Wife bought me a Q1200, not sure I want to keep it

[Redwng]

Maybe she is thinking that travelling is in your future.

[Texas Larry]

So I got a Napoleon TravelQ Pro mini-gasser, mainly for family outings, but I am finding it darn handy for quick evening cooks for the two of us. Works great for cooks on the covered porch in crappy weather too. The Kamado Joe Big Joe is still king.

[dshaffes]

I’ve got a ton of grills and smokers, including a Q1200. It is a great little grill and use it for quick grilling at home as well as take it to games/concerts for tailgating or summer rental vacations. Keep it!

[randy.56]

Nope I'd take it back, you will never use it, with all you have.

[jfmorris]

I'll toss my hat in the ring on this one too.

I have to agree that this is a quandry, as you have a lot of grills, but your wife (who hates gas grills?) bought it for you. The fact that it is a portable/camping grill means you can store it more easily out of the way when not needed, so that is an advantage over a more permanent option like the Spirit or Genesis 2 burner grill you mention.

I don't have a pellet grill, but do have lots of grills, and feel that there will always be a place in my arsenal for a gas grill, even though it's not my first choice these days. While I know you CAN sear on your pellet grill, the fact is, having a gasser next to it that can be fired up and hot right when you need it, allows you to shift from a cook at 225F to doing the sear at the end, without the extra time spent pulling meat from the pellet grill, waiting 15-20 minutes for the heat to climb up to searing temps, and then searing. Think of it as a time saver. I saw the need for this during my Christmas Eve prime rib cook - I got dinner done 30 minutes late due to the time it took to shift my kamado grill from cooking at 225F to searing, and in retrospect, would have pre-heated my gas grill and just seared there, and saved 30 minutes.

And there are those short weeknight cooks, where the fact that a gasser can be ready for direct grilling in 5-10 minutes are just a huge timesaver, especially if you decided to throw some burgers, dogs or chicken on the grill last minute.

One question I do have is this - have you thought of using your Blackstone as a searing station? While it may not be ideal for searing irregular shapes like a prime rib, flat items like steak can sear as nicely on the Blackstone as they do in a cast iron skillet, and I imagine you will get that Blackstone hot much quicker than you will get a skillet hot on any pellet cooker. That's my experience anyway.

[IdahoJim]

Well, thank you all for your feedback and opinions. My wife and I have talked about this a few times, and I think I am going to return the Q1200. I think we will get a set of GrillGrates for the Memphis Advantage pellet grill instead. This will keep steak cooks simple. Just one cooker. Also, I won't need to find room for another grill. Even it it's portable, it still needs a flat surface to sit on when in use and needs to be stored somewhere. We are tight on space on our patio, in our garage and in our shed. We don't do much in the way of quick weeknight grilling. Anything like that can be done on the Memphis. I also think the GrillGrates will be handy for things like chicken thighs (less burnt edges?) and shrimp and veggies like asparagus that can fall between the grates.

Not only that, but she said I can use the rest of the money from returning it to get a Fireboard 2 Drive and a Pit Viper fan for the 26" Weber kettle

[STEbbq]

Sounds like a win-win-win to me!