I know this has been a topic before, but we are headed out this May 1st for an 8 or 9 week Southwest trip. I am looking at a new gas grill. I like the weber, but I found this coleman at a better price. Picture is enclosed. Any suggestions before I buy and what are your thoughts on a stand or just place the grill on a table. Any help I can get is appreciated.

I had the Coleman Road Trip LXE which looks similar in design. What I didn't like about it was the gas flames are too close to the cast iron surface so it tended to heat unevenly and would easily burn things in spots.

We switched over to the Camp Chef line of BBQs and outdoor cooking gear. I've got actually 2 SB30D single burner stoves, the BBQ box and a griddle. The stove comes with legs or can be used table top. They also have leg extenders you can get so it can be easily leveled even on a not exactly level camp site. The BBQ has great heat diffuser so the surface heats and cooks very easily. They have lots of different things everything from a heat diffuser plate you can put directly on the stove so you can use pots other than cast iron ones.

Not sure what you found the NXT 200 for, but with the 2 stoves, bbq box, griddle, heat diffuser disk, leg levelers, carry bags and clip on light, I think I'm in for around $350.

All around very cool. If I had to say something bad about them it would be they can blow out when on low in a high wind environment, but that doesn't happen very often.

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I despised my Road Trip. Heavy, too powerful (10,000 btu per burner). Dory called it a portable cooktop because you could boil brats in beer or weld, but any direct cooking just got burned. We got a Q Weber 8 years ago and never going back.

We also have a Weber Q. Three years of full timing...A lot of use. No complaints!

Bob

X3 on the Weber Q, wasted lots of $$ on others before buying the Weber.

Hard to beat the Weber Q.

Another Weber Q here... Can't beat the grilling

After buying the Green Mountain portable grill smoker would never go back to the gas models IMO. It's a little bigger and heavier but you can do it al with smoking and grilling......... I was happy with the all stainless sportsman I bought at Sam's club for $99 but love to smoke food also so I got 2 birds with one stone and it's electric and 12 volt..........works like a champ!

Another vote for the Q.

We have had ours from the beginning when there was only one model (you would now call it a Q-200). It's simple and really has only 2 main parts to re-build (grille and burner), I've been through 2 rebuilds in it's life. The parts are easy to get directly from Weber with an 800 number.

I note that the original Q has been replaced by a new model but the grille and burner is the same on the new model as the original.

For campgrounds without tables there is a good portable stand for the Q that works well

OK guys, which Weber Q grill? The 2200 ?

I haven't looked at the new design, but I would go with the larger one, it's a good size if you have friends over.

We have the cart with our older model, when broken down the grill sits on the cart in the basement and fits well. I used a 2 sided velcro strip anchored to the basement wall to keep the cart from moving around in transit.

The 120 has done great for two or 3, but can get a little small for large families or groups. The 100 and 200 are mechanical spark igniter and the 120 and 220 are electric igniter (battery). And done forget the Weber grille light accessory !!

I just received the 2200. Its a little larger than I thought it would be, but you can't beat the Weber performance!

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If you want to stay with charcoal and don't need a large cooking surface take a look at the COBB. It's a little different but is very versatile. It's small, light weight, self contained, uses very little charcoal, easy to clean and cooks very well. We have been using one for several years and really like it, we also have a small propane grill for when we don't think we have time for the charcoal; although it doesn't take long at all to get the Cobb ready to cook.