Never trust another man's grill

[MLiebler]

Visiting the in-laws who wanted me to cook two birds. Decided to try my new rotisserie on one (char-broil oil-less air fryer for the other). Brother in-law had a 22 at his mom’s that I could use. I only took one picture but it’s enough to give you an idea of the abuse this thing had gone through. Wet ash had buried the ignition pipe. Took awhile to get it in shape. Fortunately I didn’t need the grill grate or I would have been serving tetanus on the side.

 

[Bob Bailey]

BTDT. Mine was with a gasser and resulted in a big grease fire. No more using other peoples' grills.

 

[Bill M]

That's a good rule to live by. Never touch another man's grill.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

That is just schmutz and ash, I’ve seen worse! My sister in law didn’t let the kettle cool before she stored the chimney inside and the whole thermoplastic handle melted into an annoying glob thankfully,she had not cleaned it out much better than what you had to deal with so, the glob was in a lovely layer of greasy ash! Picked it up and into the trash that went followed by a good cleaning of the thing! I gave her one helluva time about it!

 

[BFletcher]

All I can think about is the short amount of time required to clean out a Kettle bowl the day after rather than what you dealt with. Folks are probably fortunate that you're the one who cooked with it.

 

[MLiebler]

Here’s the spinny bird. They were picking apart the carcass at the end of the day.

Slow n Sear with the drip pan. No water, just wanted to space the heat further back. Definitely left the grill better I found it.

 

[Mike-GA]

Here’s the spinny bird. They were picking apart the carcass at the end of the day.

Slow n Sear with the drip pan. No water, just wanted to space the heat further back. Definitely left the grill better I found it.

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Looks like an expert bird! …and a lot cleaner kettle. Wet sludge is a PITA.

 

[Jonas-Switzerland]

In-laws had a gas grill. They said "Oh wait, I have to burn off the fungus"

I laughed.

It was not a joke.


Also most grill grates come with their own rub. Convenient.

 

[Joe Anshien]

How did the char-broil oil-less air fryer bird come out? I used one of those for years and they came out wonderful.

 

[MLiebler]

How did the char-broil oil-less air fryer bird come out? I used one of those for years and they came out wonderful.

It was the second year for that, both times it turned out great. I would recommend it, there’s a fb group that has a lot of how-to’s etc.

Compared to the other one I cooked, it was close, but the consensus was the spinny bird was just a bit moister than the fryer one. Personally I think they like the smoke that spinny had.