Talk:Barbecue grill

Latest comment: 3 years ago by RingShifter in topic Additions and Ideas

Article history is inaccurate

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Grilling and smoking existed way before Kingsford. That looks like an ad product placement and should be more looked into.



—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericg33 (talkcontribs) 22:52, 6 August 2008 (UTC)Reply


There is a third category, not mentioned in the article: Wood coal grilling, i.e. burning wood in a separate firebox and moving the hot wood coals under the grill. It is usually preferable to using charcoal.

I would agree. I don't know about it being "preferable", but it is certainly an alternative. Also, lump charcoal could be mentioned as an alternative to briquettes. On a side note, who thinks that asparagus is a commonly grilled food? (at least, more common then most)

Isn't grill also slang for challenging someone? I.E. "Josh took it to Ricky's grill during the debate." Yanksox 21:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

I came here hoping to find out what all the openings and slots on my grill are used for! guess i'll keep looking...

I agree. This technique (wood coal grilling) is used among other places in Uruguay, a country with a great grill tradition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poiuy998 (talkcontribs) 03:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Is this a joke?

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If this is an article on grills then where is the mention of the appliance used to do this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilling#British_English

What do Americans call the part of the cooker they "broil" things in anyway? A broiler?

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beano 00:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image of Gas Grill

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The image of the propane grill buried under snow doesnt really capture the "essence" or purpose of the appliance very well. The focus should be the grill itself, not the extreme weather conditions around it. Just about anything else would be better.

I agree. Do you think this CC image I found on flickr suits? http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=9813564&size=o Please let me know if that violates the copyright rules, I don't think it does, but thats why I didn't alter it myself.
Thanks,

BillyRego 02:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

The image linked above is not allowed: it violates the copyright rules. It has a "by-nc" CC license (Attribution Non-Commercial). Non-commercial images are not allowed on Wikipedia. Josh Thompson 17:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
You could use either of these images: [1] or [2] Josh Thompson 17:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Additions and Ideas

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Added a piece on portable grills and a comment on the difference between lump and briquets but forgot to sign in before doing so.

I will take some pictures of my own grills (gas, charcoal kettle, portable gas, and portable charcoal) to add to this article.

I am thinking about tackling something about the history of grilling as well as how it plays into the tailgate party culture. Also may include a description of the (in)famous "newspaper grill."

Also, would this article merit a small discussion on charcoal-starting methods?

Lightfusegetaway 22:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

You should add the ignition into the list of parts. After all, this is one of he more important parts of the grill. I came to this page looking for something about this, but I didn't find anything.

BTW, this is my first time editing, so plz don't be mad if I did something wrong.

RingShifter 09:39, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

US-centric

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The second para in the lead is mainly about grilling in American culture and should be moved out of the intro. Anybody disagree? Rothery 03:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Infrared Section

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The infrared section doesn't cite any sources and may be original research. It also looks a bit biased due to stating without citation that it is being used in "finer" restaurants. The parts dealing with it being more "green" especially read like ad copy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.131.241.10 (talk) 17:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

About it being used in finer restaurants: AP article --> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18866625/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.114.197.113 (talk) 00:13, 10 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Might want to use a more neutral phrase like "pricey restaurants." Finer is a nicer way of saying it, yes, but it could be construed as too euphemistic for objective writing such as this. And yes, pricey varies by whom you ask, but most frugal people would see an $18 steak as a treat, not a daily staple. --(User miraamara--not logged in) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.18.12.115 (talk) 21:10, 22 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

The South America Problem - Specifically grill from Uruguay (asado)

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In Uruguay they do not use ready bought coal, or gas, but fire up wood in one end of the grill, and use the coals that form naturally there and then. Their grill is constructed entirely differently. Often it is angled so that some parts of the grill are hotter than other parts. Uruguayan BBQ or more correcty "asado" is considered among the best in the world with regards to grilled foods. Of course Argentina also needs to be mentioned in this article, as other South American countries. A grill in the beforementioned two countries is called a parrilla.

Broil?

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I did a search on Broiler and it took me to an article about chickens that said at the top This article is about a type of chicken. For the kitchen appliance, see Grill (cooking). So I clicked that link and it lead to this article. Then I searched the page for the word "Broil" and got no results. What gives? BillyTFried (talk) 07:15, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Material extracted from Barbecue

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The following material was removed from Barbecue as excessive content forking of this article. If anyone would like to integrate any of this material into the article, please be bold.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 15:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Do you have electric grills in USA?

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I wonder why this article has no information about electric barbecue grills. In Europe we have electric barbecue grills. --84.58.218.47 (talk) 16:37, 24 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

I've seen them in stores occasionally, but not heard of anyone owning one. I think they tend to not be regarded as "real" grills. We want fire!
EDIT: After talking with my folks, they apparently had a couple, but regarded it as an indoor novelty kitchent tool. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:07, 25 June 2012 (UTC)Reply


Check out the George Foreman grill or a panini press. I think those are the most commonly used electric grill in the US. But yeah, electric grills do not do as good of a job as a grill with actual fire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.211.149 (talk) 16:20, 26 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Outdoor grill

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Isn't a gas grill actually called an outdoor grill and not a barbecue grill? I thought only charcoal fired or wood fired grills were actually barbecue grills. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.211.149 (talk) 16:17, 26 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

In English English we call it a gas barbecue! The group of articles under grill, barbecue etc. will never please everyone as there are such opposing views from both sides. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.148.26 (talk) 20:30, 5 August 2013 (UTC)Reply
Barbeque grill is an oxymoron. A grill supplies direct heat for cooking. A barbecue supplies indirect heat. -Nv8200p talk 18:30, 26 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Merger proposal

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I propose that Barbecue grill cover be merged into Barbecue grill. A separate article is unnecessary. A section within the destination article would best serve visitors. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:15, 5 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

I boldly copied the content here with attribution and have prodded Barbecue grill cover. Sorry to ignore all rules. I never do, but in this case, I did. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:13, 21 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Competition grilling

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Why is there a sudden, uncited blurb about competitive grilling in the article header? It doesn't seem relevant to summarizing barbecue grills by itself. I suggest either putting in additional information about other kinds of grills to create a quick overview, or moving the bit about competition grills out of the header to a more relevant section. 134.223.230.200 (talk) 16:12, 23 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Use non-commercial sourcing

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@Twofingered Typist:, I have reverted your changes because there are too many non-reliable sources being used as citations. Most of these .com sites are trying to sell their products. Try using high quality books, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. I hope this isn't your normal standards for choosing sources...if so, then you need to start backtracking to remove them. Do not link to product pages please. We have enough commercial interests trying to manipulate Wikipedia.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 23:39, 16 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

@Berean Hunter: I take your point about commercial sources although citing Weber's site to show a Weber grill exists seems pretty benign to me. I was certainly not trying to "manipulate" Wikipedia - my additions were done in good faith. I disagree that some of the information you removed did not have reliable sources ... but there you go. In reverting the whole article to your last edit you restored all the issues I found when copy editing the article. I have had to re-edit the article to fix these and trust this will meet with your approval.Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:52, 17 December 2015 (UTC)Reply
Thank you.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:59, 17 December 2015 (UTC)Reply