I love cooking outdoors over live fire and smoke whatever the weather, using various grills, smokers, and wood-fired ovens to produce epic food. My goal with this site is to help as many people as possible enjoy and be good at doing the same. Taking proper care of your Char-Broil Performance 300 can help extend its life. For unpainted interior surfaces, the manufacturer recommends using either Blackstone Adventure a water and detergent solution or a specialized grill-cleaning product along with a scrub brush. Even novice grillers will have no trouble cooking perfect hamburgers, hot dogs, pork chops, and sausages, probably right from their first attempt. Backyard cooking was just getting started as post-war America set about inventing suburban living, and Char-Broil was one of the first on the scene.
Size category for the grill, based on CR’s measurement of the main cooking grid area. Portable grills are grouped together regardless of cooking area, though typically these are small grills. Factors include grate material, wheels or casters for moving the grill, and useful features such as electronic ignitor. Reflects how wide a temperature span the grill offers by comparing temperatures at the high setting and lowest setting possible. Starting a charcoal grill is significantly different from a gas grill.
Be aware that rust is not included in the perforation guarantee. On many lower-cost grills, all you get is a tiny bucket that you hope the grease will drain into. With this large pan, you’ll catch every drop, keeping your cooking area looking its best. Just a note that we like this grill so much it appears in both our best gas grills guide, and our recommendations for the best gas grills under $300.
The exterior of Char-Broil Series 5 Grill is made with high-quality stainless steel. This means the grill can handle the heat and is super durable. Is the 300 gas grill good value money, and a good-performing cooker? Minor design complaints aside, I enjoyed cooking on the Performance XL.
The non-stick porcelain-coated grates, for instance, wipe down very quickly and need minimal scrubbing. An ordinary wire grill brush will generally get the job done very effectively. Flare-ups should rarely happen, if at all, with this grill, especially with the convection cooking system, which reduces flare-ups and ensures even heat distribution. The electronic push-to-start ignition technology ensures that your grill will start quickly and reliably each and every time you use it, every time. Using TRU-infrared cooking technology, you can prepare your entire meal with no flare-ups and even heat, resulting in juicier food.
I repeated this two more times for a total of three cooked chickens. The cook space on this model (no doors, single wheel and with a side burner) is 475 square inches – that’s larger than the Dyna-Glo 4-Burner. That’s about enough space to cook 20 burgers with plenty of room, plus that extra side burner space. The Char-Broil Series 5 Grill is built from steel and with cast iron grates.
The Char-Broil Performance XL is a five-burner gas grill with porcelain-coated cast iron grates. The Char-Broil Performance Burner Gas Grill might not have a long warranty but it’s still made of materials that are built to last. The four burners are stainless steel while the grill is made of rust-resistant porcelain-coated cast iron.
Plastic and stainless steel may prove more durable than paint coatings. If nothing is displayed, the unit does not have side shelves. While burners remain the grill’s most-replaced part, most are warranted for only 3 to weber spirit 2 5 years. An indication of the sturdiness of the gas grill, based on our rigidity test and judgments of our expert testers. We are convinced a few things like its lack of color options and BTU ratings could improve.