Grill Reviews

I lived for 25 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and all I have to say is that heavy leather gloves have a different connotation up there. These don't make much of a style statement in that regard, but then these are a lot less money, too. So maybe they're best for cooking, after all. But I think Eastman is missing out on the most profitable and style-conscious part of the market.

These are great gloves.... you will want to wear them all over the house..

I bought these gloves with the intention of using them for arranging my charcoal before lighting the grill, but I got so much more. They are extra long so they protect your arm/sleeve from charcoal stains and they can withstand pretty much heat. I like to light the charcoal and then put my grid on while the fire is going. Now I don't worry about getting burned! Kids, don't try this without an adult present. I recommend these for anyone who loves to grill.

Yesterday (Christmas) instead of having cold turkey sandwiches we cooked an entirely new fresh bird for the evening meal. I have to say that in 50 minutes we had the best tasting turkey I have ever had. The crisp skin melted in your mouth. The frying of the turkey was easy and uneventful by following the enclosed instructions. We looked like tailgaters out on the front sidewalk frying the turkey with the freshly fallen snow around us. By the way, the leftovers made great tasting sandwiches today. Excellent product when used correctly.

I was hesitant to make fried turkey this year because of all the dangers involved in frying one, however, after a lot of research, I decided to give it a try. Assembling it was easy and about people complaining about how unsturdy it is, I have to disagree. I thought it was pretty sturdy, it's not like someones going to walk by and kick the fryer. About the oil over flowing, I got tips from other sites on placing your bird in a trash bag and placing the bag in the empty pot, filling it with just the right amount of water, then take out the bag and then either mark the pot or just remember where the water mark was located. Empty the pot and make sure you dry it out well, add your oil (peanut oil is best due to it's high heating temp) and you should be fine. Another tip was adding a whole onion in the oil so the oil wouldn't scorch. I don't know if it actually worked or not, but I did it anyway and it didn't seem to change the flavor of the bird. When adding the turkey into the oil, lower it very slowly. We made cooked a 20lb turkey in less than 1 1/2 hrs! Make sure this is all done in an open area of course and not indoors. If you're careful, you'll have a wonderfully moist and great tasting turkey!

Though I can't speak to this particular product, I've also seen the UL video footage, and even that comes with the disclaimer that they were not following directions.

I just had some delicious fried turkey yesterday, so please don't let the potential dangers scare you off. A charcoal grill could be equally as dangerous, if used improperly.

Just a few tips:
1. READ THE DIRECTIONS! Don't let your manliness get in the way of this one. You're working with boiling oil and an open flame connected to a propane tank. You don't want to learn the hard way here.
2. Use only as much oil that will cover the turkey. You don't want to over fill the pot...this is what the UL testers did to force the oil to overflow.
3. NEVER use a frozen turkey. Make sure that it's fully thawed, and patted dry with a paper towel. You probably know how oil reacts when you put frozen french fries into a skillet. Imagine that same reaction with 8 gallons, and a 10 lb ice block of a bird.

If you stay safe, and use your head, these cookers can be a great tool, and produce an incredible meal. Bon appetit & happy thanksgiving!

Everything is top quality except the kettle itself. The stainless still is thin and dents easily. It's freakin' chinese made, so you get lesser quality. However, I couldn't find a cheaper pot of similar quality.

The burner and strainer are top quality. The kettle came with dents already visible. I've been using it as a brew pot to boil wort and will test it with turkey in a few weeks. However, the BTU output is obviously up to the task.

My only problem is the stainless steel in the pot is a tad too thin. I just hate to see "Made in China" on anything I buy. I'd rather pay an extra... and read made in USA.

Overall, though, I guess it meets my expectations for performance. I mean after all, I didn't buy the damn thing to hang on the wall and show everyone my dent free stainless steel wort kettle. I do wonder if it will last though 10 years, 20-30 turkeys and 500 gallons of beer wort though.

For the money this is a great pot. The stainless is high quality but a little thin. I don't mind because I won't use it that often and it's easy to clean. Much easier than aluminum. I priced a restuarant quality ss pot this size at a local supply house and it was twice as much. Great pot for a couple days a year use.

Congratulations to those who wrote to say this product worked two or three times for them. It worked once for me. At $30, this might be the worst purchase I have ever made.

This unit comes with only 3 filters. Now I know why, it is such a piece of junk that you will never get it to work 3 times for you. I bought it new, it worked the fist time, and although it did the job I wasn't very impressed with its performance, the second time I used it, it stopped working half way through the job for no apparent reason, new batteries and an hour of messing around with it could not bring it back to life, it was dead! Thats alot of money for an item that doesn't last through draining my turkey fryer more than once! It now is stored in its proper container where it belongs and will stay forever (my garbage can).

After pumpimg less than three pots of oil the pump stopped running. I discovered one of the commutator contacts burnt up and the other close to failure. A total of about 30 mintes of run time before failure. Not very durable !!