Char-Broil Patio Caddie Electric Grill

I've had my Patio Caddie electric grill for 10 years and it is wonderful. Totally reliable, it cooks really quickly, keeping chicken, steaks, burgers, pork, and seafood especially juicy and fresh. I highly recommend this grill--even accomplished "grill-masters" are (surprised and) impressed with what I can turn out!

We gave our son this electric grill because he has a boat and they do not allow charcoal grills on the dock. He has used it many times and he really likes it. It does a great job on hamburgers and hot dogs. Plenty of room on grilling surface, heats up quickly, and maintains high temperature when lid is on. Food tastes great, but it's a good idea to use plenty of seasoning on burgers. Probably a third of all the boaters on the dock have the same grill, so word of mouth regarding a good product spreads quickly. Use tin foil under grate when cooking, and cleanup amounts to disposing of the used foil. We highly recommend this product. Assembly was a breeze- took about one hour.

Wonderfully easy and quick to use. No need to haul propane tanks. Good heat range.

The biggest loss of moving to a condominium was the restriction in our building that no charcoal or electric grill could be used on our balconies. So I check out, bought, and tried, quite a few electric grills. This one ended up the best choice for me.

A lot of power for its small size gets the very heavy, porcelain grate get hot enough to sear grill marks on your food. Think of it as an upside-down broiler but with very heavy grate. For any slow cooked grilled food it's hard to beat. Heating up in 10 minutes or so and no fuel or fire to light means it's always ready to go for a quick meal.

Note that the original ones (this is my second) come with lava rocks for the bottom under the heater like a gas grill has. That gave more smoke flavor as fat and juices burned off the rocks than this one, but took much longer to heat up.

I used this grill three times. The third time it started on fire. Thankfully I knew to just put the cover on and shut it off and let it burn itself off or I could have burned my face off! Part of the reason is I have a large family so the aluminum foil like pan lining the bottom of the grill had some gunk on it. I knew it had to be cleaned, but I thought I'd get three meals out of the grill before having to dismantle it and clean it. I bucked the system and bought another gas grill instead. In my condo complex we are not supposed to have gas grills on the deck, so I'll have to move it. Ironic because in all the YEARS of cooking on gas grills, the food has never caught fire like in the charbroil grill. I think it would be a good grill for a smaller family with someone who doesn't mind taking it apart and cleaning the aluminum foil like bowl like liner on the bottom of the unit. But a few of these to keep on hand because you will need them. They are flimsy. Good luck!