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Features: Porcelain lid and firebowl. Durable steel construction. Eye-catching all-new stylish grill design with attractive two-color finish. Sliding adjustable vents in both the lid and the base for optimum fire control. Portable with locking lid and fold-up legs. Convenient handles on grill base and lid. Cooking area: 187 square inches.
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Good, but not great
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As far as the actual grilling process goes, this little baby works pretty good. It seems to grill things pretty evenly. It is compact and very easy to carry around.
My biggest complaints is with the physical contruction of the grill lid. The lid only opens 90 degrees straight up. If you use lighter fluid (like me) when starting your briquettes, the flames can really heat up the lid. By the time the briquettes are ready though, the lid has cooled to just "very warm" though, so the handle can be touched without fear of burning yourself. So, I can live with this. I'm not sure why they didnt make the lid fold back 180 degrees though.
Secondly, the nuts & bolts that hold the lid to the base are fitted quite loosely. I think this was somewhat on purpose to allow the lid to easily lift up and down. However, they were way too loose for me. The lid wobbled considerably when raising or lowering it. Since I am kind of handy, I got out some tools and tightened the bolts up. This was a pain in the you-know-what though because it was in very close quarters.
If you can look past these lid shortcomings, I think its a nice little grill. I'd actually give it 3.5 stars if I could. 3 stars for the contruction and 4 for the grilling ability.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2008-11-10
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