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April 29, 2006
My New Grill - a Weber Q 200
Out with the old, in with the new - grills, that is. The new cooking utensil is a Weber Q 200 - I'll try it tonight and tell you what I think.
I like it a lot!
Should have:
1. I should get a slightly taller and broader table. The wrought iron piece under it is sturdy enough, but a little too narrow for my comfort. I may add some sticky rubber foot pads to the grill to be sure it doesn't move. Not that it did last night, even when I was scrubbing the grill. Which brings me to...
2. I should have conditioned the grill the way I knew I should (though the instructions could have reminded me, Weber-people!). The grill is REALLY heavy cast iron. I preheated for 10 minutes and it was sizzlin' when I dropped the marinated pork tenderloin on it.
I'm glad:
1. I'm glad the grill is so heavy - see above. My big complaint about the last grill was that putting a lot of cool meat on it knocked down its temperature too fast.
2. I'm really glad I bought the adapter hose for the 20lb propane tank. There can be nothing worse than running out of gas during the process, and those little tanks do that all the time.
3. I'm glad I bought the Q200 - the cooking surface is plenty big to do 4 big steaks or maybe 6 smallish ones. I never cook burgers for a dozen people, so I didn't need the next size up. The lid is high enough to do a whole chicken or a pork shoulder. The heat controls seem reasonably accurate (in a high, medium, low sense) and the ignition button worked all three times I played with it, which I can't say for the previous grill. The use-a-match ignition port is a little weird, but I'm sure I'll get used to it if the spark ignition goes.
4. I'm glad I have a beautiful porch to grill on, even if it's a little chilly this month to eat out there! There's another picture in my flickr stream (down and to the right, or click and I think it links) in the set called "Geneva" of the view from the porch. I need to make a set for my neighborhood, but instead I rearranged the set so that the last 3 pictures are of Pulteney Park and my porch.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at April 29, 2006 5:02 PM