Propane and propane accessories

On my last visit to America I had to give up my beloved BBQ grill. I almost cried as they took it away, knowing that in Germany, I'd never find such a fine grill. The Germans still prefer the charcoal ones and I like the convenience of instant outdoor grilling. I am such a BBQ freak, I'd often BBQ in the rain. (Well, it was Seattle...)









Last week I was at a hardware store and saw THE grill. Just like my old one, but aluminum and gorgeous. 4 burners plus side burner. Big, but with wheels. I was shocked to see the price, only 279,99 Euros! (About 350$, I'm guessing.) I immediately wondered if they had forgotten a digit in that price, cuz I'd seen many smaller crappier ones for 800Euros. What's the deal?

I thought about it for about a week (what I learned from my Aunt Mary), and then dragged my man back there to check it out. We interviewed a salesperson and she made me feel better about it saying they've been selling it for a while and have had no returns yet. And there is a 2 year guarantee. And the reason it's cheap is cuz it's not one of the big brands. Brands are normally important to me, but this was honestly the best BBQ I'd seen, exactly what I wanted.

I got my grill yesterday, WOO! Now our dinnertime can include steaks. Yah I'd been married 2 years and my poor husband has never had a steak cuz I feel they should be made on a grill.

I have nothing against charcoal grilling, in fact I like the taste, but I use my grill so often, I need convenience.








I thought it would be a piece of cake to assemble a grill. Wow was I wrong!

I laid out all the parts and started reading the instructions, which were all in pictoral format, no words. It was hard! Some of the screws were so tiny, I'd drop them and never see them again. So many screws, and screwing metal to metal is not easy. After about 3 hours I interrupted my man again (for the 14th time) and said, "I GIVE UP!" and he came out to see what the problem was. It's just a matter of interpreting the pictoral guide correctly.

It was getting late and I realized if I didn't go to the store to get some meat to grill, the stores would close. And since no store is open on Sunday, I'd have to wait 2 full days to try my new grill. So I got us some wurst and some steak and some veggies and then went back to work on the thing.

I interrupted my man (grading tests in his office) another 6 times and he never got mad.

When I was all done with the very last page of instructions, there was a phrase, "Your device is now ready to use!" and I looked down and saw three parts still lying in the box. Uh...I hate it when that happens! My man helped figure out where I'd missed them.





We finally got the thing together and my man said, "OK, turn it on, let's see if we blow up."





Click click click click WHOOSH I love electronic ignition! It works!










I couldn't help myself and put shrimp on and several types of veggies, and some foccacia bread. I wanted to recreate every yummy grilled dinner I'd had. (Except we had no oysters...)










I got a chair and just sat there in the sun, enjoying the smell of grilling. Nothing better!




We made a little spot for it under the eaves of the barn, and I'll have to try to find a cover for it too. For now I'm using a plastic sheet.

Now to find out what kind of steaks are available here, and at what prices. (I sure do miss Costco right now!) Also I have to try to find good hickory BBQ sauce, and I guess I'll have to make my own teriyaki cuz I want to try to make my brother in law's famous grilled teriyaki chicken.

I feel like the quality of my life just shot up, simply cuz I've got a good propane grill again. The first thing I thought of this morning was, "omgosh I have a grill!" and then I said, "What shall we grill tonight?"