First of, I hate gas grills
If your going to grill on gas, you might as well cook it in the oven, and if you cook it in the oven, you might as well have the wife cook
Now, having said that, about 8 years ago we moved into a new house with a little cuddy for a gas grille
I was not about to go out and buy a gas grille but somewhere I ran across a Blackstone and though, well, that's kind of cool
Only issue is, they are jetted for propane and I was going to plug it right into the existing natural gas line
So I called Blackstone and told em what i wanted to do, the Girl i talked to was real cool and send me a single burner to experiment with...free of charge
Once i wrapped my mind around it, it was as simple as rejetting a carb (and i guess its a popular mod, because they now sell rejet kits)
As far as the grille itself, i absolutely LOVE it
I never, ever made breakfast on a charcoal grille, but ill go out and name breakfast on the Blackstone all the time
Pancakes, hash browns, bacon, sausage, eggs, you name it
(Side note, a friend of mine has one and often times makes habachi rice on it)
Oh, you got kids ?
Show of hands if you've ever made kettle corn on the grille
Just me?
Guess you need a Blackstone for that
Now, as far as cleaning goes, this is what I do, after I'm done cooking (and sometimes this is a day or two after) I fire it up, full bore
Once it's good and hot I pour water on it and all the grease just bakes loose
Keep pouring water until it boils white (the grease will be brown or yellow, white is just water)
At that point I wipe her down with a few paper towels and while still hot I hit her with "Pam grille spray" or whatever it's called
Now, I have a metal lid for it that fits nice and tight over it, pop that down and never had any issues with bug, or critters or cotton wood fuzzies or whatever
Truth be told, I only use the charcoal grille when we travel now
(Couple of random pics I've posted here before)
