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Old 02-19-2006, 10:22 AM   #1
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Do you own a grill? Gas? Charcoal? How often do you use it?

We have just a small gas grill - I very rarely use it. I love to, but it just doesn't seem to happen very often.
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Old 02-19-2006, 10:24 AM   #2
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We have 2 Weber grills...daddy and baby grill. DH smokes EVERYTHING in the summertime and doesn't believe in gas grills.
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We have a Webber gas grill which we use- or I should say DH uses- all year round.
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We have a Weber gas grill and use it all the time-even in winter. I do love the small of charcoal though [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Yes, a small, cheap, dinky charcoal grill. DH insists we get a good one this summer.
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Old 02-19-2006, 10:51 AM   #6
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We have 2 Weber gas grills. A big one here at the house on the back porch, and a baby one we use down the Cape in the summer.
:::Ahhhh, summer:::
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We have a really small electric grill. We didn't use it once last summer, and I think only used it twice the summer we got it.

I prefer charcoal!

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We have both, but DH cooks better on the charcoal. We use it pretty often.
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Nope, I keep thinking of getting a small one, but then think I won't really use it often so I don't get one.
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We have a gas grill that we use all the time in the summer but not at all in the winter.
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We have a gas grill that we use as often as possible. In fact DH just braved the cold to grill some hot Italian sausages for our late Sunday morning breakfast! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
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We have a gas grill and use it alot in the summer and into the fall.
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We have a pretty big barbecue, and we use it a lot. I'm pretty sure it's gas, but I'm not positive. We're always barbecuing, so it comes in handy!
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 2/19/06

We have a gas grill for the backyard, a small portable grill to take when we used to fish (got to eaten up by mesquitoes) and I have a nice grill pan for the house. Makes little longhorn marks on the steaks. LOL
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Re: Looby\'s SQOTD 2/19/06

Our condo development allows electric grills only [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]!
Ours died this past fall and I don't intend to get another one.
I'll just use the broiler.
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