Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
Lonestar Grillz 24x36 offset smoker, grill, w/ main chamber charcoal grate and 3 tel-tru thermometers - left, right and center
Yoke Up custom charcoal basket and a Grill Wraps cover.
22.5 copper kettle w/ SnS, DnG, BBQ vortex, gasket and stainless steel hinge kit.
Napoleon gas grill (soon to go bye bye) rotting out.
1 maverick et-733 digital thermometer - black
1 maverick et-733 - gray
1 new standard grilling remote digital thermometer
1 thermoworks thermopen mk4 - red
1 thermoworks thermopop - red
Pre Miala flavor injector
taylor digital scale
TSM meat grinder
chefs choice food slicer
cuisinhart food processor
food saver vacuum sealer
TSM harvest food dehydrator
I think that in your search for recipes for the new book any and all local Amazing Ribs brothers and sisters should be called upon as taste testers. Wait. Montana? You might want to wait for spring.
Nice job allsid those scallops look amazing with that sear. I took some burger out of the freezer for doing griddle burgers on Sunday. I'm really getting hooked on the flat top burgers going to be hard to do them any other way!
I am placing my order for one of these. I think I am going to give it to my brother, for his birthday. Then I don't feel as guilty for buying it. And I can use the excuse that, "It's for the kids!" as I will be able to make some killer breakfasts when I go over on Sundays!
They are all pretty much have the same cooking surface size with the exception of the last and most expensive one is just slightly larger but not enough to make a real difference. The sides on my griddles are probably only 2 1/2" high and the limited amount of times I've used it I've never had reason to wish they were taller.
I've noticed all the ones you linked to are completely stainless steel even the cooking surface. Not sure how this is for cooking on. Most griddles I've seen are either cast iron or steel not stainless. Not sure you are going to get the seasoning and flavor from stainless that you would from cast iron or steel.
Have you checked out www.griddlemaster.com? He makes steel griddles to fit gas grills. You will spend a little more but you might be happier in the end. Not saying the stainless won't work or perform well but in all the research I did before buying the Black Stones and Camp Chef's etc. are all steel. allsid might have some thoughts on this.
Let us know what you decide Spinaker and have fun making your decision!
Thanks for the info! I will check out the Griddle Master page. I was hoping to get a stainless one because my brother is not going to want to deal with seasoning it. But I wanna check these out.
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