I live on the top floor of a third-floor walkup with no balcony in the middle of Boston. That doesn’t mean I don’t like grilling, though. Granted, I can’t really grill nor do I have any use for a grill, but maybe someday I’ll want to grill somewhere else. What? Now I have to buy a grill? What the hell do I need a grill for if I’m only going to use it once or twice a year?
Luckily, for $5 I can now buy a single-use grill pre-filled with charcoal. Deal — that’s exactly what I need. Too bad I can’t buy this EZGrill, as it’s called, in any nearby stores yet. They’re only available at Winn-Dixie stores at the moment, although online ordering is apparently coming soon. What? Now I have to plan ahead for my impromptu grilling session? Oh well, better than not grilling at all.
And lest you think the concept of a disposable grill is wasteful, the company claims that its product is environmentally-friendly: made from 100% charcoal and housed inside a container made of recyclable aluminum. That’s far more environmentally-friendly than me buying an actual grill, using it three times, and then throwing it out whenever I move next.
The EZ Grill: Portable, Disposable, Charcoal Grill [EZGrill.com via BBG]
I can has cheeseburger?
cheezburger: u can has it
These are pretty much the standard Grills in England, everyone uses them.
we have had these for at least 10 years in the uk, you can get them for £1 too, for $5 you are being had.
haha funny that this is something new in the us!
Most of the decent one in the UK go for 2.99 which is almost exactly $5. i think they are great and having been using them for years at home as well on trips.
So why not just buy a cheap aluminum tray ($1.99 a pair) for the turkey sized ones, a bag of charcoal (easy 5 or 6 uses) and a cheap cooling rack?
Then you can make one of these whenever you want to.
I bet I could make at least 2, maybe three for 5 bucks. Less if I reuse the cooling rack.
Move along folks, nothing to see here. I’ve used these before here in the good old US as well.
FYI – Don’t use it around an apartment. Been there, done that. When that paper starts to burn up it flakes and floats around, a slight breeze and it’s heading for the building, balcony, open windows below you… not good. Scared the hell out of me until the paper was gone then I cooked up some tasty burgers over charcoal…..mmmmmmm, Beats gas every time.
I could have sworn I’ve seen these around at Stop & Shop grocery stores. I’ve definitely seen something like this in a walk-in store around here in New England.
“This is a great idea as I hate using the park’s grills. I love the fact that we are saving some trees and it doesn’t cost me a fortune! I have used them before and I haven’t had any of the problems these other people mentioned. Did some great steaks on them from the receipes!”
HAHAHA, “only availaible at Winn Dixie stores”. That’s funny, I bought one of these at King Kullen last week. They’re pretty good and last for about 45 minutes however, they do leave an odd chemical taste on the food, i think that’s due more to the paper accelerant than anything else though.