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The Char-Broil Gas Patio Caddie grill is an award winning design that provides performance in a compact size, making it perfect for apartment patios or small families. Now Char-Broil has improved upon one its most popular grills by adding the look of stainless steel. It is still powered by a 10,000 BTU cast iron heat plate burner and the Gas Patio Caddie has 187 square inches of cooking area on its premium porcelain cooking surface. It's easy to use and an ideal grill where space is an issue or when cooking for small groups.
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Technical Details
- 187-inch cooking area, premium porcelain grate- Stainless steel lid with temperature gauge
- Push button ignitor with 10,000 BTU cast iron heat plate
- Wide base with easy rolling wheels
- LP tank required, not included
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By Mary Kriege (Sacramento, CA United States)
If you're buying the Stainless Steel Patio Caddie because you think it is a more durable finish than the porcelain finish; it's not. The steel finish will rust.
By Capt. Mike (The Atlantic, S/V Destiny II)
I just received my grill this week and have not put it together yet. My first choice grill is no longer available so I bought the Char-broil. OH My... Char-Broil should be ashamed. I am sure the cost to make this grill in CHINA (whoops) is less than $40.00. Cheap, cheap... cheap! Stamped poor quality stainless steel with sharp edges. If I had seen one in a store I can tell you I wouldn't have purchased it. The Retail price on the Stainless Steel unit is $249.00. I don't think there's a part on the grill that's made in the USA. Hey, I thought Char-Broil was a good'ol Georgia Company? We have a Magma gas kettle grill on the boat that costs close to the same (retail) price. The Magma quality makes the Char-Broil Patio unit look very bad. I wish Magma or Webber would make a home unit to compete! If it's your only choice buy it but beware.
Capt. Mike
By College-Grad (Colorado)
I purchased this as a replacement for the Thermas Fire & Ice Grill. I had read the reviews that the new Char-Broil Patio Caddie was of inferrior quality since it was now being manufactured in China. Personally I think China makes everything to the specfications of the Manufacturer, so the fault would be on Char-Broil for skimping on production quality.
I viewed the non Stainless Steel Gas/Electric display models at Home Depot, and would agree, that the quality is not what I would expect for the price. I decided to order the Stainless Steel off of Amazon.
At the time Char Broil was only making the Gas Version in Stainless Steel. I have since seen they are also making the Electric Version
Admittedly the cost is more for the Stainless Steel version then the painted counterpart, but in my opinion if you are needing a small patio grill, it is well worth the extra money
I would suggest you commit yourself prior to ordering the cooker, since it is not something that you simply buy and return to Walmart if you are not happy with it. It will take a good hour of assembly, and once used, is not something you are likely to disasemble, and repackage, and ship back to Amazon for shipping cost of $25.
I highly recommend that you purchase the Manchester 11 lb mini propaine tank. It fits perfectly, and costs $11 to fill at your local Equiptment Rental Place. I found out after purchasing the Grill, that the Propaine Tanks at Home Depot and Lowes cost $49 for the 20lb swap out cylinders, and then $19 to exchange it for a full tank. The 20 lb tank makes it extremely heavy to sit under the grill, and it is unlikely you will use 4 gallions of propaine in one year. The smaller tank is just the right size if you want to carry your gril into your garage for winter storage.
Overall I was very impressed with quality of the Grill. My only complaint is that Char-broil needs to include spacers or washers to fit between the kettle, and the legs so that the screws can be tightned down without flattening out the leg that it attaches to. The book says that the bolts must be finger tight only. That is because the leg that attaches to the kettle is about 1/4" away from the leg. If you tighen it down, the bends in the leg piece will flatten out. I went down and bought a package of 30 #8 3/4" washers, and put 5 of them between the leg and the kettle. In this way I was able to tighen down the legs securely, without damaging the leg.
My only other confusion was that the book shows the handle being placed on the side of the grill, and the pictures show it on the front. After assembling it, I moved the handle to the front, since that made more sense when I was moving the grill. It is important to know this when you are assembling the unit, since the base has to be attached so that the wheels are directly across from the handle.
I feel that there has to be a better cover for this unit, one preferably made of a cloth material and not vinyl. $14 seems a little steep for something that will probably only last 1 year if left out in the hot and cold. But it is necessary to hold on the Grill Top, if you leave the Grill outside. There is nothing that anchors the lid onto the cooker, so if you have a wind storm come up, you can count on a nice dent in your cooker top. I ended up buying 2 bungie cords to wrap around the Cover to keep it from also blowng away, and then a 5' bicycle cable to to around the cooker and attach it to my deck, to also keep it from blowing away.
With the propaine tank in place, it is likely that the cooker won't move, but with a grill this small and upright, it would take just one good gust of wind to knock it over, and put a nice dent in your cooker.
The other complaint is the grease. It only has two small holes in the bottom for all the grease to drip into the bottom and finaly make it's way into the cup. I would pay extra money if Char-Broil would have offered a disposable Aluminum pan that would sit in the bottom of the grill, and let all of the grease run over it, then throw it away at the end of cooking season. I know that it is going to be a real pain to clean the grill when all of the grease just drips into the bottom of the cooker.
Overall I am satisfied with the way that it cooks, and the quality of the cooker. But to state an overused phrase. "it is what it is" meaning, that if you need a small patio grill, this is a very good one. But if you can manage a larger size grill on your patio, then do not buy the kettle grill. There is just alot of problems without the lid being hinged to the grill, and it is a waste of money if it is just going to be damaged in a wind storm if the grill lid blows off, or it blows over.
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