[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

I've got a Weber stand-up charcoal smoker I've had for years. I doubt that was even $100. I think the most I've spent on a grille is $150-ish. Oh yeah, I did buy the one gas grille at Sears once. That taught me I prefer the real thing.

I do too. I've been disappointed with cheap grills in the past. They just don't last. Even if something breaks on a Weber you can get parts and fix it.

Reminds me of my dad. Every year or so he would buy a cheap little Hibachi for just a few bucks.

My father loved to eat. He would eat anything, he didn't seem to care what it tasted like. I guess it was a throwback to him growing up poor in the depression. So burgers and cheap hot dogs were pretty much his idea of BBQ. Ketchup and liquid smoke were the sauce.

As a kid that was all I knew. And to tell you the truth it wasn't all that bad. I looked forward to his barbecues. He could do a lot with very little.

I look at all the barbecue doo dads that I have and wonder what he could have done with them.

Eh. Probably burgers and cheap hot dogs.