Grill Maestro

It seems like grill technology hasn’t changed that much in the last ten years… until you start looking at the new stuff companies like Weber is putting out. I just received a little catalog of their new line of products and the grills they’re producing look absolutely amazing. While I haven’t purchased a grill in [...]

I read a story on CNN today that discussed biochar stoves, homemade stoves that are fueled by biomass (garden waste like wood shavings). The idea is that it uses pyrolysis, heating of the biomass with little or no oxygen, to create charcoal, which is called biochar. During the heating process, you could use the stove [...]

It doesn’t get simpler and easier than the Weber 18-1/2 Inch One-Touch Silver Grill (specs). When I moved into my new home, the former owners kindly left me two grills and this one was one of them. There is nothing fancy or tricky about this 18.5″ diameter grill and it’s size makes it a perfect [...]

For Memorial Day weekend, I put together the Brinkmann SmokeN Grill Charcoal Smoker and Grill courtesy of Home Depot (get it there, if you want it, instead of Amazon.com, it’s only around $35 now; I provided the link for additional details) in order to provide this review of its features. Overall, it’s a very affordable [...]

A few weeks ago I was contacted by Home Depot’s PR firm about their new line of grill products and was offered the Brinkman Smoke N’ Grill to try out. So, this weekend I will be firing up the little guy on some beef ribs and pork tenderloin and letting you all know what I [...]

At the Grill Maestro household, we still are. Now that I think about it, I haven’t written about our Thanksgiving and how it was the first year in which we “fried” a turkey courtesy of the folks at Charbroil and The Big Easy. In fact, this Thanksgiving we fried it twice (once for friends, once [...]

Interested in getting a little caddie gas grill? Amazon has a phenomenal deal on the Char-Broil Patio Caddie Gas Grill for only $79.99 with free shipping. This Caddie Gas Grill normally costs a whopping $219.00 normally, now it’s less than eight bucks! For apartment dwellers with limited outdoor space, Char-Broil created their Patio Caddie grills. [...]

On Wednesday we fired up The Big Easy and put in a pair of 4 pound chickens, I called them dueling chickens though they didn’t do much except sit in there and stare at each other. Unfortunately, I was a dope and not only did I put the chickens in upside down (it’s supposed to [...]

In anticipation of a big Thanksgiving weekend with my friends (we have an annual Thanksgiving dinner with approximately fifty attendees), I put together The Big Easy Oil-less Turkey Fryer last night so I could put in a pair of chickens to break her in. All told the process took about twenty minutes but the instructions [...]

Charbroil is having their annual product announcement event at Bryant Park this Thursday in New York City and they’ll be debuting The Big Easy (here’s a cool virtual tour), an oil-free turkey fryer that claims to cook most cuts of meat in around 8 – 10 minutes per pound (far quicker than a conventional oven). [...]