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PK360 Grill Features

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The PK360 Grill is a solid cast Aluminium grill hailing from the USA. It’s a grill that’s been hard to get here in the UK until relatively recently with Pro Smoke BBQ importing the grills into the UK.

PK360 inside view

The PK stands for Portable Kitchen and the PK 360 Grill certainly is this. It’s very sturdy and rugged a real retro grill, but without the weight of a ceramic grill. The main body of this charcoal grill is 2 cast Aluminium clam shells, even the hinges are cast into the body. This gives real feeling of longevity, that it won’t rust away, and that you’ll be handing this grill down to your grandkids.

Air inlets PK360

Heat control is really effective with rotating air inlets in the base, and swivel vents in the top of the grill. This allows you to control heat and give zones and good heat flow within the grill. A small amount of charcoal very effectively cooks a whole load of food.

PK360 grill grates

I’ve been really impressed with the PK360 and have some great cooking vids on their way, but I wanted to give you an idea of the features of this grill.

Make sure to check out my full video of this grill below.

I was given this grill to review, but am free to express my thoughts on it.

Outback Jupiter 4 burner Hybrid BBQ

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Around this time of year, I get asked the question a lot about what grill should someone buy. It’s such a massive question as what’s right for one isn’t right for another, then there is space, budget, family size and so many other factors to be considered. But the first starting point for most seems to be gas or charcoal.

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ProQ Excel – Smoker

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Some brands of BBQ manufacturers produce a product and then stick to the ‘If it aint broke, don’t try to fix it’ school of thought. Well that’s all well and good but more recent times in the BBQ world have meant that some of these long standing and well-established manufacturers are being left behind. The market for outdoor cooking is ever growing, and more and more people are looking to get involved, and are now armed with more knowledge than ever of cooking styles and types of BBQ and grilling, thanks to social media, BBQ blogs and YouTube videos. As that’s where more forward-thinking brands like ProQ have stepped up to the challenge.

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Weber Summit Charcoal – Grill Center

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Weber Summit Charcoal - Grill Center

Weber Summit Charcoal

I was very fortunate to have been sent a Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center by the kind folks at Weber and Riverside Garden Centre to review and get to grips with. It’s a beast of a kettle BBQ but with the insulation of a ceramic kamado style, sitting beautifully between the two. Still relatively lightweight that it can be moved around on the cart with ease, and yet sturdy enough to make you realise this is definitely a premium grill.

Weber Summit Charcoal - Grill Center

Cooking direct and Indirect (using the substantial baffle) and swapping between the two is very easy, lighting made simple with the gas starter canister under the coals, you really feel like there is nothing that you can’t cook with ease on this grill. The best thing of all is the level of control that can be achieved by using the air inlet, because it doesn’t have the thermal mass of a ceramic grill, it’s quick and responsive to ramp the heat up or cut it back.

I’ve really been able to achieve some great results with this grill. Here’s a video of my first impressions of the weber summit charcoal.

 

Big Green Egg Mini Maxi Review

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Big Green Egg Mini Maxi

Big Green Egg Mini Maxi

I’m grateful to Neil Clifton of Pit Smoked BBQ for sharing his thoughts on the Big Green Egg Mini Maxi.

A few have asked for feedback so based on 1 cook – these are my thoughts.
For reference, at home I cook on a Primo Oval XL so I have a couple of years experience of cooking on ceramic bbq’s.

Delivery from Alfresco Concepts was 4 days including a weekend.

Assembly – 25 minutes.

Build Quality – superb finish on the metal brackets. Good solid gauge material and nice finish with the wooden handle on The Egg itself.

Big Green Egg Mini Maxi

Big Green Egg Mini Maxi

Lighting – my preferred method is chimney starter so no influence from The Egg, however, I did start by lighting some restaurant grade charcoal in the The Egg and ironically it was the largest chunks of the last 12 months so did take a little to get going in a smaller firebox.

Big Green Egg Mini Maxi

Big Green Egg Mini Maxi

Temperature stability – Just as easy as the Primo to hold at a specific temperature and really easy to ramp up the temp if required.

Portability – It is fairly heavy which is what you would expect from ceramic BBQ but not so much that it would prevent it being mobile. While it would be too heavy to take to the beach – it certainly shouldn’t deter you if you plan to use it when caravanning (several have suggested their purchase may be for this reason)

Re-action from non-bbqers (you are on this forum because you love BBQ but, unbelievably there are some people whose world doesn’t revolve around it! – my business partner, who, by his own admission isn’t a cook loved the idea of the minimax – he felt the size would be ideal for a family get together but may put off by the price for an occasion ‘que.

In conclusion, the look is better than the Primo, the build quality is just as good. For midweek BBQing I will be using The Egg – less fuel needed and gets to temp quicker. Otherwise it has all the other benefits of a ceramic BBQ.

Price : £550 RRP

Thanks Neil, looks a great bit of kit, feel free to visit Pit Smoked BBQ Facebook Page

 

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