Jake Wilson
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This has been a long time coming...me, buying/trying out/using/owning an outdoor gas grill. All of my grills have either been charcoal and or wood, I've never owned or used a gas grill, but I've been wanting to. Last Friday, the wait was finally over when I dropped by Lowe's in Ocala and purchased this Broil King 4 burner Baron. I took this pic yesterday (Sunday), when Lowe's delivered it
A little background on me...I'm pushing 58, first charcoal grill of substance I remember buying was a Weber kettle (22") around 1980. I had a few cheesy Hibachis and fold up coal grills but the Weber kettle was the first quality grill we bought and used. My wife and I purchased it for use on the job when we were managing a family business in Brighton MI (Target Golf), a golf driving range with hardball batting cages and an 18 hole miniature golf course. Tiring of the local fast food fare, we now had (with the Weber), a way to grill burgers, dogs and the occasional steak
In 85', when we made the move to the lower Fla. Keys, the Weber moved with us, while we rented a 2/1 home right on the Ocean in Summerland Key while searching for property to buy. When we found a dry acre on Big Pine and moved there in 86', the Weber came with us, and served us well the next 12 + years
Fast forward to 98' when we found and bought property in north central Fla., that very same Weber moved with us again, but eventually the bottom burned out, and or rusted out and we moved on to a New Braunfels horizontal smoker/charcoal grill with the off set wood fire box. Anyways, the New Braunfels was one of the cheapies and it too bit the dust and we acquired the charcoal grill I have been using, which we like and use a lot, and so I'm opening a new chapter with this Broil King gasser
FWIW, I did what I thought was a bunch of research before finally setting my sights on the above (and below, pics of) grill
here's a view of the grilling area with the lid open. the warming rack removes easily for more access
the grates, although cast iron, are coated w/a porcelain enamel, and are two sided. the above pic shows the searing side of the grate, that will leave a score/line in your food
the other side channels and traps juices from the food, in order to baste, according to Broil King's verbiage
I removed the grates and washed them in warm soapy water, rinsed well using hot water then placed in my house kitchen oven after getting it to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, then shutting it off and placed the grates in the oven to dry. While still warm I covered the grates with olive oil then wiped excess oil off. Meanwhile I did a burn in for the grill w/o the grates in place to burn off any manufacturing oils, as prescribed in the owner's manual
One of the reasons I was wanting a gas grill was so I could use my Euro-Q griddle, over a constant heat source
I bought this griddle during a group buy over at Woot.com. I've been using it on my charcoal grill and have been quite happy with the food cooked on the griddle
Last night I griddled sliders on the Euro-Q (on the Broil King), so this was the first meal created on my new to me gas grill
Actually, I was trying to emulate the 5 Guys Burgers, burger that Ballistic BBQ highlighted in one of his videos. I weighed out 3.5 ounces of ground chuck, ending up with 7 patties from the pack I got from Publix, like Greg, I sandwiched the mounds of ground chuck between parchment paper, smashing two at a time down using the bottom of a flat one quart stainless steel bowl, used as my burger press
I sourced Deli style American cheese from the Publix deli, and used a slice atop each burger. I grilled the onions first in some popcorn butter topping (as my oil), then shuttled the onions off to one corner of the griddle while the 7 burgers occupied the rest of the griddle realty. Hard to see but I went 3 rings around the bottom bun half with ketchup, then two rings of mustard, 5 sweet pickle chips, then two burgers went on each bun bottom followed by a generous amount of grilled onions. The lone small single burger w/o cheese was for the house pooch, but she didn't get slighted...I shared quite a few bites from my 1.5 burgers, with her. Since there were 3 double burgers to be split between myself and Mrs. Jake, we each had one and a half. This was a nice recipe making tasty burgers. If you can think of it and haven't seen it already, check out Ballistic BBQ's video on the 5 Guys burger
I forgot to mention...this gas grill comes with a side burner. Broil King's literature for the side burner says to use no more than a 9" pan. I have my 10" cast iron pan sitting on it and it fits okay. the side burner puts out 10 K BTU's so I have an idea it should be able to get this pan hot as I want to use it, but we'll see...I like cooking a few steak dishes in this pan and would love to take that mess out of my home kitchen and put it on this outside grill
I didn't check this forum to see if anyone here has done a review on Broil King's Baron gas grill. I'll be happy to answer questions if anyone has any. That said, since joining this forum, I've never been able to receive post notifications to my inbox. Chris, the site owner told me I would not be able to receive notifications from this board to my inbox (PC, phone, tablet), as I use MSN as my email client, and I also cannot get notices sent to my TVWBB inbox. I'll try to keep an eye on this thread however, but if you ask a question and I don't answer, try sending me a PM, I have been receiving those from other members
I'll be happy to post information about this gas grill as I learn it. I wanted to buy the rotisserie kit for it ($50 from Lowe's) but that kit was OOS. I did pay for one at the time of sale. I'm not sure if they will send that kit directly to me or if I'll have to go back to the store to pick it up. Lowe's assembled this grill and delivered it @ N/C. they also offered to pick up an old grill if I had one, also @ N/C. I paid their advertised price of $499 which also included 20 lbs. of LP Gas for it, though I had to pay the bottle deposit, and I carried that bottle of gas out of the store with me last Friday, as their delivery truck is not certified for gas deliveries
Before I forget, I also purchased a generic 58" grill cover (Master Forge, $25), that was delivered along with the grill. The floor guy in the grill dept. told me that in his opinion, the $25 grill cover was the way to go, instead of paying more for Broil King's specific cover for this grill
I have to admit, and maybe it's because this grill is new, I plan on keeping the grill when not in use, inside my attached garage, and not out in the elements. I'll have to do some re-arranging in the garage for long term storage yet the casters this grill rides on rolls so smoothly, it's effortless to move in and out of the garage. All four casters have a locking feature that is easy to use, and the two at the front have level legs that screw up and down
Getting back to the research I did before buying this particular grill, I dunno...it just seemed to be the right grill for me at this time. If I had stupid money to blow on a gas grill, I would have waited and purchased a drop in DCS grill in the covered outdoor cooking area I have schemed up inside my head. This Broil King may be a temporary grill, or it may be a keeper. We may have time for one more project her at Casa Jake's before the year's over. *I*, not Mrs. Jake, have been wanting to build some type of covered area near to the house so I can grill and BBQ outside w/o having to contend with the rain. Current think says I'll do a pole barn type structure...pour a slab, w/electric and water, use 12 by 12 uprights, match the roof to what the house has, the rest is a blank slate. I'd like to do some countertops but where do I draw the line?...will it include refrigeration of some sort? Not sure, and what about other storage under the counters? Discussing this could be another post
A little background on me...I'm pushing 58, first charcoal grill of substance I remember buying was a Weber kettle (22") around 1980. I had a few cheesy Hibachis and fold up coal grills but the Weber kettle was the first quality grill we bought and used. My wife and I purchased it for use on the job when we were managing a family business in Brighton MI (Target Golf), a golf driving range with hardball batting cages and an 18 hole miniature golf course. Tiring of the local fast food fare, we now had (with the Weber), a way to grill burgers, dogs and the occasional steak
In 85', when we made the move to the lower Fla. Keys, the Weber moved with us, while we rented a 2/1 home right on the Ocean in Summerland Key while searching for property to buy. When we found a dry acre on Big Pine and moved there in 86', the Weber came with us, and served us well the next 12 + years
Fast forward to 98' when we found and bought property in north central Fla., that very same Weber moved with us again, but eventually the bottom burned out, and or rusted out and we moved on to a New Braunfels horizontal smoker/charcoal grill with the off set wood fire box. Anyways, the New Braunfels was one of the cheapies and it too bit the dust and we acquired the charcoal grill I have been using, which we like and use a lot, and so I'm opening a new chapter with this Broil King gasser
FWIW, I did what I thought was a bunch of research before finally setting my sights on the above (and below, pics of) grill
here's a view of the grilling area with the lid open. the warming rack removes easily for more access
the grates, although cast iron, are coated w/a porcelain enamel, and are two sided. the above pic shows the searing side of the grate, that will leave a score/line in your food
the other side channels and traps juices from the food, in order to baste, according to Broil King's verbiage
I removed the grates and washed them in warm soapy water, rinsed well using hot water then placed in my house kitchen oven after getting it to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, then shutting it off and placed the grates in the oven to dry. While still warm I covered the grates with olive oil then wiped excess oil off. Meanwhile I did a burn in for the grill w/o the grates in place to burn off any manufacturing oils, as prescribed in the owner's manual
One of the reasons I was wanting a gas grill was so I could use my Euro-Q griddle, over a constant heat source
I bought this griddle during a group buy over at Woot.com. I've been using it on my charcoal grill and have been quite happy with the food cooked on the griddle
Last night I griddled sliders on the Euro-Q (on the Broil King), so this was the first meal created on my new to me gas grill
Actually, I was trying to emulate the 5 Guys Burgers, burger that Ballistic BBQ highlighted in one of his videos. I weighed out 3.5 ounces of ground chuck, ending up with 7 patties from the pack I got from Publix, like Greg, I sandwiched the mounds of ground chuck between parchment paper, smashing two at a time down using the bottom of a flat one quart stainless steel bowl, used as my burger press
I sourced Deli style American cheese from the Publix deli, and used a slice atop each burger. I grilled the onions first in some popcorn butter topping (as my oil), then shuttled the onions off to one corner of the griddle while the 7 burgers occupied the rest of the griddle realty. Hard to see but I went 3 rings around the bottom bun half with ketchup, then two rings of mustard, 5 sweet pickle chips, then two burgers went on each bun bottom followed by a generous amount of grilled onions. The lone small single burger w/o cheese was for the house pooch, but she didn't get slighted...I shared quite a few bites from my 1.5 burgers, with her. Since there were 3 double burgers to be split between myself and Mrs. Jake, we each had one and a half. This was a nice recipe making tasty burgers. If you can think of it and haven't seen it already, check out Ballistic BBQ's video on the 5 Guys burger
I forgot to mention...this gas grill comes with a side burner. Broil King's literature for the side burner says to use no more than a 9" pan. I have my 10" cast iron pan sitting on it and it fits okay. the side burner puts out 10 K BTU's so I have an idea it should be able to get this pan hot as I want to use it, but we'll see...I like cooking a few steak dishes in this pan and would love to take that mess out of my home kitchen and put it on this outside grill
I didn't check this forum to see if anyone here has done a review on Broil King's Baron gas grill. I'll be happy to answer questions if anyone has any. That said, since joining this forum, I've never been able to receive post notifications to my inbox. Chris, the site owner told me I would not be able to receive notifications from this board to my inbox (PC, phone, tablet), as I use MSN as my email client, and I also cannot get notices sent to my TVWBB inbox. I'll try to keep an eye on this thread however, but if you ask a question and I don't answer, try sending me a PM, I have been receiving those from other members
I'll be happy to post information about this gas grill as I learn it. I wanted to buy the rotisserie kit for it ($50 from Lowe's) but that kit was OOS. I did pay for one at the time of sale. I'm not sure if they will send that kit directly to me or if I'll have to go back to the store to pick it up. Lowe's assembled this grill and delivered it @ N/C. they also offered to pick up an old grill if I had one, also @ N/C. I paid their advertised price of $499 which also included 20 lbs. of LP Gas for it, though I had to pay the bottle deposit, and I carried that bottle of gas out of the store with me last Friday, as their delivery truck is not certified for gas deliveries
Before I forget, I also purchased a generic 58" grill cover (Master Forge, $25), that was delivered along with the grill. The floor guy in the grill dept. told me that in his opinion, the $25 grill cover was the way to go, instead of paying more for Broil King's specific cover for this grill
I have to admit, and maybe it's because this grill is new, I plan on keeping the grill when not in use, inside my attached garage, and not out in the elements. I'll have to do some re-arranging in the garage for long term storage yet the casters this grill rides on rolls so smoothly, it's effortless to move in and out of the garage. All four casters have a locking feature that is easy to use, and the two at the front have level legs that screw up and down
Getting back to the research I did before buying this particular grill, I dunno...it just seemed to be the right grill for me at this time. If I had stupid money to blow on a gas grill, I would have waited and purchased a drop in DCS grill in the covered outdoor cooking area I have schemed up inside my head. This Broil King may be a temporary grill, or it may be a keeper. We may have time for one more project her at Casa Jake's before the year's over. *I*, not Mrs. Jake, have been wanting to build some type of covered area near to the house so I can grill and BBQ outside w/o having to contend with the rain. Current think says I'll do a pole barn type structure...pour a slab, w/electric and water, use 12 by 12 uprights, match the roof to what the house has, the rest is a blank slate. I'd like to do some countertops but where do I draw the line?...will it include refrigeration of some sort? Not sure, and what about other storage under the counters? Discussing this could be another post
