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Thane Q Portable BBQ Grill Thane QBBQ Grill I purchased the Thane Q portable BBQ grill after seeing the infomercial on television. I thought it would be nice...

Basics

The number one thing the makers of the Thane Q talk about is its appearance. Personally I’d try to sell a grill on its performance. But that’s just me. This is truely a unique looking grill, but it’s top heavy and grilling to the edge design make me question its stability and safety. If you do use this grill you better make sure it is set on a level, solid surface.

Description

105 square inches of non-stick grilling surface

13 pounds without propane bottle

Uses standard one-pound propane bottles

Automatic electronic ignitor

Uses custom disposable drip trays. Replacements will have to be bought from maker

removable, dishwasher safe cooking grates

Folds into a small unit

Two individually controlled burners

Built-in light

The Bottom Line

As far as portable gas grills go this one has the most unique design. It also delivers 105 square inches of grilling space at only 13 pounds (without internal fitting propane bottle). Compare that with the Weber Q with 280 square inches of grilling area at 42 pounds unfilled. The Thane Q is cheaper alternative to the Weber Q and costs half as much as the Weber. Thane claims you can grill up to 12 burgers at once on this grill.

The Thane Q looks like a pedistal table top. There isn’t a great deal of stability offered from its narrow base and the cook top reaches right out to the very edge. I’m sure if you are careful you won’t drop too much food off the edge. I do question the safety of this unit though. I must be placed a level, hard surface to use and even then fully loaded with food it would appear to get top heavy. Bumping into a table it’s sitting on my overturn the grill.

You also have to have some kind of drip pan. The grill comes with some of these disposable aluminium pans but if you want to buy more it will cost you $14.95 for ten. Using both sides of the grill uses up two. Of course you can pretty easily fold some heavy aluminium foil to make new ones because at more than $2.00 a piece (after you add in shipping and handling) it seems a little steep to pay $4.00 to grill not including the fuel.

As of this writing I have no evidence to suggest that there are any problems with this grill in safety of manufacturing, but I will be keeping a close eye on this one.

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