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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!!
>>

Barbeques Galore sell an LP-fired Infrared grill that is made for table
top cooking. It's great and costs well under $200. My very strong
suspicion is that it would be not good to use it indoors because of the
smoke and carbon monoxide threat. That would be true for virtually any
indoor grill, though. One exception to this is the Jenn-Air grill. We
had one of those and it works great. It's part of their system where
you can plug in different assemblies to a cooktop. For instance, you
can remove the coil or flush units from one side and drop in their
electric grill assembly or a deep fat fryer. It's great for a couple
steaks at a time. Their system includes a center mounted vent in the
center of the grill, that draws cool air over the top of the grill and
down and outside.

Turbo IR grill http://tinyurl.com/mhfzb

One final thought about the Jenn-air. We once put a second Jenn-air
into a basement kitchen to do more cooking for parties. I didn't have
decent outside wall access for a direct vent, so we bought their self
venting stove. Below the oven, where you would normally find a drawer
for pots and pans, they had an electrostatic precipitator. When the
vent fan ran, so did the electrically charged plates. There would be
virtually no smoke from grilling in the kitchen and the plates lifted
out easily for an occasional soap and water bath.

Nonny

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