Bring On The Masses!

[Pappy]

I'm ready to feed them...As long as no one is in a big hurry!



I picked this up for when the wife and I want to cook outside. It's made by Chargriller in Sea Island, GA. and about the size of the fire box on their smokers so it heats up fast. (6 hamburber patties filled the grates.) Heavy built, cast iron grates. I am going to call them and see what it would cost to get a thermometer to add to it.

[DUD]

Looking Good Don, the capacity is okay, I can't eat more than 5 at a time anyway. Bill

[gsmittle]

Now Don, I realize you're a Texan, but I don't want to wait ALL day on my barbeque. I take mine medium-rare, BTW.

As soon as I dig out of the snow, I'll head on down...

g.

[cabinetman]

Thinking about a thermometer? Lookee here.
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[germdoc]

Well that's pretty cool, I mean, SMOKIN'!

So, the company is headquartered in Sea Island GA, hmmm?

My college roommate came from an old Georgia family that had a vacation home in Sea Island. I went down there with him a number of times during spring break to enjoy the sun and surf. It is a VERY exclusive community--in the 1980's, I doubt if any property there was < $1 million. Many business tycoons and heirs (Campbells' soup heir for one) had houses there. I of course was almost picked up for being a vagrant and imposter a number of times...

Out of curiosity, wonder where the factory is located?

[SARGE..g-47]

Nice grill Pappy. And if made in Georgia.. that Texas bar-be-que will taste a bit better...

Agree with Cabinetman that you can probably install your own a lot cheaper..

I worked for a new car dealer once that was a bar-be-que freak. He had his body shop split in half and weld up 6 55 gallon drums and mount end to end. Mounted it on a trailer to pull behind a vehicle as occasionally he would loan it to local organizations and clubs for functions.

But.. every spring and fall he would have a bar-be-que at the dealer-ship. This man never broke a sweat normally.. but he and his family would start cooking about 8 PM the night before the fact and stay at it all night long. The actual eating got done the next day starting at noon till when-ever.

Nothing like "free bar-be-que" and especially when the entire town was invited in a full page news-paper add several days in advance. And if you happened to be just passin' through.. that was close enough to get yourself a free meal.

About 3000 people would show up on average from noon till 6 PM. Mr. Sykes was also the mayor and remained so until he passed about 2 years ago. The "mobile grill" was given to the City by his family and still preforms it's duties when called on...

Regards and enjoy the grill...

[Ed62]

If I put in my order now, do I get it first? I'm not good at waiting.

Ed

[jonmulzer]

That is one nifty little grill. Cast iron grates on a grill that size is rare. ****, it is hard to even find cast-iron grates anymore sometimes. Pretty spiffy little grill. The house I live in now has a fuel oil tank tucked in behind the furnace and I have often thought about hacking it in half and making a big smoker. The only problem is, I have no place to store it. hehe

[gsmittle]

That is one nifty little grill. Cast iron grates on a grill that size is rare. ****, it is hard to even find cast-iron grates anymore sometimes. Pretty spiffy little grill. The house I live in now has a fuel oil tank tucked in behind the furnace and I have often thought about hacking it in half and making a big smoker. The only problem is, I have no place to store it. hehe

You could store it behind the furnace....

You'd also have to heat that baby up a few times to get rid of the fuel oil residue--you don't want your hard-earned pork butt tasting like diesel...

g.

[jonmulzer]

I know that. My father built a few back in the day. About the time everyone got away from using fuel oil in the area I grew up in, everyone started making big smokers.

The furnace is in the basement. No go on that.

[gsmittle]

I know that. My father built a few back in the day. About the time everyone got away from using fuel oil in the area I grew up in, everyone started making big smokers.

The furnace is in the basement. No go on that.

I was just looking for an excuse to say butt....

g.

[Pappy]

These are sold by the local grocery chain (H. E. Butt, aka HEB). The first one that caught my eye was the gas/charcoal combo unit. The idea is still appealing, but the company only warranties them for a year.

www.chargriller.com

If you want to build your own, 55 gal drums burn out too fast unless you are working strictly with a fire box set up. Old freon tanks work great for portable grills. To go bigger, make friends with the local plumbing supply guy. The tanks from hot water heaters are heavy steel and will last a long time. Bit of a pain to tear apart, but if you can get your hands on a warranty return the tank is essentially new and worth the effort.

'Bout to sit hear and talk myself into another project!