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Originally Posted by Penn
I Just watched the video, what a great piece of equipment. Is it constructed well?
What was the weight of the rib, and how long to cook it?
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First, the rib...
Not sure how big. It was from the side of beef that we had in the freezer so it didn't come with a weight on the package... Enough for 4 of us to eat My wife, two kids (who eat like adults) and myself (5-6lbs(?) guesstimate...). IIRC, it took about 1:45min. It had a decent crust o n it too...
Construction... It's not exactly heavy duty..the outside is sheet metal on the thin side but I'm not sure how heavy duty it needs to be. The inner pot seemed to be of good quality. The basket is fine... but like anything made in China, I'm sure that the quality varies... and the minute I say it's GTG you'll get one with crappy spot welds, missing parts and holes for screws that don't line up right. The only crappy thing is that the drip pan is not food-grade metal... you need to line it with foil if you want to catch the grease. and use it.
Oh, the automatic lighter crapped out after 2 uses. BUT, there is a hole for using a match/grill lighter. No big deal there.
The guy who recommended it to me told me that when he used his for the first time for a crowd of people... 6 people went out and bought one for themselves as a result. SO, after hearing that story... I bought one.
I'm sold by the EASY part. I have it under my gas grill on the back deck. I just pull it out and fire it up. No problem using it on a wood deck. The only thing is that if one has small kids BE CAREFUL. Lots of HOT surfaces. Oh, and get a good set of fireplace gloves... and be quick if you think you are going to stick your hands inside that thing once it is rolling. There is a hook that comes with it so you shouldn't have to use your hands.