The perfect travel grill ??

[oldbonesclimber]

Greg.

This is what I've been looking for. Do you have a source? What are the closed dimentions?


Paul

[Greg In Austin]

Paul,

It was the same for me....

I found out about it from the Sheriff of Travis County Texas.

There are at least 5 sizes with the one I showed being one of the smaller.
I was directed to Cee Dub where I found two sizes.

http://store.ceedubs.com/merchant2/m...tegory_Code=FP

...but then I found that the original manufacturer makes different sizes...

http://www.ahappycamper.com/products...ans/index.html


Here is an explanation of what the BLM thinks of firepans

http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recr...s/firepans.pdf

[daveb]

Those look just like the one's I've seen made by Partner Steel that somebody had linked to some time back. Maybe the same company? I E-mailed partner steel asking if they were planning to make a version that would also be able to use propane as well. Too bad, they said "not at this time". If they did come out with a wood/charcoal/propane fire stand that had a cooking lid, I'd jump on it. I really like their propane stoves.

[Greg In Austin]

You know what... my second link was not to the right product.... notice they do not have a lid and they have a different style grill.

Let me see if I can find the others like at Cee Dub....

[BroncoHauler]

Here's a nice Snow Peak grill someone on ExPo is selling (local SoCal pickup only). Tempting, but I haven't decided which way to go yet.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/s ... hp?t=57637


Herb

[pcut]

While I am a newbie and a lurker on this forum and a definite wannabe in terms of owning an SMB, I am a big grill/bbq user and have used one of the fire pans shown on Greg's post on numerous river trips to the tune of hundreds of days and have a few comments/observations:
1. They are really, really heavy.
2. They are really, really dirty. We keep ours in a canvas bag to keep all the ashes, grease and detritus off the other gear on the raft. It lives on the very bottom of the raft with the ammo cans piled on top of it.
3. The grill/grate gets really rusty and is hard to keep clean- I think it's just made of steel, not chrome.
4. They use a lot of charcoal.
5. It's hard to cook/sear meats rare because the lowest setting of the grill/grate is too high. We usually just plop the grill/grate right down on the coals when cooking steaks etc.
6. Works well as a fireplace- probably better than as a grill/bbg.
7. It's bullet-proof.
When (not if) we buy our first SMB, we will definitely be looking for another grill to use and will leave our river fire pan in the garage with the rafting gear.
For those of you that want to look at these fire pans, Cascade Outfitters in Boise has them and you can find them in most retail shops that sell river/rafting gear.

[Greg In Austin]

We have only had ours for a few months, but have not found it to be dirty at all. it empties out very nicely and easily wipes clean. We ave not been cooking over JUST charcoal. I suppose if you tried to fill the bottom with charcoal to cook it would take a lot. We use a charcoal chimney and a dutch overn and it takes very little charcoal; that also decreases the mess.

It is heavy. no question there... but we are used to heavy... with a 10k pound vehicle.

We also got a smaller version to let it fit in the SMB and to be lighter.

...but the whole idea here is that this grill is versatile ...wood..charcoal... fire pan... grill... dutch oven...

[saline]

Originally Posted by oldbonesclimber

Greg.

This is what I've been looking for. Do you have a source? What are the closed dimentions?


Paul

These are available through Cascade Outfitters in Boise Idaho. Great company! They are made by Cambridge Welding in Boise.

https://www.cascadeoutfitters.com:443/i ... 0&framein=

[Greg In Austin]

That looks very similar but does have one significant difference. it looks like the lid is not connected on their version. The lid looks to be under the legs in the photo. Our lid is hinged and has a chain that limits its range of motion and thus allows it to work as a wind break.

[saline]

Originally Posted by Greg In Austin

That looks very similar but does have one significant difference. it looks like the lid is not connected on their version. The lid looks to be under the legs in the photo. Our lid is hinged and has a chain that limits its range of motion and thus allows it to work as a wind break.

Yep, Cambridge used to make those with the long hinge on the back but they don't anymore and I don't know why.