Got charcoal?

Thanks for the advice guys, I could use all the advice I can get. Sorry to semi-threadjack Matty.

I love my grill. It's the Weber Performer, charcoal grill with a gas ignite system.
http://www.weber.com/bbq/img/Performer_large.jpg

Toss the coals in, turn on the propane and ignite. Leave the gas on for 5 minutes to heat up the coals and get them burning, turn it off, and in another 20 minutes or so, the fire's ready to go. I can get home from work at 5pm, get the grill going, and by 6, we're sitting down to eat.

But as Mike said, doesn't matter how the meat's cooked, as long as it's good, and there's a cold beer in my hand, I'm set.

THat's a sweet combonation of coals and gas.

On the cooker I ordered for my partner Tim that I cooked on last weekend it I had them put a 180,000BTU gas burner in the fire box. I used it to start the coals but he cook just cook with that if'n he wanted.

For my 2 cookers I have weed burners to get them started.
Red Dragon Propane Torch Kits - The best weed burner available! Vapor Torches, Liquid Torches, Jet Torches and The Weed Dragon. (http://www.flameengineering.com/Red_Dragon_Propane_Torch_K.html)

Thanks for the advice guys, I could use all the advice I can get. Sorry to semi-threadjack Matty.

I just bought one a couple of weeks ago...

Costco in my town has a 399 deal on a nice, beautiful NexGrill with 3 main burners, a searing burner, and a rotisserie burner...

it took some time to get used to cooking with the searing burner, but it is awesome!

Steaks, Burgers, Salmon, etc... a hell of a deal... its a two tone grill with stainless and is very high quality as far as the steel its made of and sturdiness..

oh, it also has one of those 13000 btu side burners....


and I used the rotisserie to spit cook a creole butter injected chicken the other night... f'in beautiful...

Definately check out Costco... Much better deal than anyone else and I shopped for a while...

I love my grill. It's the Weber Performer, charcoal grill with a gas ignite system.
http://www.weber.com/bbq/img/Performer_large.jpg

Toss the coals in, turn on the propane and ignite. Leave the gas on for 5 minutes to heat up the coals and get them burning, turn it off, and in another 20 minutes or so, the fire's ready to go. I can get home from work at 5pm, get the grill going, and by 6, we're sitting down to eat.

But as Mike said, doesn't matter how the meat's cooked, as long as it's good, and there's a cold beer in my hand, I'm set.

That is awesome. How much does something like that cost?

Here are the specs on that bad boy.
Welcome to Weber.com (http://weber.com/bbq/pub/grill/2007/charcoal/Performer.aspx)

Looks like about $350 when I googled it.

$350 isn't bad at all for that.

I use gas myself out of convenience, but with something like that it looks like you could have the best of both worlds.

Ya'll ALL just promise me on the grave of Jack Kent Cooke you will NEVER EVER use Charcoal lighter fluid.

I will stalk you down and make you wear a TO jersey if I find out any of you use that wicked and ever so hated stuff.

peace

I'm house-sitting for my buddy while he's on his honeymoon, and he just got an unbelievably nice charcoal grill but I've been too intimidated by it to use it. He got it the day before he left so if I did use it I'd be the first. I guess I would feel sort of guilty popping the cherry on it for a couple of hot dogs or Johnsville brats.
I swear it mocks me from the deck, but I still consider myself somewhat a of grill rookie even though I ran one on a golf course for an entire summer when I was in college.

The Performer looks to be coming down in price ($299). I got it as a wedding present from my best man and a few others. They got it at the Barbeques Galore in the Kentlands.

Lighter Fluid was a big contributor to many a summer time cookouts at the beach. Somehow, my Dad was able to use it, and you couldn't taste it in the meat. There is something about a nice roast slow cooked on the grill, with Thrasher's Fries and salad that brings back fond memories.