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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              --       "First thing in the morning, before I have coffee, I read the obits, If       I'm not in it, I'll have breakfast." -- Carl Reiner, to CBS News in       2015.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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