Grills

I have seen two types of grills in parks in NY, large and small. However, I have curious if these sizes are standard across the United States. Thank you for your help in advance.
To be clear, I am talking about the grills that are mounted in the ground. The square black grills that are there permanently.

You’re talking about the permanent grills on pedestals found in parks, and they can be a various sizes, but really the variety isn’t all that great. What you find in your park is probably found in parks all across the country since park departments probably buy from the same source.

I was interested in using an old hamburger maker on which to cook burgers, but I wanted to know what kind of metal was under the black teflon coating? When you placed your hamburger patty onto the grill circle, there was a drainage piece that allowed burger fat juices. Were the grilling plates, themselves, made of alluminum, steel, iron or what? LMK and thanks.

It would seem they would be similar to skillets that have a Teflon coating, aluminum or stainless steel……

We live in California and we use our bbq grill on average once every two weeks. Neighbor complained of all the smoke that constantly is blowing into his property and is forced to close his windows because he almost "suffocates".

What are your thoughts on dealing with this dilemma…

Sure your neighbor can ask.
Advise him before you BBQ so he can close his doors and windows for a half hour.
Offer him a plate of your BBQ’d meats.

added it to a pizza I was reheating in the microwave. The grill was kind of burnt so I didnt try to clean it right away. I just poured some water on and forgot about it. A couple of days later when I remembered to clean the grill it had worms crawling across the surface. I’ve never seen anything like that. Does it mean these creatures were in the meat and survived the cooking process? And that I ingested some of them? And I’m going to wind upgetting trichinosis or something?
Grown-up answers only please. I’m freaking.

No. It just means the damp meaty water attracted flies that laid eggs, and those are the larvae.

My father in law is really into bbqing and he mentioned he wants to get a smoker bbq grill. I would like to get him one from christmas, but don’t know what they are. What are smokers, where can you get them, and what’s the price range I should expect? thanks

That’s a bigger question than you think, as there’s all kinds. First, there’s two kinds of smoking – cold and hot. Cold smoking is what they do with commercially smoked salmon, for instance. They put the fish in a room and fill it with smoke, and the temperature doesn’t really rise much – not to cooking temperatures, that is. That method takes 12-24 hours. You can buy smokers that do that – one used to be out there called "Lil Smokey", I don’t know if they still offer it. The other way, hot smoking, can be done on any BBQ. You get your grill hot, put chips on the coals or the gas burners, and you just BBQ like usual but it smokes at the same time. You need to soak the chips in water for 1/2 hour before you do it, so they don’t just start on fire. Then your food is truly cooked, but it’s also smoked pretty well. I used to do that all the time on my charcoal Weber BBQ. I did salmon, chicken, turkey, ribs. It’s easy and turns out real good. I’ve since gone to gas and haven’t tried it much on the gas grill. I think it’s better and easier on charcoal. If you just want to have smokey food sometimes, I’d suggest just doing the hot smoke. If the man is a hunter or fisherman and you want to be more serious, then there are dedicated smokers out there – just Google it – meat smokers or something like that. I made some fine things on my Weber. Just the standard grill, charcoal and some wet wood chips spread on the coals. It’s indirect heat – make two piles of coals on either side and put the meat in the middle of the grill. Put on the chips, put on the lid, and off it goes.

I need to steam ribs in an oven for an hour before I throw them on the grill. Dont have enough propae to do it all on the grill.

buy an oven thermometer and test the various settings on your BBQ to learn what setting equals what heat

I just let it die down. Shut the grill cover- not much of a safety issue- it doesn’t take long for them to die down.

Can someone tell me what the grills/holes are next to the map light are in the Saab 2003 9-5?
There are two sets of holes, one is shaped like a flower which the manual says its the internal air temp sensor, but what about the other set of holes?

Plus if anyone knows what the set of rubber slots are just above the handbrake, please tell.

Those holes are for the microphone for OnStar. If the car doesn’t have OnStar then the microphone is left out.

If you are talking about the small rectangular area with slots in it, next to the handbrake and above the ignition switch then that is a coin holder.

last time i cooked steaks on it they were tough

You want the grill extremely hot for steaks. Dont overcook the steaks. Also it depends on the cut and quality of the beef/marbling. Obviously a filet is going to be more tender than a flank steak… Also let the steaks rest for a couple minutes before serving to allow the juices to redistribute.

If are are cooking tough cuts of steak they will benefit from spending some time in a marinade with fruits that have enzymes capable of tenderizing (papaya,Pineapple, mango(I think) would be some examples).

I won a barbeque grill worth $269. I posted an ad on Craigslist and said, $125 or best offer. Should I ask for more? Less?

Should I post on Ebay, too? I don’t want to go through the trouble of mailing it, so it will be local pickup only. Not sure what to do.

if you don’t want the trouble of mailing it, craigslist is the way to go. in your listing, make it clear that the grill is brand new and unopened, and i say $200 or best offer is a good price, $125 is too low for something brand new.