no brainier...long ago while in college, trying to impress the coed while
snow was on the ground....a hibachi cooking streaks in the fireplace ....now
days the coed my wife, we cook steaks over oak logs with the heavy cast iron
grate from the smoker.....




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> I'm having the damnedest luck researching this, and I don't know why.
> Maybe it's just not made??
>
> I want to grill my own steaks. At home. On a table. That's all!
>
> But electric doesn't seem to really do the job, on account of the low
> temperatures. So gas seems the way to go. But, heck, where are these
> things?? Doesn't anyone make a simple gas grill that sits on the table
> or counter top and can be used indoors? Okay, so I need ventilation:
> I'll leave the window open and have a fan blowing.
>
> I tried looking and looking but no one seems to make such a thing! I
> just need to directly cook over flames in an apartment, and I can't buy
> some huge fancy restaurant-grade contraption.
>
> Now, in the meantime, I came across something called infrared grilling!
> Sounds interesting, but they are at least a grand and a half for the
> low-end models, and I need them smaller, anyway.
>
> So does anyone have any recommendations? Or am I forced to use a
> portable tabletop CHARCOAL grill indoors?? (That means I'll have to
> buy an industrial-strength fan, too, in all likelihood!)
>
> I can't believe it's so hard to get a fire started in 2006 A.D. =)
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice! I want to cook meat directly over
> flames, but indoors, in an apartment, no less! I don't know why, but
> all the grilling stuff I can google are either outdoors or electric or
> over fireplaces!!
>