Shawn W
TVWBB Emerald Member
Hi all! Pretty fired up about my new charcoal grill, the Napoleon M605RBCSS! I first laid eyes on this three years ago and I bought it this year. Guessing they aren't selling well for Napoleon ... my ser# is 676.
Broke it in tonight with a burger cook followed up by wings. Had to get it ready for a party cook on the weekend. Fajitas and I think I'll do them on CI griddles over the coals!
My keg is still going to be my main grill but this thing is the party grill ... 605 square inches of charcoal playground with cast iron grates, 12" vertical adjustable charcoal tray with a 6 speed manual shifter
, ash pan, hanging charcoal basket for rotis cooking, warming rack, 5 opening dampers across the front via single control lever!! Did I mention lifetime warranty ?!
On with the pics! More comments at the bottom.
Warming rack, ci grates, front charcoal access door:
Basket for hanging lit charcoal for rotis cooking!!:
Rotis bracket:
CI grate channeled side:
CI grate pointy side:
6 speed shifter, charcoal tray all the way up:
6 speed shifter, charcoal tray all the way down:
Bottom storage:
Front removable ash pan:
Charcoal tray height mechanism:
Charcoal tray:
Damper mechanism, this tab slides a plate across the front regulating air through 5 slots like the one shown that are evenly spaced across the front underside:
Firing it up with the Looftlighter:
Ci grates oiled ready for seasoning:
90 minutes later, ready to go with three pieces of cherry wood thrown in the coals:
5lbs worth of reg gr beef burgers (13 patties) didnt fill this grill!!!:
And done!:
Kamado this ain't. I used most of a 20lb bag of briqs seasoning it up and cooking the burgers and wings. I expect a typical cook in this will be at least 1/3 bag of charcoal ... it's a big oven to heat ... but I'll play around with less lit coals and the grate heights.
I didn't see any flare ups with even all this reg ground beef ... wow
Temps were expectedly uneven ... I only had a single layer of briqs on about 2/3 of the charcoal tray. We'll have see what it cooks like with even more lit charcoal. Ran a lid temp of around 400ºF with dampers full open.
First impressions? Food was great! This thing has the fuel economy of a 60's muscle car
... but that was expected ... LOVE the CI grates! Really looking forward to using it some more ... a really fun toy for the charcoal grilling enthusiast!
My keg is still going to be my main grill but this thing is the party grill ... 605 square inches of charcoal playground with cast iron grates, 12" vertical adjustable charcoal tray with a 6 speed manual shifter
On with the pics! More comments at the bottom.
Warming rack, ci grates, front charcoal access door:
Basket for hanging lit charcoal for rotis cooking!!:
Rotis bracket:
CI grate channeled side:
CI grate pointy side:
6 speed shifter, charcoal tray all the way up:
6 speed shifter, charcoal tray all the way down:
Bottom storage:
Front removable ash pan:
Charcoal tray height mechanism:
Charcoal tray:
Damper mechanism, this tab slides a plate across the front regulating air through 5 slots like the one shown that are evenly spaced across the front underside:
Firing it up with the Looftlighter:
Ci grates oiled ready for seasoning:
90 minutes later, ready to go with three pieces of cherry wood thrown in the coals:
5lbs worth of reg gr beef burgers (13 patties) didnt fill this grill!!!:
And done!:
Kamado this ain't. I used most of a 20lb bag of briqs seasoning it up and cooking the burgers and wings. I expect a typical cook in this will be at least 1/3 bag of charcoal ... it's a big oven to heat ... but I'll play around with less lit coals and the grate heights.
I didn't see any flare ups with even all this reg ground beef ... wow
Temps were expectedly uneven ... I only had a single layer of briqs on about 2/3 of the charcoal tray. We'll have see what it cooks like with even more lit charcoal. Ran a lid temp of around 400ºF with dampers full open.
First impressions? Food was great! This thing has the fuel economy of a 60's muscle car
