Ideas on a Grill??

Gary unfortunately I've only used my Stow N Go BBQ once. It was very windy that day but the BBQ worked fine. If anything it seamed not to get hot enough with the top open so I had to close it. I really can't give a fair evaluation untill I've used it on a normal day. After that I'll report back my opionion.

The one nice thing about it that the Magmas don't have is the four legs that fold down to make it portable. Definitely a nice feature when your beached.

Bill
 
After trying a small coleman open party grill, Magna Kettle, Cobb grill, and cheap tabletop grill, we now have been using this one for over a year and love it. I will seriously pull it out for one hot dog, it is so slick and it is more spacious than it appears. Found ours at camping world in Fife.

http://www.coleman.com/product/fold-n-g ... YLrTGd0xaQ

Has a lid for real heating, doesn't run too hot on low like the magna, stays cool enough underneath to use it on our plastic table/filleting board or the gunnel, runs on gas with pushbutton start, packs very small in the underseat storage, and is easier than most to clean with a cast grill and pull-out drip pan. I would seriously buy another one to use at home when our big grill dies and use both at once for a larger group. They cook meat that well (huge porterhouse tested).

Greg
 
I have one of those Magma Kettle ones, using a mount over the motorwell... and I HATE it !! it runs so hot it ruins the meat...just cooks too hot.... I can not throttle it back enough to cook the steaks properly... it just sorta blasts them done....in about 3 minutes... darn propane.

If I were to do it again I sure would go with a COBB.... and mount it to my fish cleaning table... Roger King has one and it does a fantastic job.

Joel
SEA3PO
 
The Cobb is a neat cooker but it was way too slow to setup and use for our dogs, burgers, steaks, cabob needs. We gave it away to a foodie friend with more time on his hands. We don't cook until we are hungry so the cobb was meal delay device at best. Don't blame the propane, just the grill design. That Magma was a blowtorch.

Greg
 
Yes I guess your correct..... I could rent it out to a foundry....I guess there are folks that don't mind minute steaks... but I do...

I don't mind slow.... gives the two glasses of wine a chance to mellow...
I once lived in the jungle of Fiji for a month.... it taught me how to enjoy a meal, not just eat a meal....no fast food fer me.

Joel
SEA3PO
 
+1 on the magma. I like the new rectangle style with the legs built in. Great size for the boat or dock side on a picnic table. In the past mine always held together really well. I also have a Magma cook set, very impressed with the quality. The thing with cheap grills, you can spend $30-50 for one, put it near salt water and get two to three years before rust is an issue. Or buy a solid marine grill and it will last the life of the boat. Minus maybe the burner.
 
Magma has taken a couple of knocks on this subject. But I like my Magma Trailmate BBQ. Compact and perfect for a couple but still plenty of room for 4 burgers or steaks. I have not come across "running hot" with my barby but if you crack the lid open with a non-combustable wedge, problem solved.
I also liked what someone else said, these barbys are made for a marine environment. Mine stores easily in a box under the seat storeage.
In my pics album (mods) you can see my solution to grilling away from the outboards and the fuel tank breather outlet.

Martin.
 
Martin, The running hot problem seems to be the kettle model and does not mean the others have any problems. I agree that stainless materials are an advantage for a rail mounted unit that lives largely outside and the painted models need to be stored inside for a long life.

The Magma kettles are not good cookers in my experience and nether is the Coleman small tabletop party grill. Other models can be very good of course and that trailmate looks like a nice design.

Greg
 
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