Coleman 9941-768 Road Trip Grill LX (Blue)

Higher heat output than many others so great when used at cold tailgates. It was so great it was stolen from the parking lot at a Redskins game.

I read several reviews of this grill, and also the red one with wheels, before purchasing it. I somehow got the impression you could cook with the top down on this one, although understood you can't on the red one. I would probably have gotten the one with wheels had I called Coleman, which I did AFTER the grill was delivered. The Coleman customer service fellow confirmed that they "don't recommend cooking with the lid down." We like our meat cooked clear through (no blood visible), so this was a problem. I solved it by using some metal shelf bracers, which I line up with the open side down and the pointed side up, 3 in a row, which holds the lid up enough to keep the handle away from the heat, but still cooks everything through. Incidentally, the instruction book is not really clear about the lid issue. It says to keep the lid up while lighting it - but not while cooking with it - but Coleman recommends not cooking with it down also, as the handle might melt. It would have been a lot more intelligent for Coleman to offer options for handles - with unmeltable being one option and meltable being another! - and at least make the one on here removable so you can rig up something yourself if you want to put the lid down.Despite this, I like the grill, it's a nice size, and I like the griddle and stove top burner options - makes it great for cooking when it's too hot in the kitchen. I made roasted vegetables on the griddle side and salmon on the grill at the same time, for a full dinner without using the stove in the kitchen. I find the 'non-stick' grill difficult to get clean - the grease seems to stick to it and I have to soak it for hours to get it clean; and will probably invest in the cast iron options soon. This is our first barbeque and we will get lots of use from it. I don't want to sound as though I don't like it - but I do want to make sure everyone knows what to expect. I am still trying to figure out if the wheels would have been worthwhile. We won't be moving this around that much, and it's certainly lightweight enough to carry if we do - so I think this is a fine option. Overall, I think it's a good choice. Since we got a good shipping price from Amazon, it was worth buying it online rather than locally - something to think about.

My wife and I recently purchased a pop-up camper that came with a gas grill that attaches to one of the outside walls. It hooks up to the camper's LP gas system via a hose, making it very convenient, but it didn't produce very much heat and it took way too long to cook even hamburgers.Since I generally do the cooking while we're camping, I started looking at portable grills to take with us instead of the camper's grill. After seeing the red Road Trip at a store, I did some research and decided the blue Road Trip would be perfect for us. My wife resisted at first, but finally relented after becoming frustrated with the (lack of) performance of the grill supplied with our camper.We purchased the blue Road Trip, as well as an extra griddle, grill, and adapter hose for a 20 lb gas tank. We used the grill this weekend for cooking burgers, hot dogs, omelets, bacon, and scrambled eggs, and for heating various buns and rolls. Overall, we are very pleased with this grill. Set up is a snap, it is reasonably stable even on uneven ground, it heats up very quickly and produces lots of even heat. I know some of the reviewers said that you cannot cook with the cover closed, but I had no problems doing just that for the short periods of time it took to cook the foods we did. I also found the water pan to be extremely useful, both in eliminating flare ups and in making clean up easier. I didn't find that it made clean up difficult or awkward at all, as some others have. I just carefully poured the water into a 5 gallon bucket until I could dump it later. And using plastic utensils instead of metal should protect the finish of the cooking surfaces.The only quibbles I have with the grill are very minor. The adjustable pads on the bottoms of the legs don't have 'stops' on them, so they easily unscrew all the way off the legs. And the slots around the perimeter of the griddle allowed the eggs to run off and into the water pan if I wasn't quick enough to prevent it. I think in the future we will probably add the stove grate to our other accessories so we can use a frying pan.I rate this grill 4.5 stars instead of 5 only because I don't believe any man-made creation could ever be perfect! :)

I definitely recommend getting a second grill accessory if you want to cook for more than a few people. With the second grill insert, the grill is large enough to cook hamburgers for a small crowd or steaks for a few people. It heats up quickly, and I love that I can cook eggs or pancakes on the griddle accessory. I also bought the stove grate for additional cooking options while camping or in case of a power failure.The grill was easy to set up (I got the hose accessory to connect it to a 20 lb. propane tank.), to light, and to use. Clean up was a breeze since everything is non-stick - as long as you have a place to dump the greasy water (don't dump it down the drain!). Only downside, people have raved about being able to put the accessories in the dishwasher...none of them fit in my dishwasher without impeding the dishwasher arm, so I had to hand wash them.If you need the grill to be portable, I recommend getting the bag accessory with wheels because it would be a bit awkward to carry otherwise.Make sure you follow the instructions so you don't make mistakes that others have written about (use water in the grease drip pan to reduce the chance of flare-ups, use only wooden or plastic utensils, use sponges with abrasive sides that are safe to use on non-stick surfaces). Also, if you're using only one side of the grill, remove the other side's accessory so that it doesn't get greasy. (Maybe this is a no-brainer, but I used the grill twice before having this ah-ha moment while cleaning the unused griddle for the second time.)