17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.
Cheesy but functional
Date of Review: Jun 17, 2004
The Bottom Line: Unless you plan on cooking only thin burgers or making toast this thing is a very attractive doorstop
I bought it on the infomercial only to find it was almost half the price at a local store so...I'm a little depressed. The grilling area is 105 inches...which compared to a standard BBQ is pretty small...so don't expect to cook for the whole family...not all at once..Also unlike a standard BBQ there is no cover...so once it's cooked you can MOVE it..assuming you have any room left..or take it off and let it get cold.
The drip pans? Believe it or not they give you FOUR...of these flimsy molded foil units. It's implied in the instructions that you need to use a NEW one each time..You THINK you can make something out of foil or line the existing one with foil or wash these but none of these is really a good option. In short...this is a stupid way to handle this. You MUST use them but don't put anything juicy on the grill...
The Dishwasher safe grills? Well..not exactly...no way will a dishwasher clean these...I WASHED them in the sink first..then in the dishwasher...no good..still caked on stuff.
The holes in the outer edge of the grill are LARGE...meaning stuff can fall through under the burner. The gas supply must be removed after EACH USE and stored separately. The legs are on a scissors arrangement which are surprisingly flimsy.
I cooked two small chicken breasts and some veggies. The breasts came out under cooked in the center (no cover remember) with burnt outside,
and the veggies just burned. The heat controls have no real 'setting' just a stripe which changes width to indicate more...fine except that the knob goes around TWICE which makes them effectively useless.
If I didn't before...NOW I officially hate infomercials. I won't say I was bait and switched or sweet talked into it...just that it is sort of a wimpy little grill that does kind of a half assed job cooking stuff. It works...but it's a pretty weak excuse for a real grill.
