price and flavor. I hear the new firestarters and chimneys make getting charcoal going a lot easier these days. My neighbor is kinda nuts for his Traeger and I've got a dude at work who won't shut up about their pitboss grills. But I've never used a pellet grill.
Thoughts?
