Charcoal Grill

I BBQ often, and prefer a charcoal grill. I've had Weber grills for years....but now retired I wanted a smaller grill. I needed side tables, and there's a nice shelf underneath. It was delivered and I ask hubby to carry box to the back yard. He went and got the hand truck, cause it was that heavy. Assembly was easy. Very happy with it.

Love it! My neighbors and I have patio meals and use it nearly every day here in southern Arizona

Assembly manual shows pictures only, no written instructions. Takes a few minutes to interpret. No tools were included with mine but I probably wouldn't have used them anyway. For the most part it went together pretty easily but there were a few screws that were in difficult to reach places for my stiff, fat fingers. I've cooked on it twice... Chops first then burgers... It had not occurred to me that there was no way to raise or lower the coals from the food. I like mine cooked low and slow. This cooks faster than I like but I'll see how it goes. The damper controls are easy to use but I'm not sure at this point if the drawer allows too much air in around it... On my old grill I could shut off the draft and the fire would go out after a while leaving unburnt coals... Both times I've cooked I've closed the draft but returned later to find the coals completely burnt to ash. The top shelf is actually a bit in the way if i want to use the entire lower one... It's difficult to flip burgers under it so I removed it. But I'm still getting used to it, after having used the same smoker for 20 years it's taking time to get used to this. I don't cook enough to justify a really expensive unit but eventually i believe this is going to suffice. I do like the drawer for emptying ash but I do wish it sealed better. I may work on that with some heat resistant materials.

Works amazing better than the one I got from Walmart

Don’t waste your money, it’s a piece of junk. Temperature regulation is horrible, the rack doesn’t retain the proper heat to cook food properly and efficiently.

This grill took me about one hour to put together. every metal panel are separated and packed in thick foam packaing, and need to assemble together with screws. Screws are mostly M5 size so hard to mess it up. however the machine precision is good, all screws are easy to slot in, I didn't have to force in the metal panels or anything like that. I think the finishing is powdered coat on metal. Anyway its good coating and I didn't scratch any surface to see the bare metal. It comes with a bottle opener (upside down in my photo I later corrected it), thermometer, air vends for both top lid and back panel. Drawer to take out the ash from the bottom. 2 side panels to hold your cooking stuff and bowls (not foldable but they are steady), a pair of wheels. Overall I like the size, its slightly smaller than standard grill and doesn't take up too much space in the backyard. Good for medium and small sized crowded party. Also the main grill grids are wide, so watch out for small food fall into the choacoal.

When putting it together, the parts do not have letters on them so you kinda have to guess which one is which. It didn’t take that long to put together.. for its size it did the job. The only thing is that the wire rack that holds the charcoal in place is cheap. It bent after one use and the metal face plate by the handle also looks like it couldn’t stand the heat.

Was pretty easy to assemble by yourself. Looks pretty sturdy!! Can't wait to use it!!