Get Your Cheap Grills Now
By Chuck Cage
If you’re a fair-weather griller, you can ignore this post. There’s nothing for you to see here. But if you grill in the rain, sleet, snow, and (oh my!) cold — like we do – get thee to your local sporting goods store where they’re dumping grills like Martha Stewart dumps soon-to-be-bad stock. I stumbled across Sean’s favorite tiny grill (above) for about $30 off.
Dig a little and you’ll probably find similar deals. As the it’s-too-cold crowd loses interest they’ll want that shelf space back for I don’t know, toboggans, toques, and other cold-weather stuff. Winner: you. And drop us a line in comments if you score!
November 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
That looks like a CharGriller. Same brand as the sweetest grill I’ve ever seen (at Lowes anyways). Duo Model #5050 is half charcoal, half propane grill.
Wonder if anyone is using it? My 10 year old Weber really needs to be replaced (after 3 sets of bars, ignighters, etc) and I’m really disappointed at the quality of the current models.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
@Alan: A friend of mine has one of the Duo Char-Grillers, but it hasn’t come up in conversation. I made the switch from gas to charcoal a few years ago after suffering Sean’s endless pity when my gas grill needed work and his self-style “box with fire in it” worked fine. I now love it and wouldn’t go back.
That said, it’d be a real pain to use a charcoal grill, like on an apartment balcony, etc.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:03 am
I have the CharGriller Duo….plus the offset firebox. Awesome grill. I added heavy duty casters to the legs just so I could move it around. Too heavy to pick up one side and wheel it. The external burner make and EXCELLENT charcoal started using the chimney starter thing.
I bought this because my wife like to cook with gas and I like charcoal. Since we moved into our new house, I do all the grilling now. The gas side is used for warming up the serving dishes.
November 12th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Hey Chuck, is that the same CharGriller you guys talked about in the podcast (the grill review with the fireman)?