ONLINE SHOPPER; Moving Up to a Grill With Extra Sizzle
The latest domestic crisis began with the collapse of the seasoning stick. My husband was the first to notice the unusually thick gray smoke on our trusted old Weber gas grill.''It's on fire!'' I shrieked.''Turn it off! Considering that the metal support rod that captures feces at the bottom of the grill has crumpled into grease, it seems wise to suggest --Here is the catcher tray. The orange flame burned excitedly and began licking the metal grill box. But my husband, a man who likes his barbecue ceremony very much, his own child calls him sir. Secret marinade, look at me like I'm crazy. The steak has not been finished yet, he said. All you need to know about our marriage is this anecdote. I am a scaredy-cat. But my husband has been pursuing the perfect menu all his life: 6-A complete set of burnt meat. We had a very different reaction to the defeat of the grill. I think this is the reason to replace dirty carbon emissions. A device spewing huge grease. The presence of splashes poses a daily threat not only to our health but also to the view from the kitchen window. But Mr. cunning. Marinade saw it as an opening in his long dragon. Get a huge green egg, a long term sport of an expensive ceramic cooker shape of the things that smoke ghosts is like a magical dream of fever. Charcoal is needed. It collects the dust you need to clean up. It weighs more than 100 pounds. It's much hotter than our old Weber, and in order to control the temperature, you have to open or close a hole that my husband likes to call a double hole a little bit functional metal shock absorber top. It's too complicated for me to want to use myself. He thinks this is a good thing. Marriage can-and the steak --be saved? Of course, the Internet provides ammunition for both sides of the dispute. The next day, I caught him on the computer and collected facts at biggreenegg.com."I may be able to do it in this medium," he mused. But to cook a turkey, of course, I need big Turkey. How much is it?"You have to call to get the price," he said in order to get the time .".Usually, I can feel it when I am about to be defeated. But in this case, I have to admit, sir, that there is a Big Green Egg in his hand. The marinade will bring some very amazing results. It's like buying a Porsche for Mario andreti. So one day later I called him when he was goneFree) learn about the price of a big egg.''$539.95?I can't believe it.$225 for shipping from Atlanta to California? Isn't there a lot of charcoal grills?"This price does not even include the metal nest of eggs."Have you tried looking for a local dealer? Said the enthusiastic customer service representative."Then you don't have to pay the freight."The Big Green Egg's web page has a dealer positioning feature that shows me a shop called barbealore five miles from my home. I drove over and looked at it and saw that the eggs were less than $600 and then happened to notice that there were a lot of other beautiful gas stoves in the same price range. Gas Grill I can operate. You just press that button. I 'd love to show the salesperson a picture of my husband.-Just wanted to see if he's been there recently.-But I think it's a bit paranoid. So instead, I ask for advice on how to solve the problem of someone complaining that our old grill is not hot enough to be unable to grill. Solution: replace it with a solution that produces more than 40,000 BT.U.'s.When I got home, I visited www.1 stqualitygrills.Com, a website that sells various grills from 60 different manufacturers.
There is a (shiny clean) digital image of super chef Premier 360 on the Main Page-42,000 B.T.U.s for $474.74, slightly less than we paid for our Weber 10 years ago.I checked the shipping cost for fun-Free shipping is available on the website.Please click on the box to verify that you are not a robot.The email address is invalid.Please re-enter.You must select the newsletter you want to subscribe to.View all New York Times newsletters.On the big, heavy grill?"There must be something wrong," I said to Harold Wagner, manager of 1 stqualitygrillers.com."It is not possible for you to provide free shipping."You hurt me, you hurt me by talking like this," he said ."."We have free shipping for more than $25 items.''Mr.Wagner said the company shipped orders to the truck in the buyer's garage through a regular carrier."In most cases it may take a week to get it," he said .".The freight is calculated according to the price of the website.For example, the price of big green eggs is $743.90 (nest-less).I asked Mr.He would recommend the grill to Mr. Wagner.Marinade.He said the website is the best.The selling brand is fire magic, which makes it highGrill prices range from $1,500 to $9,000.But he added that he owns a bobcat.''Those high-"The End Grill is much more expensive than my first car," I complained ."Wagner patiently explained three ways to add flavor to the food during the barbecue: The thick barbecue leaves a "nice dark mark on the meat indicating that you are eating sugar and caramel from the food "; The following seasoning element, the Grease will smoke from the meat; Wood slices with smoked flavor."Your company is doing better," he said ."I did not tell him that I had heard the same lecture at home.When I was defeated, the advertisement knew.I told the gentleman the next night.I will give up the marinade."Go get the eggs," I said dramatically ."But it turns out that he did more research on his own.Now he sees some sort of complicated barrel.The shape of the big chimney, the stuff of the cast iron smoker.As he went on to review the literature, he advised us to repair our old grill.I bought a replacement seasoning bar at a local store ($60) instead of buying it online because he couldn't bear to wait for them to get the mail.But for more esoteric replacement parts-Some special bolts for fixing paper-Metal ignition plate and heating tray--I had to go online.On Weber's websiteweber.Com, I entered the serial number of our Grill (I found it under a layer of grease on the side panel) and then checked the chart for all the parts.I then called to ask for the price and placed the order.Total: around $12.The grill has been fixed to our specifications.I looked at the top the other night-Secret steak preparations are underway.He mixed three tablespoons of tamari sauce with a tablespoon of good wine.Rub high-quality black sesame oil into the meat."Would you mind if I told people about your marinade recipe?'' I asked."Not at all," he said ."''It's a decoy."We are constantly improving the quality of text archives.Please send feedback, error reports, and suggestions to archid_feedback @ nytimes.com.A version of this article was printed on page G00004 of the National edition on July 3, 2003, with the title: online shoppers; Move to a grill with extra iron plates.
