Cuisinart Charcoal Grill, Portable Tabletop Design, Locking Lid, 14" | Small grill with chrome-plated design and dual vents, ideal travel-sized barbecue grill for camping and tailgates, CCG190RB

This grill is small ,would cook 4 medium size burgers or 10 hot dogs easily. It was very easy to assemble and very easy to transport which is a plus if you are camping. The quality was sturdy enough for a small light grill. I really like that there are grates at the bottom and top of grill to help adjust temperature . There are clips along the lid so when you are finished using you don’t have to worry about blowing coals I really like that feature. Clean up was a breeze because of compact size. If you have a large crew, this isn’t the grill for you, but for two or three people it’s quite nice. I am very happy with this purchase.

I like this portable charcoal grill for what it is. It is small and light. Easy to carry to a campsite. The build feels durable. It handled hot coals without bending or warping. It fits a good amount of food for its size. I could cook several hot dogs and burgers at once. It also worked for making s’mores over the coals. Because it is tiny, it either sits on the ground or on a low camping concrete table. Do not expect it to replace a full backyard grill at home. For camping and outdoor trips it works well. At home I would not use it much. Simple, sturdy, and good for the outdoors. The quality of the grill is good.

Perfect size grill for my use. Sits on bench in carport to cook on.

Awesome grill perfect for my son who is 7 and teachng him how to grill

This little grill was sooo easy to assemble! I have to admit that I have the, "I am woman, hear me roar," attitude & think I don't need instructions, so I didn't pay attention to putting the ash tray on the legs BEFORE attaching the legs, so had to remove legs & do over bc it won't go through bottom pegs. USER ERROR. After that, it assembled, step by step, so easily, VOILÀ, IT'S AWESOME! I can't wait to make some shish kabobs tomorrow. My 3 major wah wah wahhh was: I ordered it to be here on my day off then got update of delivery that it was gonna be the next day (which I had to work,) so now I have wait to use it cause I worked late & had to assemble at night & have to wait till tomorrow to use, & lastly, charcoal prices, after hurricane 🌀 Helene, are fricken OUTRAGEOUS! A store brand bag of instant charcoal, 5 lb bag is $13! Since when? I own an amazing Traeger smoker, but it didn't do any good after a hurricane, bc it's electric, so with no power, internet, cable or mobile, I was left without use of cooking grill food! Every store was sold out of charcoal, disposable ready to use grills, or even these little grills. I couldn't get online to order one so as soon as I got internet, I ordered this, stat. The mountains here don't ever get floods, mudslides or hurricanes as the one we just went through, EVER, but now I'm more prepared. How I longed for a good BBQ when we lost everything that gave us an ability to cook outdoors. (Thank GOD for a gas stove though!) Being this is portable is even more of a plus bc the locks on the lid help for transporting anywhere! If you live anywhere where natural disasters happen, I highly recommend it. Even if it doesn't last forever, it sure will help when your food is spoiling & you don't want to lose precious, pricey food.

Okay, I decided to get my feet wet in charcoal grilling. I really want to get a huge barrel grill, but all my friends keep hammering me about gas grilling being better. The problem is I LOVE the taste of food on a charcoal grill, and simply don't like gas grilling anywhere near as much. All that said, one of the most common complaints about any charcoal grilling is that its a lot more work. A point I would have to concede having done both gas and charcoal grilling at other people's houses. So I have never really been tasked with the setup, prep, and cleanup. So I figured before I go into a huge barrel grill for the beginning of the 2020 season, why not buy a little cheap unit like this one to see if its for me. I know the taste of the food is, but buying this when I saw it on sale for the low price of $21.99 seemed like a great idea. The grill was pretty easy to assemble, took me all of about 10 minutes from start to finish. Now I want to address some of the complaints I read in other reviews, some of which almost made me pass on this grill. The first complaint I read on Amazon was that the instructions weren't good and that this made the grill hard to assemble. I can tell you that I am not particularly handy and I had no trouble at all. Everything was illustrated clearly, screws and other hardware all appropriately labeled, and I thought everything was quite straightforward. However, I can see how someone not experienced at products like this that come disassembled might get a little flustered. The illustrations can seem a little confusing at first. But if you take a step, slow down, and visualize what you are seeing on the page, it will all become clear. The second complaint I read on Amazon was that the grill is flimsy and fragile. While I can see where people are coming from, as this is not a high end grill, I think that when you pay 1/3 the price for this grill you would for, say a Weber the same size, then I honestly believe reviews should be done grading on a curve. But that's me. I paid just over $20.00 for this. Am I really going to ding it because it isn't a $50.00 or $100.00 grill, when I didn't pay for that higher quality? The third complaint I read on Amazon is that the grill never got hot enough and the food did not cook. To be fair, I experienced the same problem my first time cooking on it. Rather than waste the burger, a couple of hot dogs, and veggies, I simply gave up on that cook, brought the semi-cooked food into the house, and finished it on the stove. On a side note, I still had that AWESOME charcoal flavor, so the grill did cook it. A little. I realized as I brought the food in that the problem is NOT the grill. It was the fact that I didn't use enough charcoal. I made the mistake of only mostly covering the bottom grate to see how much charcoal to use, then transferred the unlit coals to a Weber chimney my Dad gave me. But when the coals turned white, and I poured them in, they had lost some of their volume, so they no longer really covered the bottom grate. Aha! There was my problem. By the way, using standard sized, Kingsford Briquettes for that first quasi-failed cooking attempt, I knew I was going to write this review, so I actually counted them. So that first cooking I only used 18 briquettes. As I said, it turns out, the problem was that wasn't enough. So today I almost doubled it. I think I used 32 briquettes. In the end, that was fine. Using my thick, 3/4 pound burger as my acid test, it took the standard 3-4 minutes per side before the burger was a nice medium rare and seared perfectly on the outside. Hot dogs and veggies were likewise great. So the lesson to me, and ANYONE else having this problem is to MAKE SURE you use at least 30 briquettes. Maybe 36 would be even better. The final complaint I read turns out to be not only valid, but a real black mark on this grill. Not sure what Cuisinart was thinking, but the reviewers who complained that the top grill where the food sits on is too unstable are 100% right! See, the problem is twofold here: First, that top grate/grill really needs to be another 1/8" in diameter to fit the circumference of the bottom of the grill more snugly. But even worse, the lip that goes around the bottom, that the grill sits on, is very small. So if you just look this thing too hard you're going to end up with your food all dumped out on the coals, and ready for the garbage. This is a TERRIBLE design flaw of this grill. Honestly, its so bad, I took off two stars for it. After assembling it and seeing this absurd nightmare, which I will admit I was pre-warned about, having read several reviews on Amazon, I was all set to just disassemble it, re-pack the thing back into the box, and ship it back off to Amazon. But then I had an idea. See the pictures I posted so you know what I'm talking about. I am not particularly handy, but since I really like the design, weight, and even the aesthetics of the grill, and I love the price, I took a chance and came up with an idea to try and fix it. Beware that if you try the solution I came up with, you're all-in with the grill since you will void not only your warranty from Cuisinart, but also Amazon's return policy. Anyway, what I did was I went to the hardware store and bought a little plastic pack of nut and bolt sets. The bolts have a Phillips head. I took out my drill and drilled four holes, all at 90 degrees to one another. I then I then put the screw from outside-to-inside, and tightened a nut on each one. The nut being on the inside of the grill and the screw head on the outside. The intent was to have the four bolts act like shims for the grill to rest on to hopefully make it a lot more stable while cooking. Again, see my pictures. Its very easy, and if you go this route, use 4 nut/bolt sets, all each at 90 degrees to one another. This fixed the problem beautifully. I enacted this before my first use on it, and I can tell you that before I did it, I could see that the slightest accidental, lateral pressure would flip the grate over, and dump my food all over the white coals. Now, I have to say that it is incredibly stable. On a side note, it seems really silly to me that I had to come up with this idea to make the grill serviceable for my use. When I had seen how unstable the top grill was, I knew that cooking on it would be a nightmare. But I can tell you that after a few dinners on this, I have never even come close to up-ending it. Whereas, before I did this, the grate was falling into the grill with the slightest pressure when I was sort of "rehearsing" using it with no coals, no food, and only kind of pantomiming cooking with the spatula. lol Kind of like playing air-guitar, only with the new grill. When I did, the damned grate kept tipping over. Anyway, problem solved, but it is absolutely indefensible that I had to be the one to solve this problem. Still, if this review or my pics help anyone else, then I am a very happy guy!

It's the perfect size for one person. Has a very nice little grill. Although I don't use charcoal, I use wood twigs.

Works OK, but a little small. I grilled a "T Bone" steak and it took up the whole grill. Since I'm a single that's ok, but wouldn't work for two. Also the charcoal area could be deeper.

Amazing product..used couples of time ..very useful..highly recommended.

Práctico para unafalmilia pequeña

Lo compré x 650 pesos mexicanos aproximadamente en oferta. Llevo años mudandome de domicilio x mi trabajo, siempre en departamentos pequeños o casas pequeñas, de modo que me eh vuelto aficionado a este tipo de asadores portátiles, los coloco sobre una mesita de madera en algún balcón o pequeño patio y listo, hago mis carnes asadas o demás cosas al carbón. Este asador es de 16" de diámetro, tiene unos 13-14 cm de distancia entre la rejilla del carbón y la de asar ( profundidad) las ventilas para k respire la brasa son x debajo en el piso del asador y son de apertura regulable, la tapa así mismo cuenta con una. La parrilla parece ser de acero inoxidable de buena calidad, el esmaltado luce bien, lo arme en 15 min con un desarmador de estrella y unas pinzas sin mayor complicación. Me gustó el detalle de los tres seguros para bloquear/fijar la tapa del asador. La rejilla de asar tiene unas pequeñas asas moviles. No lo eh usado, pero se puede ver k dará buen servicio, ví en algunos comentarios que hay quien se queja de este pequeño asador casero no resiste 350°c o algo asi pues se funde y dobla y así... Esa gente es insufrible, que se busquen un horno ceramico o un big-green egg de 12,000 pesos si eso buscan, esto es un asadorcito bueno bonito y barato para pasar un momento agradable con amigos o familia tomando una cerveza fría, no para fundir plomo. No viene con termómetro, pero yo compré uno aquí mismo en Amazon x 200 pesos y le pedí a un cerrajero k le hiciera la perforación y listo, ya puedes regular con más precisión la temperatura de tu asador. Ya quiero probarlo, se mira y se siente solido y de buenos materiales. Si después no subo un update de este comentario con cosas negativas .... Es porque funcióno de maravilla y no hay nada más que decir. Saludos

It’s good. If you put the lid on even with vents opened, it kills the heat. I found it better to leave lid off and cook half a chicken. This is my first charcoal grill. I used lump wood. I filled up a chimney halfway and lit it for 30 min. Chicken turned out good. For its price I can’t complain.

molto pratico e resistente. ottima la chiusura a fine utilizzo, buon rapporto qualità/ prezzo