Do food juices vaporize in this grill?
1151253
I have no problem getting my grill to smoke. When the fat drips down it vaporizes on the flames, but being shaped like an egg allows the excess grease to flow down and out and not pool up and catch fire and burn your meat to a crisp. When I start out a grill full of chicken or a couple of big steaks it smokes like most bbqs.
1985709
Dana,Sorry I did not get back to you sooner. We were on vacation. My husband says you may have the grill in upside down. When it is in the wrong direction, juice can gather and cause excessive smoking. Ours does not smoke to excess. Good luck!
2173060
I don't seal up the chamber. Air flow is essential to good grilling. You can minimize the air flow using the side vents and smoke stack vent, but that won't completely seal it up. If you are really interested, I would cover the vents with heavy duty foil
2113768
I always have the sauce with meat when I grill it. No smoke...except your oil drop down to fire..
509434
I would not fill with liquids as in the vacuum process they tend to leak out if you put to much in. The unit does a great job on fruits, meats, and vegetables from the garden. I love the unit. Last years green beans look they did when I sealed them, the peaches also. Meats do not show any sign of freezer burn. However, I tried it on a hoagie roll and it looked like a cigar after all the air was remover. It did expand back to about 90% of its original size as we opened it and did not freeze it. Man did my wife and I laugh, One second there was the roll the next It looked like a cigar.
169856
ABSOLUTELY NOT! It is a propane fired grill and must have outdoor ventilation. Beyond that, I love my grill, great for chicken, steaks fish, and even grilled veggies.
2016733
I don't grill a lot of super-greasy food, but in general, no. Most of it lands on the emitter plates and is eventually burned (or cleaned) off. I have not had to clean grease on the bottom of the grill.
1643703
Definitely not! Contact the seller immediately and don't use this grill again. Mine hasn't done that.
1919368
No. None what so ever from the briquettes as they are ceramic. If you have dripped bbq sauce or the 'drippings' from previous cookings onto the briquettes, then you might get some 'flavor' from the drippings until they are burned off.
1766944
No, not at all. I wish it did though. I would say that it's because there is no flame in order to give it that taste. It does, however, take on the texture of being put on the grill.
1324491
There is a small grease catcher tray that goes under the front lip of the grill. It was missing when we bought ours at a thrift store, but I have seen them on others. I just put a plate under the front lip. Some of the juices are great for making gravy.
1967010
There is a small slide-out drawer for drippings, but it rarely gets full of drippings. They seem to burn off on the stainless heat reflector that covers the burners. It is the kind of grill that gets hot enough that you can sear meats before setting it up for cooking long and slow. I also store a canister of gas and a grill cleaner for storage.
891429
We burn it off every time we use it. Never had an issue. We get it hot enough that we need fire gloves to hold the grill to put our food on it
426270
No. This unit has open grill on the bottom to release heat generated in use.......Seriously, don't waste money on it. The quality is NG. I bought two and they are all dead in 5 weeks with light use only.
2058881
I've personally never had a problem with too much smoke. The few times that the grill started to smoke, it dissipated quickly.
152034
Not easily. The heat element is in the unit where the food also is. If you are careful about the temp, smoke could be started then the heat element stopped, I guess.
1905282
no. you should see vapor coming up from the hole in the middle of the silver top. Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I thought the email from amazon was just another advertisement