Cuisinart Grillster Portable Gas Grill, Stainless Steel Compact BBQ Grill

13 reviews for Cuisinart Grillster Portable Gas Grill, Stainless Steel Compact BBQ Grill

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   spongella – 9 December 2024

   My Favorite BBQ
   This is a replacement for the first one I ordered which lasted many years.We BBQ once a week, 52 weeks a year and the Cuisinart is outside and covered. This is the best grill we’ve ever owned, cooks evenly and burgers come out excellent. Small, portable, sturdily made and looks nice. I use Coleman 1 pound (dark green, short, fat) propane canisters which last several months.Easy to clean, has a fat/grease trap that is easiy removed for cleaning. Nice big handle and has a latch for locking.Only downside, and maybe it’s me, but as the unit gets older the spark lighter, even though it produces a spark, doesn’t start the gas flame so I had to use regular matches or one of those electric matches to get the fire going. Get a cover for it and it’ll last longer.

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   Amazon Customer – 9 December 2024

   Thrilled with my grill
   I needed a small portable grill for my back porch and the ability to take something camping and this grill is fantastic. It’s easy to put together. It’s lightweight and compact. And it is actually pretty quality as far as heating up and cooking outcomes. I cook steaks, baked potatos, and grilled zucchini on the ceramic grill surface and everything turned out fantastic. I highly recommend this grill if you’re looking for something with these qualities you really can’t beat it.I do wish if that Cuisinart would have put a thermometer to give a readout of internal temperature that is the only thing this little grill is lacking with regard to actual cooking features.My only wish is that Cuisinart made a grill cover to fit this size or a carry case. I understand that the style is supposed to be carried without a case, but I prefer to have a case to carry it in with all the grill tools. If Cuisinart made that, I would have given this six stars.

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   Sabrina P. – 9 December 2024

   Lightweight and easy to use
   This grill came mostly assembled. I just used it for the first time. It lit easily and grilled well. The temperature is adjustable and it takes up little space on my patio.

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   Amazoner women – 9 December 2024

   Great for very small amounts of grilling but poor heat at all edges
   Great for hotdogs, hamburgers. Easy to carry with you. It is not good for foods like 6 big steaks or many kabobs. Heat distribution to edges, sides, front and back very different from what’s occurring in the middle. We tried to cook 8 kabobs but had to go to 4 at a time due to edges not getting done while center done. It cleans up very quickly and no real assembly. Would recommend attaching a temp gauge to lid also recommend meat thermometer. This is best for no more than 4 people unless cooking dogs or brats.

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   Eleanor Baslenkoff-Elder – 9 December 2024

   Great for one!
   Love this table top grill. Perfect size for one or two people. Easy set up, cleanup

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   Dylan J – 9 December 2024

   Good bbq
   I have a small space so this bbq has worked perfectly. I use it at home and camping. The features I love are, 1) the attached lid is convenient when opening/closing as opposed to a detached lid, where you have to find a place to set it down when you are flipping the meat and 2) the carrying handle is so convenient. I love it!

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   Tony – 9 December 2024

   For a Cuisinart it is cheaply made.
   I will say I was excited to receive this little grill. Just the right size to grill for two on a small patio or balcony. The first time I used it everything worked perfect. However the second time I went to use it the electric ignitor didn’t work and I had to use a match to light the burner. After looking at the ignitor I noticed the burner was crooked and the little ignitor was off center of the hole and pinching the little cable running from the button to the ceramic piece and cable fell out (see attached photos). I thought well it I don’t grill out but a couple times a week I can live with lighting it with a match. Then after about two weeks and using it few more times I noticed the gas insert where you screw in the little butane canister connects to the grill the insert gave way and doesn’t hold the canister anymore (see attached photos). So now it is broken and can’t use it. I cooked a total of 5 times with this thing. I live overseas and use a DPO address and not sure if I want to hassle with shipping it back but very disappointed in this grill. I would by one here but the grills (especially gas ones) the price almost three times what this one cost. 🙁

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   Adriel Romo – 9 December 2024

   Great little grill!
   Beware of the amateur BBQer and their reviews. This things is awesome and I am so glad I bought it. Others complain about flare ups, yes you get flare ups when you BBQ with any grill when cooking fatty meats. The dripping fat causes flare ups. You can’t just put on fatty meat and walk away. You have to keep checking and when it starts flaring up, turn the head down to low to reduce the size of the flare ups. Others also said this thing doesn’t get hot enough or sear well. This thing is compact so it retains so much heat in that little space. It gets blazing hot. As for searing things, I had no issues at all. Put my chicken on there and got a nice sear the second I set it on the grill. Maybe they didn’t preheat their grill? Turn your grill up to high, close the lid, then let it sit for 5-10 minutes to get that grate nice and hot so when you open it to set your meat on, that thing is ready to sear.I actually prefer this than an expensive 4 burner giant grill I had in the past. That thing had problems searing because the burners were a lot lower from the grate, and it had a much larger area to heat up with the lid closed so it never stayed as hot as I wanted it. Exact opposite with this grill, and also I was surprised the grill came assembled already! The pain I went through putting together a large grill for hours made me appreciate this so much! You just have to screw on the propane regulator and slide in the fat drip tray and unfold the legs and that’s it!!!I love this grill and recommend it to people who can grill.

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   Michele French – 9 December 2024

   Funciona muy bien excepto que el encendido electronico. Necesito usar un cerrillo para prenderlo

10. 

    Doug Filteau – 9 December 2024

    It’s perfect for our small balcony I bought the adaptor hose to use 20# propane bottles but have yet to use the adaptor, as the grill is very efficient and the small 1# containers last for quite a while. The grill is VERY hot so it takes some experimentation to find the right settings to cook with. Cleanup is easy and straightforward and the enameled steel grill is super easy to clean. The surface size of the grill is fairly small so choose your accessories carefully. Having said that, the grill is large enough to cook three or four steaks simultaneously. Love the portability!

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    Patricia – 9 December 2024

    Great product, barbecues food perfectly, highly recommended, light, portable, great for picnicing, camping etc..

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    Ceedee – 9 December 2024

    It would have gotten 5 stars, the reason it didn’t was because of the grill, it was more like a hot plate. I wish they gave me an actual grill, instead I bought a new grill for it.Other then that the BBQ itself works great!! Cooks well and easy to use and clean.It’s also light, compact and great for travelling. I used it a lot this summer and it’s still grilling!!

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    Pooky – 9 December 2024

    The cook surface is quite solid right down the middle which makes barbecuing difficult as sauce pools there. Otherwise it’s an excellent barbeque but I would like a different rack if I had the choice.