Cobb Premier Portable Stainless Steel Grill & Smoker

I bought this grill to use with my RV. I have cooked twice with it now, once a steak and once a spatchcocked game hen. They both cooked OK, and the cleanup wasn't bad with the steak (I remove most of the fat before cooking), but the cleanup after cooking the game hen for an hour was awful. The thing is a wh.. Uh, Horror.. to clean after cooking something with some fat for that long. Some of the bird stuck to the grill grid and was nearly impossible to get off even after soaking in hot detergent water for nearly an hour. I was using this at home as a try-out and used a large utility sink to soak and clean, and still had a hard time. It would have been nearly impossible to clean it properly if I'd been out in my RV.

i got this cute little grill last week, followed the directions and cooked hot dogs last night. it was interesting ill say that. i had the special charcoal and firestarter thick matches from the cobb company too. i guess the matches are good but you need to break them in half so they dont go out by rubbing up against the sides of the fire starter chamber. i had the big charcoal cake fall apart as i removed it from the wrapper so next time ill get the bricquettes. i sprayed the moat and the cover with pam like the directions said to and when it heated up it dripped all down and over the outside of the grill so i wont use that again and then when i put the cook top in place the air change sent ash into the pam sprayed moat so if i had vegetables to put in the moat i wouldnt have been able to do that. the hotdogs kept rolling off until i placed them like the spokes of an umbrella then they were fine. it took about thirty minutes to cook them and then i had the grill to clean so followed the instructions and poured soapy water in the moat. but first i pulled the charcoal out but there was ash in the fire chamber and when i went to empty the water out later there was an awful mess. ashes and gloppy water . then brought it all in the house and put it in the sink to wash, used sos on the parts that the book said i could and got it all scrubbed and clean and dried and put in the carry bag. then i thought how much less work a fry pan would have been and cheaper too.......but im willing to give it another try, the premise is a good one and i dont have the room for my webber any more. this can be stored in the apt. under the sink. im going to try chicken next. i have a feeling that will be better. it will probably be harder to clean up because this time im not spraying the pam on it and ill wait till i dump ALL the ash before i put any soapy water in it. but even if its not what i expected its just so darn cute................

I was disappointed in this rather expensive grill and returned it. The fact that it was developed in South Africa might mean that maybe it's designed for people without much in the way of a fuel supply. It uses 8-10 charcoal briquets which is not a lot of fire. I tried to cook a couple of 1-1/2-inch-thick swordfish steaks and some vegetables. The veggies kept sliding off the nonstick grilling plate, which was annoying. I tried it with and without the dome (cover). I finally gave up after an hour (including a half hour to let the briquets get hot per the instructions) and took everything into the house and finished it on the stove. The same meal on my little Weber Smoky Joe, which cost about $25, would have cooked in 10 minutes or less.

An amazing little grill. With 8 charcoal briquettes, I cooked a couple of salmon-burgers on it for lunch, then put on two Cornish Game hens, put on the cover, let them bake for an hour, and had them later for dinner. NOTE: DON'T PEAK under the lid when using this grill as an oven. The heat escapes and it takes awhile to build it back up. Instead, use your nose & ears.

An excellent little grill for camping, picnics, and emergencies. Since it uses so little fuel, you can do a great deal of cooking with a single bag of charcoal. Don't use lighter fluid, use a small "starter stick" to start the coals.

I love to BBQ! Hauling a conventional smoker and grill in our RV was both messy and awkward and took up too much room. The Cobb Grill is the perfect answer for RV owners who are short on space but long for fun and flavor.
In addition it is one of the safest cooking units available and disposal of ash is easy and clean. For travelers this ease of use and clean up is very important. In addition you can cook a whole meal at the same time in a Cobb! It is also one of the least expensive cookers there is out there and all in one small compact unit.