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Electric Patio Caddie, 1650W, Thermsulate Lining, 187 SQIN, Colbalt Blue Porcelain Body, Heat Gauge In Hood Lets You Know It's Hot Inside Without Removing The Lid, Heavy Gauge Porcelainized Cooking Surface, 5' Electric Cord & Controller Detaches For Storage, Heavy Duty, Powder Coated Legs & A Wide Plastic Base Make This Little Grill Stand Solid, Optional CGP Accessories,
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I purchased this grill years ago when it first hit the market. It has worked excellent. I have seen some bad reports from other users and I can say that maybe there is some manufacturing defect present with some units. I must have gotten a good unit. It fires up hot and fast. As another user posted that the unit will peg the 700 degree line and still keep rotating around. Uhhh that's hot. In fact, watch the grease buildup. It turns to flame! But, just drop the lid back on, turn down the heat, wait 5 minutes and everythings fine! Really!
I purchased this grill because I live in an apartment and have a small patio. I live in a walk up, so I wanted to avoid lugging charcoal or propane and this seemed like a great option with great design.
I was wrong. It doesn't get hot enough to cook a steak - in fact, even after letting it pre-heat for 45 minutes (30 minutes longer than suggested), it never got above 400 degrees, despite the manual promising temperatures of up to 600. To me, this borders on false advertising, or at the very least, misleading information. Perhaps it does get to 600 degrees if you're cooking on the surface of the sun itself, but here on a calm 70 degree day, it doesn't even come close.
Not only that, but just getting the steaks internal temperature to 145 degrees took almost a half hour, essentially ruining the steak. So not only have I wasted 180 dollars on this grill, I wasted another 13 on a good cut of meat.
I would stay very far away from this grill if you have a need to cook anything at a temperature higher than 350 to 400 degrees.
I have replaced the electric heating element and controller twice over almost three years. Both parts were under warranty at the time, so I paid only 8.95 S&H to get the new parts. DO THIS NOW: register you newly purchased at charbroil.com, and scan in you purchase receipt; they require seeing the purchase receipt for service. Keep a scanned in copy on your computer, in case you need it again later. My experience is that after you register it online, demosntrate proof of purchase, get through the phone calls to customer service, and the cycle of email confirmations, you actually do get the replacement parts in 7-10 days via FEDEX ground. My two phone calls to CharBroil have overall been a positive experience; they are available on Saturdays! Still Charbroil has a design and quality control problem. Otherwise, the grill is decent for condo living where rules restrict you to electric grills only. Get a gas infrared grill, if you don't need electric; faster and tastier.
I purchased this on Aug 8th, 2008. It did very well for me last Summer and it was stored outside for the winter. I started it up this Spring and works beautifully. I know some people have been complaining about the quality, but they probably just got some bad units... the manufacturer will replace them and that's that. No matter what product you make in this world, there will always be a couple of faulty units. It's a shame that those people got them, but... get a new one and enjoy :-)
The temperature control on this grill is poorly desigmed and will overheat and melt the controller and all of the insulation off of the wiring. Check other reviews and look at the pattern. If you bought one of these more than a couple of years ago and are thinking of replacing it go to a brick and mortar store and look at the current model. It looks like the finish was applied with a slingshot. Save your money and look at other brands of electric grills. There are better ones available right here on Amazon.
After barely more than a year, conveniently just outside the warranty period, our patio caddie burned itself out. I added some images to the image gallery for this product that show the extent of the damage. The plastic housing melted and the negative terminal wire burned itself to the point that it cut itself apart, and the unit then stopped operating. The connector's metal to metal contact appears very flimsy -it's jsut a very thing piece of metal that rests against the conductors on the resistive heater- and this part of the unit almost disintegrated with the amount of current that passed through. Now we have a $200 3.5 foot tall paper paper weight on our balcony.
I'm not sure how this could happen, the unit is only supposed to draw as much current as it needs. I'm sure how it could have been prevented though: better design. Stay away if you want a grill that will last longer than a year or two.
I have three other grills, but my favorite gs grill croaked. I had an electric grill over 30 years ago but wasn't thrilled with it. Read reviews on this one and decided it was worth a try. It acutally preheats faster than the instructions indicatc, even in cold fall midwest weather. Have cooked steaks, chicken, pork and burgers on it, all cooked fast,food juices held in, flavor great, and I didn't worry about running out of gas. Cannot comment on longevity as I only have had it for two months.
this grill is great for outdoor grilling.doesn't flame up.easy to care for.this is the fifth one i've had
This grill is AWESOME! I'm preparing dinner, or just a quick burger or hotdog on it. The temperature is great and it is less messy. I know longer have to wait to light the grill...with this one just plug in and BAM start cooking!
I would recommend this to everyone.
My husband and I purchased a Patio Caddie Electric Grill 10 years ago. The only thing we had to do was replace the detatchable temperature control about 3 times. But remember, it was 10 years ago! Just last month, we purchased a new one simply because we wore out the old one! They have made major improvements regarding the temperature controls and it is built much sturdier and it heats even hotter than the last one. We absolutely love our electric grill. No fuss, no mess - just plug it up and start grilling! The food cooks fabulously - it comes with a guide if you don't kow how long to cook something. It is wonderful and we LOVE IT!
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