Grill Maestro

Consumer Reports offers up, as their tip of the day for May 17th, some very useful gas grill shopping advice for those of you looking to get your own propane grill (or replace and old clunker ready for the scrap heap). Some solid advice includes bringing a magnet to figure out if you have a solid 300-series or 400-series stainless steel grill… a magnet will stick to cheaper grades. Another good tip is to recognize that grill companies generally report cooking area to include warming racks so be aware that you’re not talking total grill surface area.

Another gem of a tip from the comments, provided by Steven, is to consider customer service. He hasn’t had a good experience with Brinkmann… and I just got one of their smokers from Home Depot.