# Got a new deck, need a new grill **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042 "2017-02-17T13:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042/21 "2017-02-18T03:24:00Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I may have missed it, and apologies if someone else already suggested it, but get a Weber with the best of both worlds. IMHO, if you’re not grilling over charcoal, don’t bother. Just cook it in the oven or in a pan. > > Weber makes a charcoal grill that starts with propane. You get the ease of propane with the flavor of charcoal – no lighter fluid taste involved: [Weber Performance Grill](http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=50759386&KPID=19845469&cid=CAPLA:G:Shopping_-_Weber_Grills&pla=pla_19845469&k_clickid=0a33ea4a-0fb0-4de7-9d8a-51aac9dde7e8) > > I do everything on mine, from perfect steaks to roasted chickens to smoked turkeys. I admit I don’t smoke fish on it, have a Little Chief smoker for that. But the Performer is a workhorse with wonderful flavor for anything else. Bonus: Favors the lazy. 😉 > > I’ve had mine for more than a decade and it still looks good, still going strong. I don’t think you would regret this choice. The Weber Performance Grill is, IMHO, a the standard Weber Silver Kettle Grill with a really overpriced side table. In other words, it an excellent grill with over-priced accouterments. But, that’s just one grillers opinion. **Shoeless** , I understand that the new Spirit grills now have front-to-back burners instead of side to side. Make sure you are not getting old stock. **black rabbit** , you would likely have the same problem with the 3-burner. Unless they have a sear burner, many gas grills won’t get the heat you are looking for. Try [Grill Grates](https://www.grillgrate.com/) - they’ll help (but probably still won’t pull off true black and blue - best you can hope for will probably be brown and rare). ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042/22 "2017-02-18T05:02:01Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > The Weber Performance Grill is, IMHO, a the standard Weber Silver Kettle Grill with a really overpriced side table. In other words, it an excellent grill with over-priced accouterments. But, that’s just one grillers opinion. I can see how you’d view it that way. But as a lifelong dedicated charcoal person who detests the taste of lighter fluid and having employed the chimney method of lighting coals for many years, I absolutely love the thing. I don’t have to fuss with lighting newspaper, timing the charcoal-light period just right, dumping the hot contents where it needs to be, etc. I just pour the lump charcoal – conveniently stored in the container under the overpriced side table – into the charcoal holders, turn on the propane, press a button and presto! Five minutes later, nicely lit charcoal. In ten more minutes, I’m ready to grill. Emptying out the ash container is much easier than it once was, also. Used mine tonight for the first grilling session of the season… another perfect, wonderfully flavored steak. 🙂 Each to their own, of course! ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042/23 "2017-02-18T13:14:14Z")
In 2003, we vacationed at a resort that provided a [Holland](https://www.hollandgrill.com/) grill. We bought one within a week of getting home. It is by far, the best and easiest grill I’ve ever owned. And it makes me appear like a master cook. I’ve tried Char Broil, Weber, and a variety of smokers, kettles, charcoal and gas grills – and nothing else comes close. We cook steaks, chops, salmon (last night), veggies, hams, and our Thanksgiving turkey on it. We can also close the tray valve, fill it with water and seasonings, and steam crab legs. We grill a minimum of two nights a week, and we’re still using that same grill – 14 years later. We bought [this](https://www.hollandgrill.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.detail/prodID/179/index.htm) model, if it matters. We will never buy another brand, assuming we ever need to replace the current one. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042/24 "2017-02-18T16:25:44Z")
If you can handle the looks of it I have and older version of the Weber Q3200 and it’s almost 10 years old and runs like new. It sits outside year round (covered) through midwest winters. They’re around $400. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042/25 "2017-02-18T18:20:18Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Emptying out the ash container is much easier than it once was, also. The Silver Series kettle has the same ash catcher, and it is indeed easy to clean. I wish my Weber Smokey Mountain had one (too low to the ground, though). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-deck-need-a-new-grill/780042.md?page=1)