I have one, but seldom use it. For searing a piece of meat the SoH works
fine, the coals being right under the grills. But it's not a real
multipurpose grill. For smoking and slow-cooking ribs or similar for
hours over a low heat (like 225F) the SoH doesn't work so good. I tend
to do more slow cooking and smoking when camping than I do searing. Not
that I don't like a nice steak properly seared . . .

When fires are permitted, I take a little Old Smokey #14 charcoal grill
for smoking and slow-cooking
<http://www.oldsmokey.com/pages/old-smokey-charcoal-grills>; and a
little charcoal grill for searing.

When fires are not permitted, I have a little propane grill that does a
pretty good job at both. Well, no, it doesn't get hot enough for proper
searing, but it works okay. When adjusted to low heat, and a water pan
under the meat to provide indirect heat, a foil packet of wood over the
burners, it does a decent job of smoking.

My $0.02 for the portable outdoor grill discussion.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 01/03/2014 03:18 PM, Fuhrel, Robert wrote:
> I recently brought one from Las Vegas, where I had it for years, to Florida.  It is bulky, slow to cool, quick to fire up, (as other posters have noted), fun to tell people about because of the name, and the grill plates eventually deteriorate.  I used it many times out west when the park's pavilions or built-in grills were reserved or already in use.  Once, on a Mother's Day outing to southern Utah, when the engine on our '83 Westy blew out in the Virgin River Gorge and we had to be towed into St. George and had to camp in the parking lot of a Chevron station, in the rain, the SonofHibachi performed like a champ.  Our many Hawai'ian friends in Las Vegas never believed I had such a thing until I brought it to the horseshoe pits.  I am so glad I never sold it but brought it to Florida instead. Get 'em while you can!
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