# How to grill without a grill?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 22, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-grill-without-a-grill/345698 "2006-02-22T22:57:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-grill-without-a-grill/345698/21 "2006-02-24T05:03:53Z")

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If you can find a good electric hibachi, I love mine. Unfortunately I can’t find any links to it online, not least because my mother got it when she was in college and I have no idea who made it. It’s perhaps sixteen inches square with rounded corners. An electric coil plugs into a cord that goes into the wall; this is all that heats anything. There’s a very clever series of metal grills and dishes that, when put together, prevent any drippings from getting out. It is _the_ way to grill when you live in an apartment and don’t want to lug charcoal down to one of the communal pits.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-grill-without-a-grill/345698/22 "2006-02-24T05:37:23Z")

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I use a cake rack for doing char grilled stuff like sliced vegeatables or bread. I just chuck it over the hotplate and put the food on. It is far quicker than using a grill and more economical for doing food for one or two. If you wanted to I guess you could chargrill bits of meat, chicken or fish the same way.

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