Picnic at maladen''s! I like my steak medium rare .

I need to buy a new BBQ as well. The current one I have is only two years old and is a natural gas model (way more convenient than asking yourself if there is still propane in the tank), but its very flimsy. It wasn''t a cheap one -- sort of a middle of the road price, but I''ve been really disappointed in its overall structural integrity and quality. I should have returned it the first year I had it, but procrastination ended up costing me.

How much did your Weber cost Maladen?

The grill I picked up was $450. I priced it at 3 places Home Depot, Lowes, and Sears. It was the same price at all 3 locations.

Think I am going to make some Pork Chops next either BBQ or Sweat and Sour.

Raining kind of hard today here in the nation''s capitol so might be a day or 2 befor I make them but can not wait.

You joke but was thinking it would be kind of fun to do a GWJ BBQ or something like that.

I got one of these in january. I LOVE it. Steaks, Chicken breasts, Whole chickens.. it does it all.

I cooked the ricotta chicken last night (its little recipe book that comes with the grill) and it was fantastic. I definately recomend it.

However I am curious to see if anybody else has had some of the same problems I''ve had. They''re pretty minor:

1) when I put a chicken in the center of the grill the thermometer appears to get blocked just right so it doesn''t register the correct temp(I can fix this by just dropping another oven thermometer in it)

2) Sometimes when it''s windy the fire gets blown out. Now i live in north texas so we don''t even have THAT much wind. I think I''ve figured out a solution however, If i angle the grill so that no side is directly in the wind it appears to keep going(IE, face a corner into the wind).

Just curious. I''ve had a great time grilling on it though and think it was well worth the money.

It is great, my wife and I love it. Our first house already had a natural gas line out to the back yard where we built the deck. Our new house we had to have it put in. Given that we''re talking about natural gas here, I chose to have a plumber run the line for me, which was thankfully very easy as I also had a hose feeding a natural gas fireplace on that side of the house that he could connect to. I think it cost me around $300 CDN, but it was worth it.

You know my house uses gas for heating, cooking, and water heater.

Never thought of getting a natural gas grill.

I am happy though with what I have now I need a real deck.

I mean how can a MAN grill on a patio!!

Hey baggachipz we are neighbors I bet or maybe even share offices and do not know it.

Of course I do not share an office so would be a bit odd if that was true but hey......

We are going to have to grill for each other sometime. Yummmm Grilled Cicadas!!

The only problem I see with a Natural Gas grill is you are sort of stuck with grill placement. Once you have the line you can not really relocate easily. That and I could just imagine forgetting to turn off a valve or something and my gas bill that month would be through the roof.

At least the most I can do is waste 1 tank of propane which is only $13.

That''s a really nice lookin'' grill, maladen (I just Googled it for all the cool details).

My gas grill is on its last legs and I''ve been debating whether to buy a new one or not. $450 is not a bad price but I''m not sure it''s worth it given that I only grill 2 or 3 times a year. Unfortunately, the slambie man of the house has no interest in grilling so if anyone''s going to do it, it''s me or no one.

I used to live in Falls Church. Talk about traffic jams...I was afraid to cross the street to get to the local bodega because of the traffic. And the apt. complex I lived in didn''t allow grills Freakin'' suburb nazis.

Charcoal Forever!

Death to the gas and propane mafia!

It is true that it requires a little more care, if only for the outright safety (don''t smoke near it!). The way my set up is that I have a hose that comes out of the house to a valve that you turn on/off. From the valve is a hose that then connects to the BBQ, that again needs to be turned on/off for the flow of gas. Essentially there are two points restricting the flow of gas preventing you from wasting or releasing a potential major fire hazzard. As for mobility, its as simple as a longer hose to move the BBQ further from the valve outside of the house (attached to the deck, in my case). The valve has a quick coupler/decoupler as well, so the BBQ can be fully disconnected and moved (for cleaning, for example).

Its not for everyone (some people swear by charcoal, for example), but the convenience and cleanliness of it have been great for me. That being said, aside from it being a different kind of BBQ, I could go back to propane (and propane accessories) if needed.

I am the only one who thought for a half-second that Sega was making a BBQ? I mean, times have been rough for them, but jeez...

Do you grill owners have exceptionally big gardens? Very few people in London would have the space for a grill of the size you''ve been talking about.

It''s odd that such a simple thing can be an indicator about the differences in quality of life between our countries.

Not exceptionally big... for instance, I have a townhouse with .06 acres of land. Yeah, that''s right. Not a lot. But certainly big enough for a decent deck, patio, and a large grill.

My house sits on a lot that is like .27 acre. So while not huge it is also a decent size.