Here, we’ll teach you how to start a charcoal grill & light the coal. While a 5-year warranty backs the stainless-steel burner, a 2-year warranty covers the firebox and lid. All other parts have a 1-year warranty from the time you buy the grill. The Performance Burner gas grill doesn’t have temperature readings on its knobs. However, Char-Broil claims this grill can get to 650 degrees F.
It’s easy to assemble and equipped with electronic ignition to ensure reliable starts and a sleek upgraded design for classic good looks. The warming rack and main grates are also rust-resistant porcelain coated cast iron for better durability and easy cleanup. The burners disperse heat across 475 square inches of primary cooking space, and there is an additional 10,000 BTU lidded side burner tucked away in the left side table. The lid folds down over this burner to provide extra workspace for food preparation.
More convenient is a battery-operated electronic igniter, which usually ignites the gas on the first try. Some grills also have lighting holes, on the side of or beneath the grill, that can be used with a match weber spirit 2 should the igniter fail. The main cooking area of the grill rounded to the nearest 5 sq. Located on the propane tank or the grill itself, this reveals at a glance how much propane remains in the tank.
Monitoring the temperature of your items can be tough, particularly when cooking thicker meats, like burgers or steaks. Some grills have thermometers built in so you can monitor the heat on an ongoing basis. But Blackstone Adventure you may also want to look into a meat thermometer that will allow you to test the temperature of your meats for doneness. Char-Broil Performance 5-Burner gas grill with side burner provides worry-free cooking.
The burgers cooked evenly, though on high heat they were more well done than I prefer. With the Performance XL, my chickens took on average of 1 hour, 11 minutes to fully cook, not including a 10-minute preheat. That’s faster than the other three grills we tested, and the chickens from this Blackstone Adventure grill were easily the favorite of the group. The grill grates are porcelain-coated cast iron meaning they’re not only made to last but also to be easily cleaned using a hard wire brush. That means you don’t need to worry about washing or scrubbing these to get them ready for the next use.
The burgers finished within an average of 2 minutes, 49 seconds of one another. On the lid you get a thermometer meaning you can only judge temperature when the lid is closed, but this is usually the case on most grills anyway. The warranty, as mentioned before, is a decent five years for those burners. But it falls down where, on all other parts, you only get a one year warranty. Since warranty length is often a good indicator of longevity for a product, this is something to keep in mind.