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   Snidely to All   
   Re: A question about outdoor cooking gri   
   15 Dec 21 18:44:13   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Snidely speculated:   
   > On Wednesday or thereabouts, Kerr-Mudd, John declared ...   
   >> On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:59:05 -0800 (PST)   
   >> Roger House <61rroger@gmail.com> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 4:16:43 AM UTC-5, Snidely wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> After serious thinking Roger House wrote :   
   >>>>> Does anybody know if there are currently any companies that make and   
   >>>>> sell any  multiple individual burner free standing outdoor grills, but   
   >>>>> ones that are  electric? When I say that, I do NOT mean an electric   
   >>>>> powered pellet grill.  No propane, no gas, no wood, no wood pellets, no   
   >>>>> wood chips, no wood sawdust,  and no charcoal. In other words, imagine   
   >>>>> an electric coil VERSION OF a,  let's say, 6 burner free standing   
   >>>>> propane grill, but one that has ONLY one  power cord. If not, does   
   >>>>> anybody know if it would be possible to design and  build such a thing?   
   >>>>> Thank you.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Consider that a 4 burner electric kitchen stove requires heavy duty   
   >>>> wiring.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes......     ?   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ISTR some electric hibachis in days past, probably in the 8x16 (inches)   
   >>>> range, with most of the grill surface heated by the single element.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> But that isn't/wouldn't be what I would want.  Using my example that is in   
   >>> my OP, I would want 6 individual, "each one works independently of all the   
   >>> others", (so to speak, for lack of a better way of saying it), burners,   
   >>> but with ONLY ONE power/plug in cord.  The kind of set up/design, that,   
   >>> like you can with a 6/multiple burner propane grill, at first, you can   
   >>> turn all of the burners on to get the whole thing hot, and then, once it   
   >>> IS hot, you can turn SOME of the burners off so that you can cook with   
   >>> indirect heat.  As I said in my OP, just an electric coil burner version   
   >>> of a multi burner propane grill.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> City regulations mean that the apartment I'm in isn't allowed to have gas   
   >>>> (any flavor) or charcoal barbecues.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Same, or at least similar, thing where I live.  I live in a condo complex   
   >>> that was built in I *THINK* 1970 that started out as apartments.  For a   
   >>> long time, we could not have *ANY* grills of ANY kind or any other type of   
   >>> outdoor cooking device.  Now, we can have ONLY electric grills.  BECAUSE   
   >>> OF situations/laws like this, I would think, (but of course I could be   
   >>> wrong), that there would be a great market for something(s) like I   
   >>> describe.  Snidely, are you allowed to have those upright, electric   
   >>> outdoor smokers where you live?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Just to put a weido's view - *why*? If you're that close to the kitchen   
   >> cook the meal there!   
   >   
   > Smokers don't do well in kitchens.  Electric BBQs   
   may also produce smoke, sometimes with wood chips, sometimes just from   
   dripping fat.   
      
   >   
   > /dps   
      
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