Kenmore 4-Burner LP Red Grill Review

Introduction

Product Tour

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Controls

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Main Grilling Area

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Warming Area

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Thermometer

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Heatup Time

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Low Fire Cooking Performance

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It took a while to heat up our test food, which is a number of hamburger patties across the grill surface, on the {{product.name}}. While the desired time is about 10 minutes, this grill needed an average of 15.34 minutes across the five burners to cook the patties. There was also a huge lag in between cook times for the four main burners, as last one took about four minutes longer to finish cooking than the first.

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Low Temperature Uniformity

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The {{product.name}} had big problems in variation across the four burners.

Low Temperature Consistency

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High Fire Cooking Performance

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While better than low-temperature performance, the high-temperature cooking still wasn't great. It took an average of just less than 10 minutes to cook the patties, but there was a three-minute delay in between the grill finishing the first and last patties.

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High Temperature Uniformity

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The middle burners were able to cook to the patties the quickest, but because the sides took longer, there was a bigger variation across the board for {{product.name}}.

High Temperature Consistency

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Consistency wasn't too big of an issue during high-performance cooking as there wasn't too big of a disparity between temperatures on each individual burner.

Case & Handle Temperature

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Sure, the {{product.name}}'s performance was a bit disappointing, but there is a silver lining. You won't need to worry about accidentally touching the handle or outside of the {{product.name}} and getting burned. The handle only reached a high of 93 degrees and the cover only made it to 210 degrees.

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The image below was taken with an infrared camera to show the heat levels of the lid. The numbers at the bottom indicate the temperature scale.

Controls

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There are three main burners on the left side of the {{product.name}}, all of which have a solid design and can't be turned on by leaning into them. On the right is an automatic ignition button, searing burner, and side burner with a grate for pots. All you need to do for ignition

Fuel

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You'll need liquid propane to fuel the {{product.name}}. A regulator, which isn't a problem to use, is included with the grill and under the grilling area is storage space where the 20-pound propane canister fits.

Lighter/Ignition

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The ignition button is located second to the right on the control panel at the front of the grill.

Cooking Area

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With 400 square inches of cooking space, the {{product.name}} gives you plenty of room to lay out your burgers and hot dogs.

Warming Area

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There is a warming grate that rests above the grill surface at the back of the grill. This is pretty simple to remove and clean.

Other Areas

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On the left is a food resting tray and on the right is an extra side burner with a grate where you can heat up pots or pans. Having the

Cleanup

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The cooking surface is divided into two easy-to-remove grates and each burner has a cover that prevents the burners from being clogged with grease. You can wipe these covers down after use. One potential issue to take note of is that grease drips into a tray that funnels into a small cup underneath the grilling area. There's an opening in back of the grill for the grease cup, but we would advise you to wait until everything is cooled off before removing because you may burn yourself while taking it out.

Other Features

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On the right side of the main section of the grill is a searing burner for those who need to cook their food up quickly or want to char the outside of steak.