Lodge Logic Pre-Seasoned Sportsman's Charcoal Grill

Comment: I was pleased with the timely arrival of the grill, unfortunately there was several cracks in the grilling grate. It did take me awhile to get into contact with the person I needed to contact regarding this problem. There was an email address on the packing slip with a great message about who to contact. After a couple of weeks, I went back into the Amazon site and found a way to email the distributer that way, and was able to get ahold of someone right away. They say they never got they messages I sent before (I don't know if that is true - I do have the date stamps on my messages), but they gave me the information on how to get a replacement grill grate right away then. It only took about a week for that to arrive. Overall other than the hassle I was happy with the purchase. Thanks

Comment: First thing I did as soon as I got it home was to put it together and prepped for a couple steaks. I really like the ability to get awesome grill marks from the cast iron - the lighter wire grill grates just cant quite get the heat quality that this does. After dinner, dump the ashes and it doubles as a 33lb dumbbell for you to work on your biceps with! Don't drop it, keep it properly oiled, and your great grand kids will enjoy it after you're gone. Highly recommended!

Comment: The Lodge Sportsman's Grill is well designed, well made, strong, and an all around great product. In these times when we have Communists in our White House and they seem to be trying to collapse our economy and to change our nation to a Communist state, we don't know what is going to happen from day to day in our nation. Perhaps even civil war. Combine that with natural disasters and one should have a means of cooking using charcoal or wood should the worst happen. This grill fits the need. You can burn small pieces of wood or wood chips, or charcoal in it. We have done both. You can put pots and pans or a dutch oven on it and stick in a few medium size sticks, or some charcoal and you can fry, bake, grill, or barbicue. This grill is made to take punishment and keep on a cookin. With our nation in the state it is in where our economy is being purposly destroyed by traitors, you can't count on electricity or any thing else. It is best to be prepared for the worst case with one of these. Keep your powder dry folks hard times have just begun.

Comment: After reading all the glowing reviews, I decided to spend the big bucks on what appeared to be the most wonderful little grill. Since I live in Nevada and the shipping origin was Arizona, I expected it to arrive within 4 days tops. I am sad to report that my first grill arrived 5 days later than their projected date (it took 10 days) and upon opening the box, I immediately saw a crack completely through the fire bowl in the lower right bottom (as you look at it)just as Bob P. in July, 2009, reported. Dismayed, I contacted Amazon, explained why FedEx does not work as a shipper where I live (middle of Nevada desert), requested UPS or USPS instead, and was emailed a shipping label to return the grill. Amazon stated they would ship out a replacement grill immediately.

I was delighted to have grill #2 arrive sooner than expected (3 days) and have it delivered by UPS. Delight turned to dismay again as I saw yet another crack in exactly the same place as the previous grill. Again, I contacted Amazon and sent them a photo showing exactly where and what the crack looked like. I was emailed a label, and made the 90 mile trek to the post office to get the grill back in the mail. I had indicated to Amazon that I was up for giving it one more try; if the third grill arrived damaged, I would be ready for a refund.

Shortly after I sent that email, Amazon contacted me and stated that since I had received two damaged grills, they would refund my cost since it was likely another grill would arrive damaged. Perhaps they opened a few boxes and examined the grills? Maybe the shipment they received from Lodge was all defective? I don't know.

What I can tell you is that I decided to take another leap and order the exact same grill from Ace Hardware. It arrived on exactly the day they projected, cost $20.00 less, and arrived from New York completely intact. So, if anyone orders this grill from Amazon (shipped from Goodyear, AZ), be sure to check it out carefully when it arrives.

Comment: This is a great little grill. I had absolutely no problems using it, and, after I was done, it was easy to clean and to put back into the box it came in for easy storage. Very convenient.

Recently, I cooked on this grill a rack of lamb using mesquite coals (I do not use charcoal). I removed the top grill grate and skewered the meat on three large skewers and placed them lengthwise (see picture). The meat on skewers was closer to coals than it would be if I used the top grate, so I decided to remove the inner grate to increase the distance between the meat and the coals. It worked out great.

I think this grill has sufficient cooking surface to prepare food for 3-4 people. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a small grill.