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**FrankZ** · 06-02-2010, 02:08 PM

Just curious how often everyone breaks out the grill. I know seasonally things can get weird, I didn't feel like removing the 50 inches of snow we got this past winter (in 4 days). I got fed up after shoveling out to the grill.

Anyways.. I try to get 2 to 3 times in a week. Sometimes it doesn't happen, but usually with meal planning my first instinct is what can I grill?

Also it would be interesting to see if people grill more or less with propane. I always hear how convenient it is, but I usually grill about 20 times to 1 as my neighbors (who all have propane).

Wyogal · 06-02-2010, 02:34 PM

Charcoal or wood fire here... probably once a week or more, depending on the weather or if we are camping.

GrillingFool · 06-02-2010, 02:40 PM

Propane now.
When Old Reliable dies, I will probably get charcoal.
For years, my grill was a portable Coleman gas grill I got free.
You just don't know how happy I was to finally get a real gas grill !

JohnL · 06-02-2010, 03:30 PM

I grill year long, 2 to 4 times a week on propane. I want to buy a char griller barrel cooker with the side box this year if the budget allows. I'd love to get back to charcoal for a change.

**kadesma** · 06-02-2010, 03:40 PM

DH has propane, I have charcoal..Need I say more?

kades

BreezyCooking · 06-02-2010, 03:42 PM

One to two times a week during the spring/summer/fall; once in awhile if we have really mild spells in the winter.

Andy M. · 06-02-2010, 03:51 PM

I use my gas grill a couple of times a week when it's not winter. In the really cold weather it more like a couple of times a month. There are, after all, a lot more great dishes you can create that are winter appropriate and cooked indoors.

I've gotten lazier than ever in my old age and I know if I had to deal with lighting charcoal every time, I wouldn't grill very much at all. Every once in a while I see a Weber charcoal grill in a store and think how good it would be to have one. However, I come to my senses fairly quickly.

BreezyCooking · 06-02-2010, 03:59 PM

Ugh - I know this is just a personal preference thing, but I could NEVER warm up to a gas grill. To me, gas grilling isn't "grilling"; it's just moving your gas stove outside - lol! What, exactly, is the difference? Zip. You're cooking on a gas stove. Outside. LOL!!

Mimizkitchen · 06-02-2010, 04:07 PM

I love to grill and living in florida you can pretty much do it year round... I have to say I probably do it 4-6 times a week,(that sounds a little dirty

) it just to damn hot to do things in the oven...

Andy M. · 06-02-2010, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BreezyCooking

Ugh - I know this is just a personal preference thing, but I could NEVER warm up to a gas grill. To me, gas grilling isn't "grilling"; it's just moving your gas stove outside - lol! What, exactly, is the difference? Zip. You're cooking on a gas stove. Outside. LOL!!

Using either gas or charcoal as a heat source, you melt fat that drips down onto the hot surfaces below the cooking surface and vaporizes, creating smoke. That smoke passes over the food on its way into the world and flavors the food. Whether you use charcoal or gas doesn't make that much of a difference. I don't know about you but when I cook on a gas stove, I use a pan. LOL!!