Char-Griller 3-Burner Texas Trio Propane Gas and Charcoal Combination Grill, Black, With Side Burner

Really like this grill overall. This is my first side firebox "Texas Style" smoker. Coming from a Weber Kettle there was a learning curve. Seeing how the fire box is in two pieces for shipping and needs to be bolted together. I still get some draft from the seam. Even with the firebox dampener completely closed. Hopefully this will seal up with more use. After six months of use the finish still looks great. I seasoned the grill a few times before first use. Seeing how the grill is on an exposed back porch to weather. I purchased the cover. I highly recommend the cover. Fits nicely and is fairly thick. After seeing some pictures in reviews before purchasing this grill with all the rust issues. I don't understand it. I spray the grates and inside of the grill once a month with cooking oil. It has seasoned up nicely in six months of use. Those that have rust on the top and bottom of the grill clearly burnt way to hot of a fire and damaged the finish. Learn how these grills work. You don't throw 20lbs of fuel and a whole bottle of lighter fluid into it, while drinking beer and light it. The gas side runs a little hot for me. About 350 degrees in the heat of summer, 300 in the cold of winter. This is with only one burner on low. Was hoping it would operate at a little lower temp. to be able to move stuff over from the charcoal/wood side to gas side to keep food warm. Not that big a deal. The gas side is great for burgers, hot dogs, brauts etc when you just quickly want to grill out mid week. The side burner is awesome to use with a chimney starter when doing long smokes. Throw some wood or coal into chimney starter and let the gas burner get the coals cooked down. Slide the side box ash dump out to add fresh coals. This helps keep the main smoker box temp from dropping less. Opening the main firebox door causes temps to fluctuate a fair amount. Only real complaint I have is one of the wheel axles was welded to far inward. Unable to get the cotter pin in to keep the wheel on. Used a thinner piece of wire. Not that big a deal. I don't plan on moving this beast around. It weighs 200lbs. Definitely build this grill where you want it for a long time. No need in wasting time painting the inside of the grill. Just season it with vegetable oil. Had the manufacture felt it was needed. They would have powder coated it when they made it. They probably didn't want some drunken redneck building a 700 degree fire and getting food poisoning from the burnt finish while they overcook thier food on to hot a fire. This really is a great grill. It just takes some time to learn. I also use digital heat thermometers for more accurate heat readings. The generic thermometers on the two lids show the internal temps to be 25 degrees ore more higher than they actually are.

I bought the grill from my local tractor supply store fro Xmas, and the girls at the store were amazing. I had some issues getting it since they were basically out of stock and the girls helped me get one. I tried to pick it up but they told me it was already assembled so it couldn't fit into my SUV. I thought "cool I don't have to mess with it" Wrong! I paid full price and recieved what looked like a return. The lids were sprayed painted to cover up scratches, the inside was stained from the charcoal smoke and one leg has a stripped bolt and I can’t even get it out. I called customer service and made a claimed. TSC0068648 The lady told me they were going to contact me but to this day they have not. I already gave up but I won't be buying from this website ever again. I didn't mind the grill being used, but I paid full price for it.