Elec BBQ Vs. Propane Gas BBQ on Boat

'Bright Ayes'

'Bright Ayes'

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Feb 9, 2007
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Bay Shore, New York
I looked at some of the gas grills but since I have a cruiser and no other propane on the boat, I would have to use those little 1 pound bottles. With the amount of BBQing I want to do, I'd have to have a crate full.
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I looked at a George Foreman and Masterbuilt Electrics online that are freestanding with a large enough grill area. Was wondering what anyone's thoughts were on using an outdoor electric grill while on the hook out in the bay somewhere? :smt100

Thanks,

OJ
 
We've used the George Foreman before. We had a kettle, and I didn't clean it promptly, so my wife and kids wouldn't eat it off it for awhile. :smt021
 
Thanks ylwjacket. When you did use it, how did you like it and do you think at 1650 max watts it's too much draw for my system on the 400DA if I use it let's say for an hour or two at a time?

OJ
 
Here's another suggestion to consider. This is what we use on our boat (and at home) for cooking. It's a small convection oven that will cook just about anything and cook it very quickly. It's the American Harvest Jet Stream Oven. It fits nicley on the small counter top in our cabin and is smokeless in operation and you don't have to worry about grease splatters either. Plus it's inexpensive and breaks down nicely for clean up. I am a big proponent of this product because we have used one at home for over 10 years. They are very well built and work much better for cooking than a regular oven or grille does.

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Here is the companies web site http://www.nesco.com/products/?category=600
 
OJ:

For what it's worth, the 1 lb. bottle I use on my Magna (Magma?) kettle grill last a very long time. I grill almost every weekend and I think I only used up 2-3 bottles last summer. My 260DA doesn't have the cockpit fridge, so the cabinet under the cockpit sink is a perfect storage spot for a few spare bottles (buy 'em at WalMart!) as well as my barbecue tools.

As for the cleanliness of the grill, I have a couple of suggestions. First, spray the grill rack with Pam before you light up. I find that running it for 5-10 minutes on high after taking the food off, followed by a brisk wire brushing takes care of most of the crust. I take the grid home a couple of times a season for a more thorough cleaning in the sink. If it's extremely nasty, I put it in my home electric oven and run it through the self clean cycle. Works every time!

Hope you find some of this useful. Good luck!

Bill
 
sebagoman stole my thunder... I use the 1 lb bottles and you definately can do a lot of grilling with those babies!
 
Thanks Dave S. I will check this product out. It looks interesting. :smt038

I really like your idea, sebagoman007, about putting the dirty rack in the home oven and let the self clean cycle do the work. That's really cool!! :thumbsup:

As for you prodigalson, never mind the 1 lb. containers - how the hell do you like that beautifull 44 SB - FESTIVUS really should be for the RESTUVUS!!! :smt101 :smt043

If anybody thinks of anything else, let me know.

Thansk again all,

OJ
 
we were plugged into shore power when we were using the George. I'm not sure if that makes a diff from generator power - i would think not. no problems that we had with it.

most of the time, we use a convection oven as well. and, the magma was great, i just let it wait til the next day one time too many.
 
sebagoman007 said:
OJ:

For what it's worth, the 1 lb. bottle I use on my Magna (Magma?) kettle grill last a very long time. I grill almost every weekend and I think I only used up 2-3 bottles last summer. My 260DA doesn't have the cockpit fridge, so the cabinet under the cockpit sink is a perfect storage spot for a few spare bottles (buy 'em at WalMart!) as well as my barbecue tools.

As for the cleanliness of the grill, I have a couple of suggestions. First, spray the grill rack with Pam before you light up. I find that running it for 5-10 minutes on high after taking the food off, followed by a brisk wire brushing takes care of most of the crust. I take the grid home a couple of times a season for a more thorough cleaning in the sink. If it's extremely nasty, I put it in my home electric oven and run it through the self clean cycle. Works every time!

Hope you find some of this useful. Good luck!

Bill
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I'm with Bill, the 1lbers last longer than you'd think
 
I am going to find out about the little 1 lb bottles real soon so I will give you some feed back as well. :thumbsup:
 
I have a Magna gas grill be scared to use it on a boat filled with 275 gallons of gas. any advise to how to use this safely? do you mount your grill off the rod holders? on my 380, the rod holders are close to my gas fill caps. curious to see how other do it.
 
Jims380DA - I placed a Magma bracket under the swim platform door and use their "bent rod" bracket. It works out well.
 
Stray Cat said:
Jims380DA - I placed a Magma bracket under the swim platform door and use their "bent rod" bracket. It works out well.
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Stray, I'm having problems visualizing this. Can you explain? Thanks, Brian
 
In regards to the 1lb bottles, I agree you can do a lot of cooking with them. After selling my boat 3.5 yrs ago and spending my time camping I have done all my cooking outside. For last season we probably went through a half dozen tanks, cooking all three meals on on form of a grill or stove. I was also on a site-not sure which one-which had an attachment for filling your one 1lb tanks from a 20lb. Don't know anything about that. The tanks are pretty cheap to begin with. But some like to save a dime when they can.
 
We had a separate rod holder installed, a little farther aft.

One idea for anyone who's concerned with storage of the 1lb bottles. Get some PVC drain pipe and a couple of caps. Makes a nice storage unit. I sized ours for 3 tanks and use a sponge in between each tank to keep the valves from getting banged up. Fits nicely in the "locker" in the floor of the salon.
 
Admiral got me the big force 10 unit. Did not get chance to use it this week end but I figure to keep two bottles with me one in use and one spare. They are available everywhere so I don't see any reason to carry more. :thumbsup:
 
Jims380DA: (or just Jim?)

I too was worried about being anywhere close to my fuel fill and vents. I mount my grill in the rod holder on the starboard side, opposite from the fuel fill.

Of course, the pump-out for the head is also on the starboard side, but I'm not too worried about an explosion there. (or should I be??) :huh:

Bill
 
We added a Magma socket mount on the transom, a little to starboard. We have the large kettle grill and when in use it is hanging over the swim platform. This has worked out very well for us, as the 320 has a large swim platform. I also picked up one of those Magma tables and the rail mounts - the table mounts on the transom locker rail and adds a really nice work surface next to the grill.

When not in use, I keep the propane in a plastic bucket in the transom locker. That locker is vented, and the bucket keeps rust stains from the bottom of the bottle from staining the locker deck (learned that lesson the hard way on our 260).

The Magmas are a quality grill, fast and even heating and rapid cooldown. The whole thing fits under the aft seat. Also I highly recommend the shore legs, they've come in handy at marinas where we've cooked in the picnic area.

-CJ
 
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